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.
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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.
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- Sat 22 Jul 2017 22:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3
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