The Tonic 19 [England, Iran, Sweden]

Persian mystic poetry, Iranian sci-fi, Nordic herding calls, Tudor jazz, lesser-known English pastorals, and some by-all-reasonable-assessment fairly ravishing pieces for cello feature in the latest episode of The Tonic, in a show weaving ties between electronic and acoustic classical music from Sweden, England and Iran.With music by Karin Rehnqvist, Ákos Rózmann, Ellen Arkbro, Reza Vali, Sote (Ata Ebtekar), Niloufar Nourbakhsh, Ahmad Pejman, Gerald Finzi, Anna Clyne and Herbert Howells.The featured image shows the Cristal Baschet, a musical instrument developed in the 1950s by brothers Bernard and François Baschet.