The Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2017 features again many of our composers in performances and talks:
Dai Fujikura
Zawazawa for mixed choir (UK premiere)
Sawasawa for choir and marimba (world premiere, co-commissioned by hcmf//, The Philharmonic Choir of Tokyo & BBC Radio 3)
November 19, 2017
Polish Radio Choir, Ria Ideta (marimba), Maria Piotrowska-Bogalecka (conductor)
Dai Fujikura, Rolf Hind
Talk: Hind and Fujikura discuss the cultures and traditions of the East, and how it influences their respective approaches to composition.
Rolf Hind
On what weft are woven the waters (world Premiere, commissioned by hcmf// with funds from the Nicholas Berwin Charitable Trust)
November 19, 2017
Rolf Hind (pno), Frederic Wake-Walker (direction) et al.
Iannis Xenakis
Thallein for 14 instruments
November 22, 2017
London Sinfonietta, Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
Fausto Romitelli
La sabbia del tempo for ensemble
November 23, 2017
Explore Ensemble
Enno Poppe
Gelöschte Lieder for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello and piano
November 23, 2017
Explore Ensemble
Bernhard Lang
DW 24 - Loops for Al Jourgensen for saxophon and ensemble (UK Premiere)
November 24, 2017
Ensemble PHACE, Lars Mlekusch (conductor), Michael Krenn (Saxophone)
Enno Poppe
Fleisch for saxophone, electric guitar and drumset (UK Premiere)
November 25, 2017
Photo: Mykel Nicolaou