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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A concert of works curated by composer Anthony Pateras at the Australian National Academy of Music in Melbourne, plus with a chat with Speak Percusssion head Eugene Ughetti.
An extended chat with Perth-based composer, performer and academic Cat Hope, who runs the composition department at WAAPA.
Audio usually updates by 1.30am Sydney/Melbourne time.
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A massive new work by composer Paul Panhuysen, followed by a set by shakuhachi player (and former Violent Femmes bassist) Brian Ritchie.
Tonight we come to you LIVE from Soundstream, Adelaide's New Music Festival curated by Gabriella Smart. We kick off with a solo set by cellist John Addison live in studio, featuring new works by young composers, followed by international guest artist Brian Ritchie of Violent Femmes fame. >> Join Julian on Facebook >> Soundstream - Adelaide New Music Festival website
Tonight we celebrate the 80th birthday (in 2009) of Pulitzer Prize winning composer George Crumb, with a concert of works including Music of a Summer Evening (Makrokosmos III).
Tonight we celebrate the 50th birthday of composer Andrew Schultz with a selection of his best-known works, including Dead Songs and Ekstasis.
Wrapping up our focus on last year's Witten Days for New Chamber Music with a concert by the Arditti String Quartet. We also take an icy trek through Iceland with pieces by Bjork and an electroacoustic work recorded in situ.
Tonight we chat to soprano Jessica Aszodi and trumpeter Tristram Williams, who'll join the group Quiver next week as part of the New Music Network's Mini Series. We'll also hear a Quiver concert from last year.
Focussing on last year's Witten Days for New Chamber Music, a prestigious festival in Germany. Also, Morton Feldman's masterpiece of quiet listening For Bunita Marcus.
Tonight we meet a pan-Pacific power couple. Martin Bresnick is a renowned composer and professor of composition at Yale University. His wife Lisa Moore is an Australian-born pianist who studied with Yvonne Loriod and is known as the "NY queen of the avant-garde".
Music played on New Music Up Late on September 18 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | August 28 | 27 | 21 | 20 | For earlier dates, start at the index of Archived Music Details.
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