The first of five programmes of music taken from the Huddersfield Contemporary
Music Festival. Verity Sharp introduces a celebration of the career of the Norwegian composer Arne Nordheim , recorded last
Sunday and performed by BIT-20 Ensemble. Including Aftonland, Tractatus and Magic Island, and the first performance of a reworking of Tenebrae, originally commissioned by Rostropovich. Plus excerpts from Richard Barrett 's ongoing project Dark Matter, performed by Cikada.