Nathan’s 2020 song, the way we go, had been featured on BBC Radio 3’s Sounds Connected series. Hosted by Ellie Ajao, the series uncovers the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.

Written for Helen Charlton as part of the Isolation Songbook released on Delphian Records, the way we go features both Helen (mezzo soprano) and Alexander Soares (piano).

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This programme was broadcast at 00.00am on Monday, 17 March 2023, and you can catch-up for 30-days on BBC Sounds by visiting this website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001kvlt

Programme description

Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history. Each piece of this half-hour eclectic music sequence is linked to the previous one, through all manner of connections, some tangential, some personal, often surprising.

This new series of three episodes introduces presenter Ellie Ajao, a recent graduate of Royal Holloway, University of London, and a former BBC Open Music trainee. Ellie loves nothing more than talking about music and culture. Keen to make classical music accessible to people from all backgrounds, Ellie’s work is centred around uncovering the wonderful music of underrepresented composers.

Ellie's music choices in this third episode include pieces by Henry Purcell, Morfydd Llwyn-Owen, Nathan James Dearden, Lili Boulanger, Robert Walker and Duke Ellington.

More information about the way we go

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