Listeners to BBC Radio 3 have another chance to hear a highlight of last year’s Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival on 31 July, when the station’s new music show ‘Hear and Now’ will broadcast an excerpt of a concert by fORCH that was recorded on 28 November 2009.

An expansion of Richard Barrett and Paul Obermayer’s electroacoustic duo FURT, fORCH play a combination of improvised music and pieces created from frameworks composed by Barrett. The line-up of Barrett, Obermayer, two vocalists and four instrumentalists includes saxophonist John Butcher, who will also be interviewed on the programme.

The episode of ‘Hear and Now’ will be broadcast at 10.30pm on Saturday 31 July, presented by Ed McKeon. BBC Radio 3 are the official broadcast partner of hcmf// and several recordings of works from the 2009 festival – including the world premiere of London Sinfonietta performing Barrett’s Mesopotamia at the same event – aired on ‘Hear and Now’ last November and January.

Hear and Now on Radio 3

fORCH on MySpace

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