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    Christopher Fox – Topophony (World Première)

    by 5:4 July 11, 2015 • 12:01
    July 11, 2015 • 12:01

    Back to Tectonics, and to one of the most beautiful new orchestral scores i’ve encountered in recent times. Christopher Fox‘s Topophony, for orchestra and up to three optional soloists (but not a concerto), operates in such a way that the conductor ensures that every beat is a different length. Beats…

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    Peter Ablinger – QUARTZ for high orchestra (World Première)

    by 5:4 June 30, 2015 • 19:04
    June 30, 2015 • 19:04

    A composer whose work has for many years left me both amused and bemused is Peter Ablinger, whose latest large-scale work QUARTZ was also premièred at last month’s Tectonics festival. The piece is in keeping with Ablinger’s ongoing concern with the way relatively rudimentary—not to say mundane—sounds are perceived when…

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    Cassandra Miller – Duet for cello and orchestra (World Première)

    by 5:4 June 26, 2015 • 11:38
    June 26, 2015 • 11:38

    Having finally found some time to listen to recent premières, i’ve been struck by several of the large-scale new works heard at last month’s Tectonics Festival in Glasgow. More than a few of them seemed at odds with what i was expecting to hear, and in the case of Cassandra…

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    Gigs, gigs, gigs: Bristol New Music, LCMF, Tectonics

    by 5:4 February 18, 2014 • 20:51
    February 18, 2014 • 20:51

    The spring concert calendar is starting to fill up with some real delights, with three forthcoming festivals being particularly mouth-watering. The most imminent is Bristol New Music, occupying a long weekend beginning this Friday. In many ways, BNM looks set to be a kind of HCMF for the south-west. Ensemble…

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