In another programme from this year's Huddersfield Contemporary Music
Festival, Sarah Walker presents a portrait of British composer James Wood. Music includes the world premiere of Autumn Voices - a BBC commission written for
Mieko Kanno , his marimba concerto
Venencio Mbande Talking with the Trees with Kuniko Kato as soloist, and his orchestral work Oreion. Also on the bill, Children at a Funeral and The Priest of Shiga Temple. Plus performances of Plekto by Xenakis and Borges en el Espejo by Alejandro Vinao. James Wood conducts Critical Band with soloists Frances Lynch and Clive Williamson.