BBC Proms 2018 Prom 13, Pioneers of Sound (320 kbps .mp3)

BBC Proms 2018 Prom 13, Pioneers of Sound (320 kbps .mp3)

Live at the BBC Proms: London Contemporary Orchestra conducted by Robert Ames, with Shiva Feshareki in turntables/electronics. including Daphne Oram's Still Point.

Daphne Oram's visionary Still Point fills the cavernous space of the Royal Albert Hall for the first time in the premiere of a revised realisation based on recently discovered archive material.

Composed in 1949 - almost a decade before Oram co-founded the BBC Radiophonic Workshop - the piece was possibly the first to combine a live orchestra with live electronic manipulations, here played via turntables.

Still Point forms the centrepiece of a late-night sonic exploration that features work by Delia Derbyshire - another Radiophonic Workshop pioneer who achieved cult status for her electronic arrangement of the Doctor Who TV theme - as well as new works inspired by the Radiophonic legacy.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Ian Skelly.

01. Chaines - Knockturning
01i. BBC Proms 2018, Prom 13 - general introduction
02. Laurie Spiegel - Only Night Thoughts
03. Suzanne Ciani - Improvisation on Four Sequences (1975)
04. Daphne Oram - Still Point
04i. Introduction to Oram’s Still Point


Plus electronic works by Delia Derbyshire and others, and the world premiere of a new work for orchestra and electronics

Shiva Feshareki turntables/electronics
London Contemporary Orchestra
Robert Ames (conductor)

Broadcast: 24 July 2018, BBC Radio 3