music we'd like to hear in december
festival of laurence crane
2021
Arts Council England
PRS Foundation
Musica Sacra
Oxford Lieder (Crane)
Juliet Fraser (Agar)
Canongate
Jennie Gottschalk
Experimental Music Since 1970
music we'd like to hear
Music We'd Like to Hear is proud to host the final event in the year-long Festival of Laurence Crane to celebrate the composer's 60th birthday. The programme features two new works in tribute to the work of American marine biologist, conservationist and writer Rachel Carson, commissioned by Juliet Fraser.
"This Unquiet Autumn" by London-based composer Lara Agar sets Carson's written and spoken words warning of the gulf in communication between the scientific community and the general public.
"Natural World" by Laurence Crane explores the poetic nature of factual or list-based texts, the words drawn from catalogues of birds and marine life, as well as a response to three books by Carson which became known as her Sea Trilogy.
We are a collective of musicians and composers who, since 2005, have been creating a one-of-a-kind space where we welcome listeners to come together to share and celebrate new and neglected contemporary music. We hand-pick the programmes with the aim of sharing our fascination and enthusiasm with everyone. We provide a platform for creative & experimental work, for showcasing emerging talent, and for promoting learning and collaboration.
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