The Aldeburgh Festival has been a pilgrimage for lovers of classical music and culture since 1948. Its brings together new commissions, world-premiers and international stars on the stretch of Suffolk Coast which so bewitched its founder, the composer Benjamin Britten. It runs for a fortnight each June. This podcast gets up close with some of the artists taking part in this year's Festival, in a mix of quick fire questions and in-depth discussions, hosted by BCC Radio Three DJ Tom McKinney and Dr Lucy Walker. If you want to know more about the Aldeburgh Festival, this podcast is a great place to start.
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The Aldeburgh Festival has been a pilgrimage for lovers of classical music and culture since 1948. Its brings together new commissions, world-premiers and international stars on the stretch of Suffolk Coast which so bewitched its founder, the composer Benjamin Britten. It runs for a fortnight each June. This podcast gets up close with some of the artists taking part in this year's Festival, in a mix of quick fire questions and in-depth discussions, hosted by BCC Radio Three DJ Tom McKinney and Dr Lucy Walker. If you want to know more about the Aldeburgh Festival, this podcast is a great place to start.
Cassandra Miller is one of the busiest composers working today, and her approach to creativity is highly individual. Her work is often meditative, mesmeric even, and as she describes in this podcast, her intention is to create a "slow, entrancing world". She often bases her work on musical source – a recording, or a particular score – that has caught her attention and these influences range in style and form: from operatic singing, to Georgian folksongs, to Kurt Cobain. In this podcast, we explore this approach – known as "transcription" – as well as her fascinating career, and her many collaborations with extraordinary performing artists.
We’re very grateful to the Bozzini Quartet, Juliet Fraser, Another Timbre label and Faber Music for allowing us permission to use the musical excerpts here.
The Aldeburgh Festival Podcast
The Aldeburgh Festival has been a pilgrimage for lovers of classical music and culture since 1948. Its brings together new commissions, world-premiers and international stars on the stretch of Suffolk Coast which so bewitched its founder, the composer Benjamin Britten. It runs for a fortnight each June. This podcast gets up close with some of the artists taking part in this year's Festival, in a mix of quick fire questions and in-depth discussions, hosted by BCC Radio Three DJ Tom McKinney and Dr Lucy Walker. If you want to know more about the Aldeburgh Festival, this podcast is a great place to start.
