A fortnight's break from the Huddersfield highlights (although, to be honest, I went to much more exciting events than the ones that have been broadcast so far) - and a real treat this weekend. First of all, there is a Live broadcast of the premiere of Inspection - Maida Vale Project by German composer Florian Hecker (b 1975). Commissioned by the Beeb to commemorates the 70th anniversary of the Third Programme/Radio3, Hecker's piece celebrates the work of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, creating sounds using the Workshop's own EMS Vocoder 5000, together with more modern sound creating & generating technology.
The audience at Maida Vale will hear the Multi-Channel work as they move around the space - listeners at home will be able to share some of the spatial, surround sound experience by listening to the broadcast Live via the BBC Website, as this is going to be the first ever Live 360 degree binaural broadcast. In addition to his own work, Hecker has chosen works by other composers sharing similar aesthetic priorities.
The audience at Maida Vale will hear the Multi-Channel work as they move around the space - listeners at home will be able to share some of the spatial, surround sound experience by listening to the broadcast Live via the BBC Website, as this is going to be the first ever Live 360 degree binaural broadcast. In addition to his own work, Hecker has chosen works by other composers sharing similar aesthetic priorities.
- EMS Late!
- slightly more interesting than the Haas Hyena of a couple of weeks ago, but the same general process of a splurge of indifferent Music between a lot of spoken links.
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