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Hear and Now: Ivan Hewett presents world premieres from the Witten Days for New Chamber Music 2016

Ivan Hewett presents world premieres from the Witten Days for New Chamber Music 2016

13/08/2016

BBC Radio 3 - Hear and Now, Ivan Hewett presents world premieres from the Witten Days for New Chamber Music 2016

Ivan Hewett presents world premieres from the Witten Days for New Chamber Music 2016.

Ivan Hewett presents highlights from the Witten Days for New Chamber Music 2016: music by Gerard Pesson, Hugues Dufourt, Juliana Hodkinson, Mikel Urquiza and Enno Poppe.

Ivan Hewett presents highlights - including five world premieres - from the Witten Days for New Chamber Music 2016, in conversation with Harry Vogt, director of the festival since 1990. Alongside music by the featured composer at Witten this year, Gerard Pesson, we'll hear premieres from Hugues Dufourt, Juliana Hodkinson, Mikel Urquiza and, to end the programme, Enno Poppe - the Diotima Quartet performing Poppe's very first string quartet, which has the gnomic title Buch (Book). 

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