April 1, 2025

On Tuesday, Penn Music Professor Natacha Diels premiered her new work, "Adrift," on BBC Radio 3's "New Music Show: Boulez at 100 – Reimagined," hosted by Kate Molleson and Tom Service. Performed by the UK-based ensemble Plus-Minus, the piece—commissioned by BBC Radio 3 and the group itself—presents Diels’ own interpretation of Mexican composer Julián Carrillo’s "Preludio a Colón."
Listen to the piece, along with some commentary from Diels, starting at 1:08:00 through the link below.