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    Richard Barrett – Opening of the Mouth (UK Première)

    by 5:4 November 16, 2014 • 21:48
    November 16, 2014 • 21:48

    To bring my little ‘death season’ to a close, a major work that confronts the subject in the most breathtakingly imaginative and radical way. Richard Barrett‘s Opening of the Mouth, composed over a five-year period from 1992-97, is a daunting work even to begin to write about, partly due to …

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

    by 5:4 March 26, 2013 • 17:08
    March 26, 2013 • 17:08

    Despite their official numbering, the last two string quartets written by Scotland’s most brilliantly inventive composer, James Dillon, were actually composed the opposite way round to how they appear. His String Quartet No. 5 was originally begun as a gift for the Arditti Quartet, to celebrate their 30th anniversary. However, …

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