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    HCMF 2017: TAPE, The Riot Ensemble, Ensemble PHACE + Laura Bowler

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    HCMF 2017: Gęba Vocal Ensemble, Zwerm

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    HCMF 2017: Shorts

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    HCMF 2017: Polish Radio Choir, Karin Hellqvist

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    HCMF 2017: The Otheroom, Ensemble Modern + Arditti Quartet, zeitkratzer perform Kraftwerk

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    HCMF 2017: Red Note Ensemble, Metal Machine Music, Aeolian

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    HCMF revisited: Aaron Cassidy – The wreck of former boundaries; Liza Lim – How Forests Think

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    HCMF revisited: Laurence Crane – Movement for 10 musicians

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    HCMF revisited: James Dillon – Piano Concerto ‘Andromeda’

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    HCMF revisited: Marcin Stańczyk – some drops… (UK Première)

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    HCMF revisited: Michael Cutting – I AM A STRANGE LOOP V (World Première)

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    Anthony Pateras and Erkki Veltheim – The Slow Creep of Convenience

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