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This is the fourth episode of a seven-week summer takeover series, celebrating the 2025 Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) Composers.
As heard on Resonance FM on Friday 27 June 2025 at 12pm and a repeat listen on Wednesday 02 July 2025 at 3am, hosted by Emily Hazrati.
Emily is a composer and educator based in London; described as a ‘rising-star composer’ (BBC Radio 3), her music centres around environment, place, and belonging.
“Emily Hazrati takes us on a journey between genres and cultural influences with some of her favourite tracks, from Persian folk music to contemporary British opera.”
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Tracklist
00:36 – Ascending Bird – Persian folk tune (Arr. Colin Jacobsen & Siamak Aghaei) (Silent City, 2008)
07:26 – khāné (meditations on home) – Emily Hazrati (Young Composers 5, 2024)
12:28 – Valencia – Caroline Shaw (Orange, 2019)
18:15 – Morals + Interludes: I. How Are You? – Nathan James Dearden (Young Composers 2, 2021)
20:13 – The Games: Spaceship – Meredith Monk (Arr. M. Gordon for Chamber Ensemble) (Memory Game, 2020)
24:30 – Botorai – Kurdestan – Kurdish folk tune (Arr. Rastak) (Among Eternal Suns, 2016)
30:23 – Last Days, Act 2, Scene 4: The Super-fan – Oliver Leith (Last Days, 2024)
34:56 – Be Your Own Guardian Angel – Millicent B James (In These Exceptional Times, 2023)
38:35 – All Things Are Quite Silent – Traditional (Arr. Kerry Andrew) (All Things Are Quite Silent, 2020)
42:32 – Overlays Transparent/Opaque: #2 – Catherine Lamb (Atmospheres Transparent/Opaque, 2019)
43:46 – Dawn, Wisdom – Emily Hazrati (Unreleased, 2025)
55:26 – Kalinda – Sydney Guillaume (2005 Texas Music Educators Association: All-State Choirs, 2013)
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