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Italians
Readers interested in new music of tough "high complexity" may be interested to listen to this current edition of Hear&Now on the BBC Radio 3 website until next Saturday? It carries a commentary interview with Gordon Downie; an interview between him and Ian Pace is in preparation for publication on Musical Pointers in due course.
In the first of two programmes focusing on Italian music, Gordon Downie discusses with Ivan Hewett
aldo clementi: ideogrammi 1 & 2 (1959/60);
luciano berio: serenata 1 (1957) ;
mauro cardi: effetto notte (1989)
Giacinto Scelsi
'Okanagon' (9'23")
Ensemble Recherche
Aldo Clementi
'Concerto for violin, 40 instruments and Carillons' (13'45")
Milan Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Machado, with Christiane Edinger (violin)
LP: Ricordi CRM 1004
Aldo Clementi
'Ideogrammi 1 & 2'
Contemporary Music Ensemble of Wales conducted by Kenneth Woods
Luciano Berio
'Serenata 1'
Contemporary Music Ensemble of Wales conducted by Kenneth Woods with Christopher Green (flute)
Mauro Cardi
'Effetto Notte'
Contemporary Music Ensemble of Wales conducted by Kenneth Woods
Stefano Gervasoni
'Dir'
Arditti Quartet and members of Ensemble Recherche
Recorded at Witten New Music Days
Jacopo Baboni Schilingi
'Il Colore del Blu' [the Colour Blue]
Arditti Quartet
Paolo Furlani
'Il Raconto di Calliope' [Calliope's Tale]
Ensemble Freon conducted by Stefano Cardi, with Alessia Raccichini (soprano)
You can have your say on tonight's programme, or any aspect of new music by visiting the BBC New Music Messageboard &/or writing to Musical Pointers
For further details e-mail hear.and.now@bbc.co.uk
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