Friday 10.30pm - 12.30am (On digital and online)
Saturday 10.30pm - 12.30am
Do you like to be excited? Intrigued? Outraged?
Now broadcasting two days a week on digital radio and online, New Music Up Late is your space in which to explore the amazing universe of contemporary music, be it a visceral improv set or a spacious meditation for orchestra.
You’ll meet some of the most interesting thinkers and innovators in sound, who have dedicated their lives to reshaping the way we listen. And the new Friday edition is your chance to hear more international new music including new concert recordings from broadcasters around the globe and long-form late-night meditations from diverse new and recent releases. It’s another big listen.
So leave tradition at the door as we step into the future. Hear the sounds of tomorrow – tonight!
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More contemporary sounds for your late night listening.
More contemporary sounds for your late night listening.
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More contemporary sounds for your late night listening.
Music from a concert featuring Decibel, a new group from Perth dedicated to experimental music that combines acoustic and electronic instruments.
Music from last year's Donaueschingen Festival in Germany, the world's oldest and, arguably, most prestigious new music festival.
More contemporary sounds for your late night listening.
Tonight, the Pulitzer Prize winning The Little Match Girl Passion by David Lang and other new American works.
Tonight we hear music selected by Robert Curgenven, a sound artist based in Berlin who'll also perform for us live.
Music from the American Academy in Rome, featuring works by Stephen Hartke, Loren Rush and more.
An ambitious song cycle set to words by Charles Darwin, featuring composers Elliot Gyger, Elena Kats-Chernin, Kate Neal and more.
Music played on New Music Up Late on March 27 | 26 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 5 | February 27 | 26 | For earlier dates, start at the index of Archived Music Details.
Stephen Adams hosts your gateway to Australian Music on ABC Classic FM. You'll find fresh streaming audio of new works, the AMU podcasts featuring the lattest new music recordings, links to special web features, and details of forthcoming broadcasts of Australian Music on ABC Classic FM. > more
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