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    MEbU: UMS ‘n JIP, AV_ID (Part 1)

    by 5:4 October 16, 2025 • 09:07
    October 16, 2025 • 09:07

    Prologue Tewkesbury to Birmingham to Geneva, then on one of the most beautiful train journeys i’ve known, round Lake Geneva and along the Rhône valley into the mountains. Going beyond Leuk, where i’ve always disembarked on my trips to Switzerland, feels weird and wrong. i acknowledge the Schloss on one …

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    World New Music Days 2025, Portugal (Part 1)

    by 5:4 June 15, 2025 • 08:15
    June 15, 2025 • 08:15

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    AFEKT 2024 (Part 1)

    by 5:4 November 11, 2024 • 16:19
    November 11, 2024 • 16:19

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    Ultima 2023 (Part 1)

    by 5:4 October 2, 2023 • 13:47
    October 2, 2023 • 13:47

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    Proms 2023: the premières (Part 4)

    by 5:4 September 15, 2023 • 13:37
    September 15, 2023 • 13:37

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    Dark Music Days 2023 (Part 1)

    by 5:4 February 3, 2023 • 11:05
    February 3, 2023 • 11:05

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    HCMF 2022 (Part 1)

    by 5:4 November 30, 2022 • 14:27
    November 30, 2022 • 14:27

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    Laura Bowler – The Blue Woman; Distance

    by 5:4 July 18, 2022 • 16:39
    July 18, 2022 • 16:39

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    Olga Neuwirth – Orlando

    by 5:4 June 27, 2022 • 16:12
    June 27, 2022 • 16:12

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    Proms 2021: Thomas Adès – The Exterminating Angel Symphony

    by 5:4 August 6, 2021 • 13:53
    August 6, 2021 • 13:53

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    Birmingham Repertory Theatre Studio: Peter Eötvös – The Golden Dragon

    by 5:4 October 4, 2017 • 12:22
    October 4, 2017 • 12:22

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    Royal Opera House, London: Thomas Adès – The Exterminating Angel (UK Première)

    by 5:4 April 25, 2017 • 20:26
    April 25, 2017 • 20:26

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    György Kurtág – Clov’s last monologue (a fragment) (World Première)

    by 5:4 March 5, 2017 • 11:06
    March 5, 2017 • 11:06

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    Purcell Room, London: Tim Benjamin and Francis Poulenc

    by 5:4 September 26, 2010 • 11:29
    September 26, 2010 • 11:29

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    George Benjamin – Viola, Viola; Three Miniatures for Solo Violin; Into the Little Hill

    by 5:4 March 5, 2009 • 17:33
    March 5, 2009 • 17:33

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