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The best and latest in cutting-edge and experimental new music. Kate Molleson and Tom Service present exclusive recordings, new releases, composer interviews and features.

The best and latest in cutting-edge and experimental new music. Kate Molleson and Tom Service present exclusive recordings, new releases, composer interviews and features from around the UK, Europe and across the world.

New Music Show: Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2021 (1/2)

Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2021 (1/2)

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Tom Service presents highlights from last week's Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.

Tom Service presents highlights from last week's Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. New music by Jenny Hettne, Tonia Ko, James Dillon and Chaya Czernowin.

Tom Service presents highlights from the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, which took place last weekend.

Tonia Ko:  Soothe a tooth 					    
Stephen Upshaw (viola)
Jenny Hettne:    Whispering c(h)ords, quietly falling 
Riot Ensemble conducted by Aaron Holloway-Nahum
James Dillon:  Emblemata: Carnival	 
Red Note Ensemble conducted by Geoffrey Paterson
Chaya Czernowin: Fast darkness I: I can see your turned eyes from inside your body 
Riot Ensemble conducted by Aaron Holloway-Nahum
Hannah Kendall: Tuxedo: 'Hot summer no water'
Louis McMonagle (cello)

The Huddersfield Festival is the UK's leading festival for new music, and this year's composer in residence was Chaya Czernowin, whose major piece for orchestra and bass clarinet "Fast darkness.." features in tonight's show.

Czernowin’s work is often compared to archaeology. Rather than writing linear pieces, her music digs downwards, into the earth, in search of sounds and sensations.

Tom Service talks to her and other featured composers, and reports on the sound installations that also ran during the festival.

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