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Experimental Strings

Stuart is joined by fiddle player Laura Cannell to talk about experimental music featuring strings. Including John Cale's sweeping viola in The Velvet Underground, an extract from Tony Conrad's long drone piece Four Violins and cellist Lori Goldston's sonorous Hardanger style improvisation.

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Sun 22 May 2016 00:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • King Tubby & Carlton Patterson

    King At The Controls

    • Black & White In Dub.
    • Hot Pot.

  • Broadcast

    Sixty Forty

    • Warp20 (Unheard).
    • Warp Records.

  • 'Igginbottom

    Golden Lakes

    • 'Igginbottom's Wrench.
    • Esoteric Recordings.

  • Richard Skelton

    Undertow

    • Landings.
    • Type.

  • The Velvet Underground

    Venus In Furs

    • The Velvet Underground & Nico.
    • Universal.

  • Laura Cannell & AndrĂ© Bosman

    Through the Plough the Steam Rises

    • Laura Cannell & AndrĂ© Bosman.
    • Brawl.

  • Lori Goldston

    Tremolo

    • Creekside: Cello Solo.
    • Mississippi Records.

  • Tony Conrad

    Extract From Four Violins

    • Four Violins.
    • Table Of The Elements.

  • Acqua fragile

    Professor

    • Mass-Media Stars.
    • Esoteric Recordings.

Broadcast

  • Sun 22 May 2016 00:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music