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Witten New Music Days, Nicolaus Huber, Brian Ferneyhough, James Dillon, Jonathan Harvey

New music by Nicolaus Huber from Witten New Music Days, and by Dillon, Ferneyhough and Harvey to mark the 40th anniversary of the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.

Tom Service presents highlights from this year's Witten New Music Days in Germany, including music by featured composer Nicolaus Huber, performed by the Arditti String Quartet and Ensemble Modern.

Also tonight, the first of four archive features celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.
Andrew Kurowski talks to Robert Worby about some of the British composers who became 'HCMF Fixtures'
James Dillon: Dillug Kefitsah
Noriko Kawai (piano)
Brian Ferneyhough: Carceri d'invenzione III
Asko Ensemble
Jonathan Harvey: Bhakti - sections I & II
London Sinfonietta with Sound Intermedia.

2 hours

Last on

Sat 22 Jul 2017 22:00

Music Played

  • Nicolaus Huber

    Split Brain

    Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Rus Broseta.
  • Philippe Manoury

    Passages for clarinet & ensemble

    Performer: Thorsten Johanns.
  • Nicolaus Huber

    Mit etwas Extremismus

    Ensemble: Ensemble Modern. Conductor: Brad Lubman.
  • Philippe Hurel

    Entre les lignes

    Ensemble: Arditti Quartet.
  • James Dillon

    Dillug Kefitsah

    Performer: Noriko Kawai.
  • Bryan Ferneyhough

    Carceri d'invenzione III

    Ensemble: Asko Ensemble. Conductor: Ed Spanjaard.
  • Jonathan Harvey

    Bhakti - sections I & II

    Ensemble: Nouvel Ensemble Modern. Conductor: Lorraine Vaillancourt.

Broadcast

  • Sat 22 Jul 2017 22:00

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