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40 Years of Radio 3
Two programmes marking 40 years of Radio 3 and its relationship with new classical music
Canterbury Sounds New Festival 2009
Ivan Hewett presents performances from the Canterbury Sounds New Festival 2009
Canterbury Sounds New Festival 2010
Ivan Hewett presents performances from 2010's Canterbury Sounds New music festival
Composer Portraits
Ivan Hewett presents a series of portraits of contemporary composers
Cut & Splice 2010
Highlights from the 2010 Cut & Splice festival, whose theme is 'transmission'
Cut & Splice: Living Rooms
Robert Worby presents programmes from two-day Cut & Splice: Living Rooms festival
French Music
Tom Service and Julian Anderson discuss music from recent generations of French composers.
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Exploring improvisation in modern classical music, with composer Richard Barrett.
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Robert Worby presents a rare performance of pieces from Stockhausen's Aus Den Sieben Tagen
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Tom Service introduces music for string quartet from the 2006 Sonorities Festival.
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With music by Fred Frith, Tim Hodgkinson and Martijn Padding.
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Alwynne Pritchard presents world premieres by Stoneham, Hughes, Sierra and Kay.
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Ivan Hewett presents the music of Berlin-based British composer and singer Chris Newman.
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A concert focusing on new music by Middle-Eastern composers.
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A concert including works by Francisco Lara, Hans Abrahamson and Simon Holt.
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With new music releases on CD and works by composers Colin Matthews and Alexander Goehr.
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South African composer Kevin Volans and Jill Richards perform his music for two pianos.
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A portrait of Unsuk Chin, including her Piano Concerto presented by Ivan Hewett
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With premieres, live concerts and studio sessions from the best new music groups.
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Ivan Hewett introduces new music with a visual element and music from Liverpool.
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Ivan Hewett presents a performance of a new humorous chamber opera The Shops.
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Highlights of concerts from the 2007 BMIC Cutting Edge Series, with music by Larry Goves.
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Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces works that blend instruments with electronics.
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Tom Service presents works by Peter Wiegold and Christian Marclay.
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The premiere of a new work by Heiner Goebbels, Songs of Wars I Have Seen.
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Aldeburgh Festival: Music by Oliver Knussen, Elliott Carter and Harrison Birtwistle.
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Alwynne Pritchard reports on the Rational Rec multimedia night at Spitalfields Festival.
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A concert by the Arditti Quartet and a report on writing for quartet.
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Ivan Hewett is joined by Julian Anderson to discuss music by Bouliane, Leroux and Ligeti.
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Alwynne Pritchard presents new German music for voices and for piano.
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A concert celebrating the work of Claude Vivier, the Canadian composer killed in 1983.
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The minimalist pioneer plays at the Triptych Festival, Glasgow, and talks to Robert Worby.
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Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents a programme of music by Karlheinz Stockhausen.
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Tom Service and Christopher Fox look at the life and work of Italian composer Luigi Nono.
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Aldeburgh Festival: World premieres by Helen Grime, Elliott Carter and Harrison Birtwistle
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Musical modernism new and old, with classic works of the 1960s alongside works by Downie.
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Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces recordings from the 2008 Vale of Glamorgan festival.
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Featuring the world premiere of Edward Cowie's BBC commission INhabitAT.
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Tom Service presents a concert of new jazz played by Arve Henriksen (trumpet) and ensemble
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Robert Worby presents a programme of music performed by the ensemble Apartment House.
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Hear and Now's annual electronic music event, featuring the Vienna Vegetable Orchestra.
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A concert given at Glasgow's City Halls, with concertos by Rolf Hind and Detlev Glanert.
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The BBC Symphony Orchestra perform Karlheinz Stockhausen's meditative work Inori.
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A concert of contemporary music given by the Ulster Orchestra at the Sonorities Festival.
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A concert featuring works by Nigel Osborne and a BBC commission by Anna Meredith.
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Ivan Hewett presents music by contemporary British composers.
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New music by Ed Bennett, Luke Bedford, Thomas Larcher, Olga Neuwirth and Rebecca Saunders.
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Robert Worby presents a tribute to the late composer Mauricio Kagel.
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Ivan Hewett presents recordings by Liverpool-based Ensemble 10/10.
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Sara Mohr-Pietsch, Annette Morreau and Ivan Hewett explore the year's new music highlights
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The BBC Philharmonic in music by Unsuk Chin. Plus Philip Mead in a work by Chris Dench.
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New orchestral and piano music by German composers Enno Poppe and Charlotte Seither.
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Ed McKeon presents new music by fORCH, Morla and Pwyll ap-Sian.
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Sara Mohr-Pietsch with music from the Aldeburgh Festival, including Kurtag and Ligeti.
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Music from the Aldeburgh Festival 2008, including works by Birtwistle and Ades/Rosner.
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Ivan Hewett presents new music by Aldo Clementi and Hans Abrahamsen.
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Sara Mohr-Pietsch profiles British composer Alexander Goehr.
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Works by Guto Puw, Andrew Lewis, Adrian Williams, from 2010's Bangor New Music Festival.
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Jac van Steen conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Henze, Holt and Hoddinott.
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The BBC Philharmonic performs music by young composers and James MacMillan.
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Robert Worby with music from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra's IRCAM collaborations.
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The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra perform works by Dutch composer Michel van der Aa.
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The BBC SSO and John Tilbury (piano) in music by Skempton, Cardew, Wolff and Feldman.
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A concert of new music by seven composers, performed by the Uroboros Ensemble.
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Ivan Hewett reports on Berlin's new music scene, twenty years after the fall of the Wall.
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The Birmingham Contemporary Music Group play Simon Holt, Richard Causton and Vic Hoyland.
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Sara Mohr-Pietsch with music from Norway's Borealis Fesitval, from Kings Place, London.
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Tom Service focuses on the nominations for the 2010 British Composer Awards.
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BBC SO/Andre de Ridder perform Lloyd Moore, Michael Langemann, Ian Vine and Gavin Higgins.
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Choral works by Gabriel Jackson, Gyorgy Ligeti, Michael Zev Gordon - and Thomas Tallis.
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Robert Worby introduces cityscapes in music, from Gruber, Woolrich, Higdon and Rijnvos.
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Zoe Martlew with a concert of contemporary Lithuanian music from Kings Place in London.
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Crash Ensemble plays Terry Riley, David Lang, Linda Buckley and Donnacha Dennehy.
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Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents music by Dai Fujikura, Larry Goves and Aldo Clementi.
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Ivan Hewett presents music by David Sawer, Robin Walker, Stephen Elcock and Emily Howard.
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Ivan Hewett talks to composer Elliott Carter, who celebrates his 100th birthday in 2008.
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Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents experimental music by John Cage and Christopher Fox.
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The BBC NOW performs music by four international composers: Sawer, Sierra, Watkins, Jost.
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Robert Worby introduces music from Gemini's festival held last summer in London.
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Tom Service interviews composer George Benjamin and introduces a concert of his music.
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Tom Service talks to and introduces music by American composer George Crumb.
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Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Alexander Goehr's new opera Promised End.
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Zoe Martlew introduces the Graham Fitkin Band in concert at Kings Place in London.
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Tom Service presents a complete performance of Gerard Grisey's Les espaces acoustiques.
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Tom Service celebrates the composing career of Harrison Birtwistle.
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Tom Service introduces two orchestral works by German composer Helmut Lachenmann.
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Robert Worby explores the spoken word in new music and sound art.
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New music by Howard Skempton performed by the BCMG and EXAUDI.
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Sara Mohr-Pietsch with highlights from 2009's Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.
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Ivan Hewett presents orchestral music by Claude Vivier, Elliott Carter and James Dillon.
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Tom Service presents the world premiere of James Dillon's epic cycle Nine Rivers.
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New music by James Dillon and Jonathan Harvey played by the Arditti Quartet.
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Ivan Hewett talks to iconic soprano Jane Manning about her inspirational career.
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Sara Mohr-Pietsch with a concert celebrating the 70th birthday of composer John Harbison.
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Robert Worby presents a special programme in memory of Stockhausen.
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Zoe Martlew presents the BBC SSO performing music by Knussen, Bedford and Turnage.
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Ivan Hewett presents the music of Viennese composer Kurt Schwertsik.
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Presented by Ivan Hewett. The London Sinfonietta celebrate their 40th anniversary.
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An all-American concert by the London Sinfonietta. Music by Adams, Cage, Dresher and Lang.
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Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents performances by Lore Lixenberg and David Alberman.
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Zoe Martlew interviews composer Louis Andriessen and presents recordings of two key works.
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Ivan Hewett discusses Dutch composer Louise Andriessen with composer Steve Martland.
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Ivan Hewett presents music by James MacMillan and HK Gruber.
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BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra plays Matthias Pintscher, Edgard Varese and Wolfgang Rihm.
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Michael Finnissy's The Transgressive Gospel performed at the 2009 Spitalfields Festival.
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Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents new music from Ireland and Iceland.
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The Nash Ensemble premieres music by Berkeley, Watkins, Anderson and Turnage.
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Ivan Hewett presents new British chamber music with electronics.
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The BBC Philharmonic scores chosen by the Society for the Promotion of New Music.
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Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents music for orchestra and solo piano by Finnish composers.
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Tom Service explores new Italian music with Ed McKeon.
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Robert Worby reports from Shanghai on the range of new music being made there.
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Sara Mohr-Pietsch talks to composer Nico Muhly and presents a concert of his music.
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Ivan Hewett presents a profile of Danish composer Per Norgard.
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Two world premieres as well as new compositions inspired by Purcell.
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Sara Mohr-Pietsch travels to the Ruhr region in Germany, European Capital of Culture 2010.
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Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents four works that explore different perspectives on time.
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Robert Worby presents music from the London Sinfonietta's Sonic Explorations festival.
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Ivan Hewett presents a profile of American composer Stephen Montague.
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Robert Worby introduces a full broadcast of Stockhausen's seminal tape composition Hymnen.
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Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents new music for string quartet recorded at Kings Place in London.
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Robert Worby presents music recorded in June 2007 at the Spitalfields Festival in London.
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Concert of new music from Llandaff Cathedral, with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
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Ilan Volkov conducts the BBC SSO in works by Scottish and Irish composers.
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Tom Service presents music recorded during the BBC Symphony Orchestra's Tristan Murail Day
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Robert Worby explores the music of American mavericks James Tenney and Pauline Oliveros.
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Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces an selection of instrumental and electro-acoustic music.
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Robert Worby presents Australian music from the 2009 Vale of Glamorgan Festival.
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Exploring the contrast between two musical generations currently composing in Vienna.
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Ivan Hewett introduces works by Xenakis, Julian Anderson, Jane Hebberd and others.
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2007
Highlights from Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2007, which was held in November
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2008
Highlights from the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2008
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2009
Highlights of the 2009 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2010
Highlights from the 2010 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
London Jazz Festival 2010
Radio 3 broadcast highlights from the London Jazz Festival 2010
Manchester Portraits
Composer portraits from the BBC Philharmonic, recorded at the BBC's Manchester studios
Modern Europeans
Series dedicated to major European contemporary musical figures
New Music in China
Robert Worby looks at the successful new music scene in China
Wolfgang Rihm
Tom Service presents a series dedicated to leading German composer Wolfgang Rihm