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    The Tolmen Centre, Constantine: Kevos – From this world to the next

    by 5:4 May 23, 2018 • 14:21
    May 23, 2018 • 14:21

    The extent to which contemporary music is well-represented in ‘the provinces’ of the UK, away from major cities, is extremely variable and in the case of Cornwall it’s not really pushing a point to describe it as being almost non-existent. Kevos (Cornish for ‘contemporary’), a six-piece ensemble formed in 2016 by …

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  • Concerts

    Recognition, raw ambition and raw power: Alba New Music 2017

    by 5:4 October 13, 2017 • 12:51
    October 13, 2017 • 12:51

    Last weekend brought the welcome return of Alba New Music, Edinburgh’s nascent new music festival. Having got the ball rolling with a bang last year, the 2017 festival as a whole felt more focused, in part due to deliberately having something of a thematic thread running through it. With an emphasis …

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  • ConcertsFestivalsPremières

    Estonian Music Days 2017 (Part 1)

    by 5:4 April 11, 2017 • 22:42
    April 11, 2017 • 22:42

    i’ve recently got back from a few days in Tallinn, attending Eesti Muusika Päevad, the Estonian Music Days, the country’s annual celebration of contemporary music. Coming away from my first encounter with the EMD last year, and reflecting on the experience after, left me with mixed feelings. Estonian contemporary music …

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  • ConcertsFestivalsPremières

    Cheltenham Music Festival 2016: Ritual in Transfigured Time, Ukes and Moogs

    by 5:4 July 10, 2016 • 20:25
    July 10, 2016 • 20:25

    For new music at the Cheltenham Music Festival, the key phrase yesterday was “transfigured time”. Time in the sense of history, as two of the concerts directly explored, confronted, embraced and challenged contemporary music’s relationship with instruments, images and idioms from the past. The afternoon event at Parabola Arts Centre featured the …

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  • CD/Digital releases

    New releases: Matthias Kaul, Ensemble Musikfabrik – works by Cage, Hosokawa, Harvey, Poppe, Saariaho & Nunes

    by 5:4 March 6, 2016 • 17:27
    March 6, 2016 • 17:27

    Three recent releases on Wergo have stayed true to the German label’s tendency to go above and beyond one’s expectations. It’s hard to say which is more remarkable, John Cage or percussionist Matthias Kaul, on Cage After Cage, an album featuring renditions of six of the composer’s works for percussion, …

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  • ConcertsPremières

    CBSO Centre, Birmingham: BCMG – Parallel Colour

    by 5:4 February 7, 2016 • 14:42
    February 7, 2016 • 14:42

    You’d have been forgiven for expecting last night’s concert given by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group—titled “Parallel Colour”—to be primarily concerned with harmony, or failing that, timbre. But in fact the overriding connection between many of the six featured works was stark economy of means. It’s a phrase that sounds intrinsically …

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  • CommemorationsPremières

    In Memoriam: Jonathan Harvey – Messages (World Première)

    by 5:4 December 6, 2012 • 21:54
    December 6, 2012 • 21:54

    To find myself writing the words “In Memoriam” for the third time in as many months is deeply saddening, all the more so as the loss of Jonathan Harvey, who died two days ago aged 73, is one that feels particularly acute here in the UK. Whether Harvey was our …

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    Symphony Hall, Birmingham: Jonathan Harvey – Weltethos (UK Première)

    by 5:4 June 22, 2012 • 21:55
    June 22, 2012 • 21:55

    Yesterday evening, in Birmingham’s Symphony Hall, Jonathan Harvey‘s large-scale new work for choir and orchestra, Weltethos, was given its first UK performance. The opening event of Birmingham’s London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, when one considers the legacy and reputation of Harvey together with the combined forces of over 300 performers – …

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  • Lent Series

    Jonathan Harvey – The Royal Banners Forward Go

    by 5:4 April 1, 2012 • 11:42
    April 1, 2012 • 11:42

    As Lent moves into Holy Week, a hymn regularly sung is “The Royal Banners Forward Go”, composed as far back as 569 by the then bishop of Poitiers, Venantius Fortunatus. The text commemorates the crucifixion, opening in strikingly vivid fashion: The royal banners forward go, The cross shines forth in …

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  • FestivePremières

    Jonathan Harvey – The Annunciation (World Première)

    by 5:4 November 27, 2011 • 22:17
    November 27, 2011 • 22:17

    Today is the First Sunday of Advent, and with it comes the first carol service of the new Church year, once again from St John’s College, Cambridge. This year’s newly-commissioned carol came from Jonathan Harvey, who explored the Annunciation through words by the Orcadian poet Edwin Muir. It’s a stunning …

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  • Festivals

    Proms 2010: Weir, Musgrave, Northcott, Ferneyhough, Taverner, Harvey and Jackson

    by 5:4 September 5, 2010 • 23:56
    September 5, 2010 • 23:56

    The final Proms Saturday Matinee, two days ago, featured the BBC Singers, exploring a variety of contemporary works inspired by early music. The singers were joined for the occasion by the Arditti Quartet and members of Endymion, with David Hill presiding. The concert opened with Judith Weir‘s millennial composition All …

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  • Mixtapes

    Mixtape #4 : Miniatures

    by 5:4 April 14, 2008 • 08:22
    April 14, 2008 • 08:22

    This new mixtape began life as one of my playlists on iTunes, which simply specified that it should only include tracks under two minutes in duration. Surprisingly, 815 tracks from my music library fulfil this criteria, amounting to over 15 hours of music. Not surprisingly, this playlist makes for an …

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    Mixtape #3 : Bells

    by 5:4 March 27, 2008 • 12:17
    March 27, 2008 • 12:17

    Being Easter week, it seems appropriate that this new mixtape should focus on the sound of bells. As usual, the following selection reflects my recent listening, with one or two old favourites thrown in for good measure; one hour of gloriously eclectic resonance and reverberation. Bathe in the overtones… Here’s …

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