As a brief introduction: Ken Nielsen of the Australian group Pinchgut Opera wrote a ‘manifesto for the future of classical music’ as Greg Sandow — who posted it to his blog — describes it, Tim Rutherford-Johnson has added his two cents here and below are mine. Perhaps my European perspective on Nielsen’s Antipodean angle has caused some misunderstandings, in […]
In the last week I made a couple of trips from Luxembourg to Metz to hear some of the concerts at this year’s Centre Acanthes and check out the newly opened Centre Pompidou-Metz. Metz is clearly in a period of flux, rejuvenating itself with art, culture and architecture, which in all honesty outshine any of […]
By Chris
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Tagged Anssi Karttunen, Aurélio Edler-Copês, Beat Furrer, Centre Acanthes, Centre Pompidou-Metz, Corey McCorkle, FRAC Lorraine, Franco Donatoni, Giuseppe Colombi, Ircam, Kaija Saariaho, Lisa Streich, Luigi Dallapiccola, Metz, Michael Pelzel, Quatuor Diotima
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It is fairly rare to come across a programme that forms a clear, coherent unit without resorting to gimmicky themes or tenuous associations. So it was pleasing to hear the unobtrusive logic that bound together the LSO’s Sunday-evening programme at Barbican Hall of Bach (arr. Webern), Lachenmann and Brahms.
The Quatuor Danel were back in Manchester last week with two composers, Henry Fourès and Catherine Seba, in tow. Their two concerts included Bruno Mantovani’s piano quintet, Blue girl with red wagon (with Richard Whalley on piano), Seba’s string quartet with tape, Quivering, Fourès playing Luc Ferrari’s À la recherche du rhythme perdu, for solo […]
By Chris
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Tagged Bruno Mantovani, Catherine Seba, Dogtooth, film, Henry Fourès, Luc Ferrari, Mikrokonzert, music, Quatuor Danel, Raise Your Voice Collective, The Golden Lion Hotel, York Spring Festival of New Music
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Notes on notes in London I was in London on Tuesday last week to attend Getting It Right? Performance practices in contemporary music, a day of talks and discussions on performance, composition and all the ways the two interact at LSO St Luke’s. Organised by Julian Anderson and Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the […]