Hannah Kendall's The Spark Catchers is an evocative interpretation of a poem (by English poet Lemn Sissay) about women who worked in match factories in the 1800s, tasked with dousing stray sparks that might accidentally ignite an inferno. It's filled with kinetic energy and driving rhythms, and Steve Seel features it in the first hour of Extra Eclectic. In the second hour, it's an exploration of the ever-lengthening nights of autumn with music about nighttime, stillness, dreaming and nostalgia.
Episode Playlist
For Now I Am Winter
Olafur Arnalds
Winter
Voces8
4:41
The Spark Catchers
Hannah Kendall
Spark Catchers
Chineke! Orchestra
Kevin John Edusei, conductor
9:37
Chrysalis
Sarah Kirkland Snider
Reverie
Kassia Ensemble
Mary Elizabeth Bowden, trumpet
3:09
Viola Concerto
Jennifer Higdon
Jennifer Higdon: All Things Majestic
Nashville Symphony Orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Roberto Diaz, viola
21:45
Pastourelle
Edward Elgar
Elgar: Piano Music
Peter Pettinger, piano
2:19
Arcs
Stephen Scott
New Music for Bowed Piano
The Bowed Piano Ensemble
11:47
Allusions: Beneath the Surface
Paul Patterson
An Eventful Morning in East London - 21st Century Violin Concertos
English String Orchestra
Kenneth Woods, conductor
Harriet Mackenzie, violin
4:30
The Quiet at Night
Mary Lattimore
At the Dam
Mary Lattimore, harp
4:13
Dreaming a world's edge
Concert Recording
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Pekka Kuusisto, conductor
13:59
Dreamcatcher
Marcos Balter
Dreamcatcher
Lior Willinger, piano
3:08
memory pieces: spartan arcs
David Lang
Fast Jump
Danny Holt, piano
3:38
The Imagined Sound of Sun on Stone
Sally Beamish
Sally Beamish: The Imagined Sound of Sun on Stone
Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Ola Rudner, conductor
John Harle, saxophone
18:54
Nostalgia
Peter Garland
Study of the Invisible
Vanessa Wagner, piano
3:19
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Where classical music is always arriving, with host Steve Seel. Listen live at 10 p.m. Central every Monday on YourClassical Radio.