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    New electronic work: [ULTRA]—infra

    by 5:4 February 27, 2009 • 21:58
    February 27, 2009 • 21:58

    Self-promotion time once again. Today i finished a new electronic composition, [ULTRA]—infra, a second work in the series begun last November by Negative Silence (detail). It’s being premièred next Monday at a concert of electronic music at Birmingham Conservatoire. i know many (most?) readers of 5:4 aren’t in the UK,…

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    James MacMillan – String Quartet No. 3 (World Première)

    by 5:4 July 31, 2008 • 16:11
    July 31, 2008 • 16:11

    James MacMillan‘s most recent work, the String Quartet No. 3, was premièred a couple of months ago by the Takacs Quartet on 21 May, at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London. i don’t know either of MacMillan’s previous two quartets, but this new addition is a fairly ambitious work. MacMillan…

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    Ensemble Exposé: Brian Ferneyhough – Incipits (UK Première) plus Davies, Xenakis, Barrett, Dillon and Sørensen

    by 5:4 June 6, 2008 • 21:15
    June 6, 2008 • 21:15

    Here’s a real treat for those who prefer their contemporary music to be at the more intellectually rewarding end of the continuum. It’s music from a concert given at the ICA in London by Ensemble Exposé (plus violist Garth Knox), under the direction of Roger Redgate, who also discusses the…

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    Bath International Music Festival, Bath Abbey: Dhafer Youssef – Les Ondes Orientales (World Première)

    by 5:4 May 31, 2008 • 23:04
    May 31, 2008 • 23:04

    Last Wednesday, the Beloved and i were at Bath Abbey, for a “Messiaen Centenary Celebration” given as part of the Bath International Music Festival. In addition to Messiaen‘s rarely-performed Trois Petites Liturgies de la Présence Divine and a keyboard concerto by J. S. Bach, the concert included the world première…

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    Thomas Adès – These Premises Are Alarmed, Concerto Conciso, Asyla (World Premières)

    by 5:4 May 14, 2008 • 19:11
    May 14, 2008 • 19:11

    i’ve been interested in Thomas Adès‘ work for many years, so here are recordings of the world première performances of three of his compositions. The tale behind his miniature orchestral work These Premises Are Alarmed is interesting, if disappointing. Adès was commissioned to compose a piece for the series of…

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    James MacMillan – Symphony No. 3 ‘Silence’ (Scottish Première)

    by 5:4 May 3, 2008 • 17:29
    May 3, 2008 • 17:29

    Here’s the Scottish première of James MacMillan’s Symphony No. 3 ‘Silence’, broadcast last Tuesday. Don’t be taken in by that subtitle; this piece does the exact opposite of “what it says on the tin”. MacMillan is more concerned with the perception – within the human experience of tragedy and cruelty…

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