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    World New Music Days 2026, Romania (Part 2)

    by 5:4 June 21, 2026 • 06:00
    June 21, 2026 • 06:00

    Works for various forms of ensemble were explored in four concerts during this year’s World New Music Days in Bucharest.

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    World New Music Days 2026, Romania (Part 1)

    by 5:4 June 17, 2026 • 08:21
    June 17, 2026 • 08:21

    The spectre of Romanian artist Constantin Brâncuși was brought to bear on this year’s World New Music Days in Bucharest, which took as its title, ‘Columna Infinita’. Title, not theme, and the invocation of Brâncuși’s famous sculpture therefore acted more as inference than reference point. Nonetheless, both the phrase and …

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    Estonian Music Days 2026 (Part 3)

    by 5:4 May 6, 2026 • 06:00
    May 6, 2026 • 06:00

    i’ve previously suggested that, for a while at least, use of the flute jet whistle in contemporary music ought to be subject to a lengthy moratorium, due to its excessive overuse. During some of the concerts at this year’s Estonian Music Days, i found myself wondering whether this should also …

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    Borealis 2026

    by 5:4 April 11, 2026 • 06:00
    April 11, 2026 • 06:00

    It’s been a curious experience attending the Borealis festival in Bergen in recent years. i first went in 2019, and have been on a handful of occasions since, each time recalibrating my understanding of, and relationship with, everything that Borealis has tried to do and be. This year’s was of …

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    Units – Animals They Dream About (1981)

    by 5:4 March 30, 2026 • 05:00
    March 30, 2026 • 05:00

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    Suicide – Suicide (1977)

    by 5:4 February 18, 2026 • 05:00
    February 18, 2026 • 05:00

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    Kenneth Kirschner – June 23, 2013

    by 5:4 January 31, 2026 • 06:00
    January 31, 2026 • 06:00

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    Best Albums of 2025 (Part 2)

    by 5:4 December 31, 2025 • 00:00
    December 31, 2025 • 00:00

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    Best Albums of 2025 (Part 1)

    by 5:4 December 30, 2025 • 00:00
    December 30, 2025 • 00:00

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    Patricia Alessandrini & Marco Fusi – Proximity, Distance

    by 5:4 December 26, 2025 • 06:00
    December 26, 2025 • 06:00

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    HCMF 2025 (Part 2)

    by 5:4 December 12, 2025 • 10:32
    December 12, 2025 • 10:32

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    Sacrum Profanum 2025 (Part 2)

    by 5:4 December 1, 2025 • 12:17
    December 1, 2025 • 12:17

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    (Un-)broken hearts and harmonies

    by 5:4 September 9, 2025 • 11:16
    September 9, 2025 • 11:16

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    Aggregate – new works for automated pipe organs

    by 5:4 August 15, 2025 • 16:29
    August 15, 2025 • 16:29

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    Christopher McFall – Late Night Fate Directory

    by 5:4 April 19, 2025 • 17:29
    April 19, 2025 • 17:29

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    Christopher McFall – Disengaged Songs for Disenchanted Lovers

    by 5:4 April 14, 2025 • 10:26
    April 14, 2025 • 10:26

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    Christopher McFall – Epilog (Recombinant)

    by 5:4 April 10, 2025 • 10:06
    April 10, 2025 • 10:06

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    Christopher McFall – An Eris 23

    by 5:4 April 4, 2025 • 08:12
    April 4, 2025 • 08:12

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    Christopher McFall – The Body As I Left It

    by 5:4 March 30, 2025 • 09:42
    March 30, 2025 • 09:42

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    Christopher McFall – This Heat Holds Snow

    by 5:4 March 25, 2025 • 10:32
    March 25, 2025 • 10:32

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