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Hear and Now: Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2015

Hear and Now: Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2015: Episode 5

Episode 5

Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2015

BBC Radio 3 - Hear and Now, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2015, Episode 5

The Arditti Quartet recorded at the 2015 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.

The Arditti Quartet perform new music by Harrison Birtwistle, John Zorn, Iris ter Schiphorst and Klaus Lang.

Robert Worby and Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduce a concert by the Arditti Quartet, recorded at last November's Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and featuring the new string quartet by Harrison Birtwistle and UK premieres of works by John Zorn, Iris ter Schiphorst and Klaus Lang. 

John Zorn: The Remedy of Fortune 
Iris ter Schiphorst: Aus Liebe
Klaus Lang: Seven Views of White 
Harrison Birtwistle: String Quartet No.3: The Silk House Sequences.

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Coverage of the 2014 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival

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