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Hear and Now: Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2011

Hear and Now: Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2011: Episode 1

Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2011

Episode 1

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Music by Mauricio Kagel, Thomas Simaku. Plus Hear and Now 50: Ferneyhough's Bone Alphabet.

Robert Worby and Sara Mohr-Pietsch present music by Mauricio Kagel and Thomas Simaku. Plus Hear and Now 50: Stephen Schick on Brian Ferneyhough's Bone Alphabet.

Sarah Mohr-Pietsch and Robert Worby present the first of four programmes showcasing highlights from this year's Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. 

Mauricio Kagel: Prima Vista 
Apartment House

Thomas Simaku: String Quartet (world premiere)
Quatuor Diotima

Bent Sørensen and Anna Berit Asp Christensen: Saudades Inocentes 
Oscar Henning-Jensen (boy soprano)
Gert Henning-Jensen (tenor)
Guido Paevatalu (baritone)

And in the latest instalment of the Hear and Now Fifty, percussionist Steven Schick recalls how a chance meeting with Brian Ferneyhough led to the commission of Bone Alphabet, his only piece for non-pitched instruments; while commentator Paul Griffiths describes the work's physicality and rhythmic complexity.

Brian Ferneyhough: Bone Alphabet 
Steven Schick (percussion).

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Programmes of highlights from the 2011 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival

Sara Mohr-Pietsch and Robert Worby presents highlights from 2011's Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. The largest of its type in the UK, the event features the best contemporary and new music

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