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Floating, flying

Elizabeth Alker with a playlist of genre-defying music from today's most exciting makers, featuring Brighde Chaimbeul, Donna McKevitt, and Frances Chang.

Elizabeth Alker soundtracks your late-summer night with a playlist of genre-defying music from today's most exciting makers. We'll hear from independent producers whose work plays with orchestral textures and classical form as well as the latest sounds from a new generation of contemporary composers who look to embrace the spirit of rock, pop and electronica. This week's picks include a haunting re-invention of the Scottish small pipes from Brighde Chaimbeul, a celestial choral piece by Donna McKevitt, and off-kilter pop inspired by the RPG ‘King’s Quest’ from Frances Chang.

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Music Played

  • Donna McKevitt & The Marian Consort

    O vos - after Gesualdo's "o vos omnes"

    • McKevitt: O vos (after Gesualdo's "o vos omnes").
    • Delphian Records.

  • Dustin O’Halloran & Memorial

    The Lightness

    • Jera.
    • OPIA.

  • Simon Goff

    August

    • Interior Realms - vol. I.

  • Bonnie “Prince” Billy

    Why is the Lion?

    • We Are Together Again.
    • Domino Recordings.

  • Fohn

    Sanctuary In Waiting

    • Porcelain.
    • Odda Recordings.

  • Brìghde Chaimbeul

    A' Chailleach

    • Sunwise.
    • tak:til.

  • Carmen Villain

    Entre Nosotros

    • Memoria.
    • Smalltown Supersound.

  • Lumina

    Communion

    • Seeker.

  • Frances Chang

    I can feel the waves

    • been thinking bout confession.
    • RVNG Intl..

  • Laura Cannell

    Fire Signals

    • Battalia.
    • Brawl Records.

  • Sofie Birch

    Spirit Cartography

    • Bivabippabualukka.
    • Stroom.tv.

Broadcast

  • Last Sunday 23:30
    BBC Radio 3

What is unclassified music?

What is unclassified music?

Elizabeth Alker introduces five of her favourite 'unclassifiable' pieces of music.