Harrison Birtwistle News
English composer (1934–2022)
Commemorations 2024 (Birth: Harrison Birtwistle)
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2024-04-03 10:48:00
Let me tell you a story: BCMG in music by Hilda Paredes, Ondřej Adámek and Harrison Birtwistle at the CBSO Centre
[…] piece is the idea of a glass bead wind-chime, reflecting the orchestras movements and sounds. The concert will also feature the European premiere of a new theatrical work let me tell you a story by Berlin-based Czech composer Ondřej Adámek, co-commissioned by BCMG and Tongyeong International Music Festival, uses storytelling traditions from Korea with a text by Icelandic writer Sjón and a host of exotic instrumentation, including the Korean Drum Buk.Also on the programme is Harrison Birtwistle's Cortege, subtitled "a ceremony for 14 musicians" Cortege is an elaborate piece of music theatre imbued with tension, movement and ritual, a feast for the eyes and ears. Full details from the BCMG website.
2024-03-27 13:53:24
Wigmore Hall, London The Nash and BBC Singers selected poignant vocal and instrumental works in memory of the late composer, as well as the premiere of a new Simon Holt work honouring sculptor Richard SerraH
2024-03-15 06:00:00
Symphony No. 10 (1971-1972) Not since Harrison Birtwistle’s Exody have i had so much trepidation writing about an orchestral piece. Pettersson’s Symphony No. 10 picks up the baton from No. 9 and doesn’t just run with it, but positively sprints for a full 25 minutes. That in itself makes the… The post appeared first on 5:4. 5:4 is on Patreon! Please consider supporting the blog by becoming a Patron from just $2 a month: https://www.patreon.com/5against4
2024-03-08 11:10:00
Pierre Boulez SaalJonathan Harvey: String Quartet no.1 (1977) Cathy Milliken: In Speak for string quartet (2023, world premiere) Toshio Hosokawa: Oreksis for piano quintet (2023, world premiere) Birtwistle: String Quartet: The Tree of Strings (2007)Irvine Arditti, Ashot Sarkissjan (violins)Ralf Ehlers (viola)Lucas Fels (cello) Tomoki Kitamura (piano) On 7 March 1974, the Arditti Quartet gave its first concert at the Royal Academy of Music, music to honour Krzysztof Penderecki on bestowal of an honorary degree. Fifty years later to the day and several changes of personnel later – Irvine Arditti the one constant – the Quartet celebrated at Berlin’s Pierre Boulez Saal its fiftieth birthday, followed by a reception hosted by the Paul Sacher Stiftung, which also hosts the ensemble’s archive . True to its spirit, here was a mixture of new and newer: two Arditti commissions, Jonathan Harvey’s First String Quartet (the first ever) and Harrison Birtwistle’s The Tree of Strings […]
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