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23 Jul 2018, Royal Albert Hall
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Proms 2018 Prom 13: Pioneers of Sound

Prom 13
Prom 13: Pioneers of Sound
22:15 Mon 23 Jul 2018 Prom 13
The London Contemporary Orchestra leads a late-night tribute to the legacy of the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radiophonic Workshop – pioneers of experimental electronic music – which includes Daphne Oram’s groundbreaking Still Point and music by RW stalwart Delia Derbyshire.
The London Contemporary Orchestra leads a late-night tribute to the legacy of the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radiophonic Workshop – pioneers of experimental electronic music – which includes Daphne Oram’s groundbreaking Still Point and music by RW stalwart Delia Derbyshire.

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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 ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 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.

There will be no interval

Broadcast on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Four on Friday 27 July

Image: Shiva Feshareki © Alex Zelewska