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    HCMF 2012: Arditti Quartet

    by 5:4 November 24, 2012 • 11:57
    November 24, 2012 • 11:57

    The second day of my HCMF experience began once again in St Paul’s Hall, confronted by the understated marvel that is the Arditti Quartet. Despite the palpable excitement that pervaded the previous day’s concerts, the atmosphere in the hall on this occasion was that unique kind of highly-charged tension that …

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    HCMF 2012: Ensemble Resonanz

    by 5:4 November 22, 2012 • 22:14
    November 22, 2012 • 22:14

    The first day of my weekend at HCMF ended back where it had begun, in St Paul’s Hall, for a late-night concert by Ensemble Resonanz, conducted by Peter Rundel. The concert was broadcast live on Radio 3 and comprised just three pieces, all focusing on strings, two of which featured …

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    HCMF 2012: Oslo Sinfonietta

    by 5:4 November 18, 2012 • 20:35
    November 18, 2012 • 20:35

    Following a collection of strangers down a bleak back street to a gloomy factory and then passing through a makeshift entrance labelled ‘The Blending Shed’ might sound like the makings of a nightmare, but this was the way in which i found myself at Bates Mill, for yesterday evening’s concert …

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    HCMF 2012: Heather Roche

    by 5:4 November 18, 2012 • 11:19
    November 18, 2012 • 11:19

    Yesterday the evening began with clarinettist Heather Roche, of whom multiple friends have spoken warmly but i had never heard play. The recital took place deep in the bowels of the University’s temple-like Creative Arts building, and comprised a selection of pieces incorporating electronics. Quite a few of them—Aaron Einbond’s …

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    HCMF 2012: Nicolas Hodges

    by 5:4 November 17, 2012 • 19:22
    November 17, 2012 • 19:22

    My HCMF 2012 experience began at midday today in St Paul’s Hall, with Nicolas Hodges’ lunchtime recital featuring piano music by Jean Barraqué. It’s rare, but marvellous, when a concert can be genuinely eye-opening, and everything about this recital was just that. Before the concert, i knew very little of …

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    HCMF 2008: Markus Trunk, Richard Barrett, John Cage

    by 5:4 July 29, 2009 • 07:17
    July 29, 2009 • 07:17

    Returning to the (more recent) archives, here are some interesting works taking a look back at the 2008 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. Markus Trunk‘s Parhelion is most striking for its extreme delicacy; after a while, the prominent celesta actually starts to sound loud. The material appears as though formed from …

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