Lights and Places

Available for 8 days

Kate Molleson presents a mix of specially recorded new music and new releases. And, on the eve of the Winter Solstice, she'll find some tracks to keep you warm on those long, dark winter nights. From the Manchester Collective's recent South Bank Centre concert 'Lights and Places,' there's a work by Mathis Saunier inspired by the experiences of musician friends recording 'neutral' sounds for use in computer-generated compositions, those sounds treated like factory-made components to be used in anything from toys to industrial machinery. Also from that concert comes Jocelyn Campbell's new work for string trio, imagined as he sat on the night bus at 3am with the world drifting by - lights flickering vaguely though through the steamed up windows. And, from this year's Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, there's vocal music by Arvo Pärt and Finnish composer Joel Järventausta's setting of words by Sara Teasdale musing on the power of nature to prevail, ending with a nod to Hildegard von Bingen’s responsory O nobilissima viriditas – O most noble greenness. From Manchester Collective: Alex Groves: Alula Mathis Saunier: HYPERMEMORIA A piece for violin, cello, electric guitar, electronics, light system, and participative audience Errollyn Wallen: All the Blues I see Jocelyn Campbell: 3AM: Lights and places flicker endlessly, passing by alongside old memories that evoke but will not linger... Anna Meredith: tuggemo From Huddersfield Contemporary Music Ferstival: Irene Buckley: Liminalis Darragh Morgan (violin and electronics) Joel Jarventausta: There will come soft rains Arvo Pärt: The Beatitudes carice