The Art of Sinking

Available for 27 days

Tom Service introduces the latest in experimental music including, from Aberdeen Sound, Ben Nobuto's The Art of Sinking for portable keyboard and child's voice inspired by Alexander Pope's satirical The Art of Sinking Poetry and, from St Paul's Hall, Huddersfield, a free improvisation for pipe organ and saxophone from Heiner Goebbels and Raymond MacDonald. Also from last year's Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival comes leading Lithuanian composer, Raminta Šerkšnytė's Oriental Elegy inspired by Alexander Sokurov's film which, she says, shocked her with its 'subtlety, ingenious fantasy and the deepest reflection of the mysterious world of nature sounds - the ripple of water, the murmur of wind and the rustle of the trees.' And the natural world is also the inspiration for Oliver Pashley's Inflorescence, the botanical term for a cluster of flowers on a plant's stem. There's also the chance to hear two works by the remarkable composer, pianist and musical thinker, Jonathan Powell who died at the end of last year. Oliver Pashley: Inflorescence Hermes Experiment Ben Nobuto: The Art of Sinking Zubin Kanga (ROLI keyboard) Raminta Šerkšnytė: Oriental Elegy Mivos Quartet Jonathan Powell: Beyond the Pleasure Principle Zoe Martlew (cello) and Jonathan Powell (piano) Jonathan Powell: Saturnine Composers Ensemble Improvisation Heiner Goebbels (pipe organ), Raymond MacDonald (saxophone)