Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Comments |
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| 01 | 20110115 | Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival is the largest festival of its type in the UK, a truly international focus on the best in contemporary and new music. Founded in 1978, in the thirty plus years since, it has hosted numerous luminaries in the world of contemporary composition, including John Cage, Steve Reich, Harrison Birtwistle and Karlheinz Stockhausen. Over the next five weeks, Sara Mohr-Pietsch and Robert Worby will be bringing you highlights from the 2010 festival, including World Premieres from Richard Barrett and Brian Ferneyhough and UK Premieres from Karlheinz Stockhausen, Peter Adriaansz and the festival's composer-in-residence Rebecca Saunders, alongside a host of other concert performances. Plus reports on some of the more unusual events at the festival, including a concert on a train, a musical powerpoint presentation from composer Trond Reinholdsten and a 12 hour performance of John Cage. In tonight's programme, string music features heavily, with Mauricio Kagel's String Quartet II, the UK Premiere of a new work by Enno Poppe for four string quartets, and Martijn Padding's violin concerto 'White Eagle'. Robert Worby will also be talking to Michael Finnissy about the UK Premiere of his new work 'Gedachtnis-Hymne' and Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores noise art from the Low Frequency Orchestra. PLAYLIST ENNO POPPE Wald (UK Premiere) Ensemble Resonanaz MARICIO KAGEL Streichquartet II Quatuor Bozzini MARTIJN PADDING White Eagle Ensemble 10/10 MICHAEL FINNISSY Ged䀀chtnis-Hymne (UK Premiere) New London Chamber Choir Rascher Quartet Sara Mohr-Pietsch and Robert Worby present works from Poppe, Kagel and Finnissy. Radio 3's primary contemporary music programme, featuring live performances and sessions |
| 02 | 20110122 | Robert Worby and Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduce the second of five programmes of highlights from the 2010 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival which took place last November. Tonight's programme focusses heavily on the theatre with strange performance art from Trond Reinholdsten, a concert of duos and quartets for dancers and musicians, music from composers Jennifer Walshe and Tom Johnson alongside a performance of Mauricio Kagel's pastorale Kantrimiusik given by the Nieuw Ensemble. PLAYLIST Narayana's Cows The Letter Piece Company :blurt Quatuor Bozzini Kantrimusik Music focusing on theatre, performed at 2010's Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. Radio 3's primary contemporary music programme, featuring live performances and sessions |
| 03 | 20110129 | Sara Mohr-Pietsch and Robert Worby introduce a third programme of highlights of last November's Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. Tonight's programme includes music from Peter Adriaansz, Timothy McCormack, Peter Ablinger and Graham Fitkin and Robert Worby reports on pianist Philip Thomas' twelve hour performance of John Cage's Electronic Music for Piano in Huddersfield's Art Gallery. Running order: Graham FITKIN: Twenty-Six Days (2010) World Premiere Peter ABLINGER: Instrumente und Raschen Timothy McCORMACK: One Flat Thing (reproduced) Peter ADRIAANSZ: Three Studies on Elevation (2010) UK premiere Music by Adriaansz and Fitkin played at 2010's Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. Radio 3's primary contemporary music programme, featuring live performances and sessions |
| 04 | 20110205 | Sara Mohr-Pietsch and Robert Worby present the fourth programme of highlights from Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2010 with a full concert given by the Cologne based ensemble musikFabrik featuring the music of Karlheinz Stockhausen alongside works by the festival's composer in residence Rebecca Saunders. Running order: STOCKHAUSEN: KLANG 17th Hour: Nedadon Rebecca SAUNDERS: cinnabar, double concerto for solo violin, solo trumpet and ensemble STOCKHAUSEN: KLANG 5th: Harmonien Rebecca SAUNDERS: a visible trace Music by Stockhausen and Rebecca Saunders performed at 2010's Huddersfield Festival. Radio 3's primary contemporary music programme, featuring live performances and sessions |
| 05 | 20110212 | highlights from Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2010, the UK's largest festival of contemporary music. Tonight's programme includes music from the festival's composer in residence Rebecca Saunders, new music from Richard Barrett and the World Premiere of Brian Ferneyhough's 6th String Quartet. Robert also reports on the various John Cage events featured at the 2010 festival including Alvin Curran's 'Take the Cage Train'. Programme: Rebecca SAUNDERS: Murmers (UK Premiere) Richard BARRETT: Wound I & III (World Premiere) Richard BARRETT: Wound II Brian FERNEYHOUGH: Quartet No.6 (World Premiere) Robert Worby and Sara Mohr-Pietsch with music from Rebecca Saunders and Richard Barrett. Radio 3's primary contemporary music programme, featuring live performances and sessions |