Hi Simon, i too loved the Lim concert. his was my introduction to her music i was completely mesmerised and enthralled by these two pieces. i have to say that HCMF must do better when programme changes are made. There was much consternation among my neighbours as to which piece was being played or if the order had been re arranged. a simple announcement from the stage would have sufficed.
Yes, I agree completely. I do think it was clear from the programme note for Philtre that it was for solo hardanger fiddle, but that’s beside the point – this issue was the prevailing topic of conversation after the concert, which proves how much of a problem people found it. It’s not the only time this has happened during this year’s festival either. The front of house manager mentioned to me she’d shown the revised programme order to the ensemble beforehand and they had approved it as correct, so it doesn’t appear to have been HCMF’s fault.
For what it’s worth, today’s Bozzini Quartet concert had a change of order and Clemens Merkel announced this at the start. Job done, confusion averted.
[…] Simon Cummings, 5:4 blog (23 November 2014) "Most triumphant of all, though, were Cikada’s renditions of two works by Liza Lim… The Heart’s Ear is especially beguiling, its relatively small ensemble—flute, clarinet, string quartet—not so much engaging in counterpoint as together pursuing a single melodic thrust with numerous discrete tendrils spiralling and shooting off it throughout. The work’s soundworld—so often the case with Lim—is sumptuous, its fantasy rapturous (dauntingly so), every moment sounding entirely spontaneous. Winding Bodies: 3 Knots came across rather differently…" […]
[…] on 5:4 include the day of concerts in hcmf//shorts and Liza Lim’s work performed by the Norwegian Cikada Ensemble. Paul Driver in The Sunday Times reviews Edges’ Hepworth gallery performance and of […]
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Hi Simon, i too loved the Lim concert. his was my introduction to her music i was completely mesmerised and enthralled by these two pieces. i have to say that HCMF must do better when programme changes are made. There was much consternation among my neighbours as to which piece was being played or if the order had been re arranged. a simple announcement from the stage would have sufficed.
Yes, I agree completely. I do think it was clear from the programme note for Philtre that it was for solo hardanger fiddle, but that’s beside the point – this issue was the prevailing topic of conversation after the concert, which proves how much of a problem people found it. It’s not the only time this has happened during this year’s festival either. The front of house manager mentioned to me she’d shown the revised programme order to the ensemble beforehand and they had approved it as correct, so it doesn’t appear to have been HCMF’s fault.
For what it’s worth, today’s Bozzini Quartet concert had a change of order and Clemens Merkel announced this at the start. Job done, confusion averted.
[…] Some reviews from hcmf//2014 Paul Driver, Sunday Times review, 30 Nov 2014 Simon Cummings, 5:4 blog […]
[…] Simon Cummings, 5:4 blog (23 November 2014) "Most triumphant of all, though, were Cikada’s renditions of two works by Liza Lim… The Heart’s Ear is especially beguiling, its relatively small ensemble—flute, clarinet, string quartet—not so much engaging in counterpoint as together pursuing a single melodic thrust with numerous discrete tendrils spiralling and shooting off it throughout. The work’s soundworld—so often the case with Lim—is sumptuous, its fantasy rapturous (dauntingly so), every moment sounding entirely spontaneous. Winding Bodies: 3 Knots came across rather differently…" […]
[…] on 5:4 include the day of concerts in hcmf//shorts and Liza Lim’s work performed by the Norwegian Cikada Ensemble. Paul Driver in The Sunday Times reviews Edges’ Hepworth gallery performance and of […]