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Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2021 (1/2)

Tom Service presents highlights from last week's Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. New music by Jenny Hettne, Tonia Ko, James Dillon and Chaya Czernowin.

Tom Service presents highlights from the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, which took place last weekend.

Tonia Ko: Soothe a tooth
Stephen Upshaw (viola)
Jenny Hettne: Whispering c(h)ords, quietly falling
Riot Ensemble conducted by Aaron Holloway-Nahum
James Dillon: Emblemata: Carnival
Red Note Ensemble conducted by Geoffrey Paterson
Chaya Czernowin: Fast darkness I: I can see your turned eyes from inside your body
Riot Ensemble conducted by Aaron Holloway-Nahum
Hannah Kendall: Tuxedo: 'Hot summer no water'
Louis McMonagle (cello)

The Huddersfield Festival is the UK's leading festival for new music, and this year's composer in residence was Chaya Czernowin, whose major piece for orchestra and bass clarinet "Fast darkness.." features in tonight's show.

Czernowin鈥檚 work is often compared to archaeology. Rather than writing linear pieces, her music digs downwards, into the earth, in search of sounds and sensations.

Tom Service talks to her and other featured composers, and reports on the sound installations that also ran during the festival.

1 hour, 59 minutes

Last on

Sat 27 Nov 2021 22:00

Music Played

  • Tonia Ko

    Soothe a tooth

    Performer: Stephen Upshaw.
  • James Dillon

    Emblemata

    Ensemble: Red Note Ensemble. Conductor: Geoffrey Paterson.
  • Charlotte Roe

    Entity

    Performer: Charlotte Roe.
  • Jenny Hettne

    Whispering c(h)ords, quietly falling

    Ensemble: Riot Ensemble. Conductor: Aaron Holloway-Nahum.
  • Chaya Czernowin

    Fast Darkness I

    Performer: Gareth Davis. Ensemble: Riot Ensemble. Conductor: Aaron Holloway-Nahum.

Broadcast

  • Sat 27 Nov 2021 22:00

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