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Sacred Spaces

Elizabeth Alker shares entrancing ambient sounds performed inside and inspired by sacred spaces.

Elizabeth Alker shares entrancing ambient sounds performed inside and inspired by sacred spaces. These include the gentle swells of an improvisation between electronic composer Zbigniew Preisner and vocalist Lisa Gerrard, recorded in a synagogue near Kraków; and there’s a stunning choral collaboration from Erland Cooper and Shards, imagined within a derelict mythical church on a mysterious holy island that’s part of Orkney; plus Laura Cannell's musical conversations between the carved stone floors of a church in Suffolk are dreamt up into a rattling and dense ambience track.

Produced by Alexa Kruger
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3

1 hour

Last on

Thu 15 Dec 2022 23:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Erland Cooper

    Under Brinkie's Brae

    Choir: Shards.
    • Eynhallow.
    • Phases.

  • Laura Cannell

    Golden Torcs and Ancient Hymns

    • WE LONG TO BE HAUNTED.
    • Brawl Records.

  • Supriya Nagarajan & Duncan Chapman

    On the banks of the Jamuna

    • Dusk Notes.

  • Tim Hecker

    No Drums

    • Ravedeath, 1972.
    • Kranky.

  • Atli Heimir Sveinsson

    Haustv​í​sur til M​á​r​í​u (Autumn Verses to the Virgin Mary)

    Choir: The Hamrahlíð Choir.
    • Come And Be Joyful.
    • One Little Independent.

  • Zbigniew Preisner & Lisa Gerrard

    Hear Me Out

    • It's Not Too Late.
    • Preisner Productions.

  • Kemper Norton

    lattapuch

    • Troillia.

  • A Winged Victory for the Sullen

    We Played Some Open Chords And Rejoiced For The Earth Had Circled The Sun Yet...

    • A Winged Victory For The Sullen.
    • Erased Tapes Records.

  • Ami Dang

    Satnam Waheguru

    • Meditations Mixtape, Vol. I.
    • Leaving Records.

  • Unknown to Known

    Strings Attached

    • Live at the Crypt.

  • Susan Matthews & Observation Point

    Spitafields

  • Áine O’Dwyer

    An Unkindness of Ravens, The Chapel On The Hill.

    • Music For Church Cleaners.
    • Fort Evil Fruit.

  • Kay Logan

    Music for the Mackintosh Church

    • Nothing New Under the Sun.
    • Kit Records.

Broadcast

  • Thu 15 Dec 2022 23:30
    BBC Radio 3

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