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    Helen Grime – Near Midnight (World Première)

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    Fearless forays into choral hinterlands: Exaudi – Exposure

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    Minimal and dangerously liminal: Jakob Ullmann – fremde zeit addendum 4

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    Evocative bewilderments of utterance: Kenneth Hesketh – Wunderkammer(konzert)

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    Gigs, gigs, gigs: Proms 2013

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    Classical music: a game of tags

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    Mixtape #26: Easy Listening

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    Harrison Birtwistle – Tree of Strings (UK Première)

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    James Dillon – String Quartets No. 5 (World Première) and No. 6 (UK Première)

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    John Cage – String Quartet in Four Parts

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    Christopher Fox – Chambre privée (World Première)

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    Jörg Widmann – String Quartet No. 2 (Chorale Quartet)

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    Simon Holt – Two movements for string quartet

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    Simon Steen-Andersen – String Quartet No. 2 (UK Première)

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    Richard Barrett – 13 selfportraits (UK Première)

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    Thomas Adès – Arcadiana

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    Unsuk Chin – Six Piano Études

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    Ferneyhough Week – Plötzlichkeit (UK Première)

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    Ferneyhough Week – Missa Brevis

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