Hear and Now is the main contemporary music programme on Radio 3. It features live concerts and studio sessions from the best new music groups, and premieres of BBC commissioned works.

(Occasionally, Hear and Now is preceded by its sister programme: Pre-Hear)

This Week: a concert of new jazz played by Arve Henriksen.

Cut & Splice Festival 2008

About Aus den Sieben Tagen

Read the Gold Dust blog.
 
View images of the event

• www.cutandsplice.com

Rational Rec

13 Music-Theatre Pieces
(follow the images as you listen)

Read about Sheila Ghelani's experiences of Rational Rec.

View images of the event.

Tribute to Mauricio Kagel

A special tribute to Mauricio Kagel who died on the 18th of September.

Bill Fontana - 'Speeds of Time'

See a map of the Microphones used in Bill Fontana's 'Speeds of Time'
Listen to the live Big Ben sound sculpture

New British Orchestral Scores

Read Programme Notes by the composers from the concerts given by the BBC Philharmonic and the SPNM.

Playing the building: an installation by David Byrne

Watch Ivan Hewett 'playing the building' in David Byrne's installation at New York's Battery Maritime Building

Hear and Now in China 2008.

Read Robert Worby's diary from Hear and Now in Beijing 2008.