Wee Have Also Sound-Houses
Fifty years after the creation of the ±«Óãtv Radiophonic Workshop, the programme examines the life and legacy of electronic music pioneer Daphne Oram.
To mark the 50th anniversary in 2008 of the creation of the ±«Óãtv Radiophonic Workshop, the programme examines the life and legacy of one of the great pioneers of British electronic music - the Workshop's co-founder Daphne Oram.
As a child in the 1930s, Oram dreamed of a way to turn drawn shapes into sound, and she dedicated her life to realising that goal. Her Oramics machine anticipated the synthesiser by more than a decade, and with it she produced a number of internationally-performed works for the cinema, concert hall and theatre.
Daphne Oram was among the very first composers of electronic music in Britain and her legacy is the dominance of that soundworld in our culture today.
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- Sun 3 Aug 2008 21:45±«Óãtv Radio 3
- Sun 8 Mar 2009 21:30±«Óãtv Radio 3
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