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    Proms 2017: the premières – how you voted

    by 5:4 September 24, 2017 • 11:31
    September 24, 2017 • 11:31

    i want to say thank you to all of you who took time to vote in this year’s 5:4 Proms polls. More of you than ever expressed your views about this year’s premières: a total of 1,096 votes were cast, an increase of 17% from last year. However, the distribution…

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    Proms 2017: Julian Anderson – The Imaginary Museum (World Première)

    by 5:4 July 28, 2017 • 14:09
    July 28, 2017 • 14:09

    Last autumn, at the Royal Musical Association’s annual conference, composer Julian Anderson presented a paper addressing what he described as “the problem of professionals involved in modern music denigrating and otherwise attempting to devalue the music they are supposed to support”. The paper – which unfortunately i’ve not yet been able…

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    Proms 2016: Julian Anderson – Incantesimi (UK Première)

    by 5:4 September 10, 2016 • 13:15
    September 10, 2016 • 13:15

    As the end of the Proms draws nigh, the new works seem to have been taking on an increasing delicacy. And, to a large extent, simplicity, Julian Anderson‘s Incantesimi taking inspiration from the orrery, a mechanical reproduction of the the solar system, showing the position and motion of its planets…

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    CBSO Centre, Birmingham: BCMG – The Comedy of Change

    by 5:4 November 16, 2015 • 12:43
    November 16, 2015 • 12:43

    Last night’s concert given by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, conducted on this occasion by Oliver Knussen, was a typically tightly-packed affair, featuring seven works (plus an encore) that, despite their respective brevity, added up to a concert that was surprisingly lengthy and filling. Calling it an embarrassment of riches wouldn’t…

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    Proms 2013: Julian Anderson – Harmony (World Première)

    by 5:4 July 13, 2013 • 08:34
    July 13, 2013 • 08:34

    Last night the 2013 Proms season began, as it now always does, with a world première from a mainstream composer. At the outset, i have to admit to a certain lack of enthusiasm for the occasion, due both to the recent track record of the opening night (Turnage and Weir…

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    Proms 2010: Julian Anderson – Fantasias (London Première)

    by 5:4 August 22, 2010 • 09:05
    August 22, 2010 • 09:05

    Saturday 7 August’s Proms concert saw the first London performance of Julian Anderson‘s 25-minute Fantasias, a work the National Youth Orchestra has been playing around the country for the last few days, all under the direction of Semyon Bychkov. It’s a work in five movements, the first of which puts…

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