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Hear and Now: London Ear - Neo Quartet and Jonathan Powell

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London Ear - Neo Quartet and Jonathan Powell

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Recordings from this year's London Ear festival of contemporary music.

Recordings from this year's London Ear festival of contemporary music, including works by Rebecca Saunders and Iannis Xenakis.

A concert by the Polish ensemble Neo Quartet alongside pianist Jonathan Powell from this year's London Ear festival of contemporary music, presented by Robert Worby in conversation with festival director Gwyn Pritchard.

Rebecca Saunders: Fletch
Luciano Berio: Rounds; Cinque Variazioni
Seongmin Ji: iiiiiiiiisiiiyiiiiiieiit (world premiere)
Dariusz Przybylski: Green and Maroon, Homage a Mark Rothko
Iannis Xenakis: Akea
Akira Nishimura: String Quartet No.2 ‘Pulses of Light’

Recorded at the Cello Factory, London, in March.

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