Hear And Now

Spitalfields and Edinburgh Festivals

Saturday 19 February 2005 23:00-1:00 (Radio 3)

Sarah Walker presents a recital by the Scottish percussionist and BBC New Generation Artist, Colin Currie, featuring the world premiere of a work commissioned by Radio 3 from Japanese-born Dai Fujikura. Solo percussion pieces are interleaved with recordings made during the Edinburgh Festival 2003 by the Dutch group Nieuw Ensemble who have made a specialism playing music by Eastern composers. Here the emphasis is on Korean-born composers.

Duration:

2 hours

Playlist

Presenter: Sarah Walker
Producer: Philip Tagney
Broadcast Assistant: Patrick Johns

Louis Andriessen
'Woodpecker' (6'30")
Colin Currie (percussion)

Isang Yun
'Distanzen' (15'53")
Nieuw Ensemble

Robert Maggio
'Songs from the Wood' (11'28")
Colin Currie (percussion)

Unsuk Chin
'Akrostisches-Wortspiel' (17'23")
Nieuw Ensemble

Dai Fujikura
'Be' (15'07")
World Premiere of BBC Commission
Colin Currie (percussion)

Isang Yun
'Ost-West Miniaturen' (11'21")
Nieuw Ensemble

Isang Yun
'Teile Dich Nacht' (9'57")
Nieuw Ensemble

Steve Mackey
'See Ya Thursday' (12'09")
Colin Currie (percussion)

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