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    Proms 2010: George Benjamin – Duet (London Première)

    by 5:4 August 2, 2010 • 21:06
    August 2, 2010 • 21:06

    Another day, another première—this time, it was the first London performance of George Benjamin‘s Duet, for piano and orchestra. In the solo rôle is the unsurpassable Pierre-Laurent Aimard, and he precedes Benjamin’s work with a rendition of György Ligeti‘s “Mesto, rigido e ceremoniale”, the second piece from his enthralling Musica…

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    Proms 2010: Brett Dean – Amphitheatre (London Première)

    by 5:4 July 30, 2010 • 20:01
    July 30, 2010 • 20:01

    Tonight’s Prom concert opened with another London première, Amphitheatre by the Australian composer Brett Dean, who won last year’s prestigious Grawemeyer Prize. The work was composed a decade ago, and appropriately enough was presented this evening by the Australian Youth Orchestra, conducted by the effervescent Mark Elder. The clarity of…

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    Proms 2010: Colin Matthews – Violin Concerto (London Première) plus Stockhausen, Birtwistle, Bedford and Zimmermann

    by 5:4 July 28, 2010 • 21:44
    July 28, 2010 • 21:44

    Tonight’s Proms première found itself nestling among an assortment of contemporary works, each vying for attention. Given by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Oliver Knussen’s direction, the concert opened with Stockhausen‘s 1977 work Jubilee, a 16-minute work hysterically described by some as an ‘overture’ (!!). Of course, it’s nothing of…

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    Proms 2010: Simon Holt – a table of noises (London & World Premières)

    by 5:4 July 26, 2010 • 21:16
    July 26, 2010 • 21:16

    This evening’s Proms première came from the pen of one of England’s most intriguing and engaging composers, Simon Holt. Holt’s music betrays little of the generic English sound that plagues so many of the ‘established’ (i.e. published) composers in this land—there’s no trace of the anodyne ‘Faber sound’ here. On…

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    Proms 2010: Gunther Schuller – Where the Word Ends (UK Première)

    by 5:4 July 20, 2010 • 21:15
    July 20, 2010 • 21:15

    At tonight’s Proms, almost a year-and-a-half after its world première, Gunther Schuller‘s Where the Word Ends finally found its way to England. It came in the hands of the splendid WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, under the direction of Semyon Bychkov, in his farewell concert with the orchestra he’s faithfully served…

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