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    World New Music Days 2026, Romania (Part 4)

    by 5:4 June 29, 2026 • 06:00
    June 29, 2026 • 06:00

    Some of the most remarkable music performed during the 2026 World New Music Days came in the four concerts devoted to orchestral music.

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    World New Music Days 2026, Romania (Part 1)

    by 5:4 June 17, 2026 • 08:21
    June 17, 2026 • 08:21

    The spectre of Romanian artist Constantin Brâncuși was brought to bear on this year’s World New Music Days in Bucharest, which took as its title, ‘Columna Infinita’. Title, not theme, and the invocation of Brâncuși’s famous sculpture therefore acted more as inference than reference point. Nonetheless, both the phrase and …

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    MEbU: UMS ‘n JIP, AV_ID (Part 2)

    by 5:4 October 18, 2025 • 09:30
    October 18, 2025 • 09:30

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    Estonian Music Days 2025 (Part 2)

    by 5:4 May 17, 2025 • 10:01
    May 17, 2025 • 10:01

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    World New Music Days 2024, Faroe Islands (Part 5)

    by 5:4 July 27, 2024 • 09:36
    July 27, 2024 • 09:36

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    World New Music Days 2024, Faroe Islands (Part 3)

    by 5:4 July 17, 2024 • 11:04
    July 17, 2024 • 11:04

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    Estonian Music Days 2023 (Part 3)

    by 5:4 May 30, 2023 • 09:27
    May 30, 2023 • 09:27

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    Xiaogang Ye – Mount E’mei; Winter; The Song of the Earth

    by 5:4 August 20, 2021 • 00:00
    August 20, 2021 • 00:00

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    CBSO Centre, Birmingham: BCMG – Murmurs

    by 5:4 March 24, 2019 • 06:00
    March 24, 2019 • 06:00

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    Proms 2014: Judith Weir – Day Break Shadows Flee (World Première); Zhou Long – Postures (European Première); John Adams – Saxophone Concerto (UK Première)

    by 5:4 September 7, 2014 • 16:02
    September 7, 2014 • 16:02

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    Proms 2014: Qigang Chen – Joie éternelle (UK Première)

    by 5:4 August 4, 2014 • 14:18
    August 4, 2014 • 14:18

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    Proms 2012: Fung Lam – Endless Forms (World Première)

    by 5:4 July 18, 2012 • 19:53
    July 18, 2012 • 19:53

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