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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
Hilda Paredes (Photo: Graciela Iturbide)Birmingham Contemporary Music Group (BCMG) is presenting programme of contemporary music written for people of all ages, with a double-bill of new commissions, on Sunday 7 April 2024 at the CBSO Centre, Birmingham, B1 7LF under the title Let me tell you a story.The concert features the world premiere of Abalorios (Glass Bead), by London-based Mexican composer Hilda Paredes. This is a 21st century guide to the contemporary music ensemble, inspired by Britten’s iconic Young Person Guide to the Orchestraand commissioned by BCMG as part of its Sound Investment scheme. At the heart of Paredes' 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 […]
2023-09-13 13:17:00
Continental Drift: BCMG's new season sees collaborations exploring the music of South Korea, Japan and China
[…] the Birmingham Electro Acoustic Sound Theatre. Anyone with an old-fashioned mechanical metronome is invited to take part in the performance.Further ahead during the season there is an innovative new work led by visual artist Haroon Mirza. Artist and performers are working together without a director or conductor, drawing on disciplines including sculpture, music, dance and costume, to create a new performance. And in Let Me Tell You A Story BCMG gives the world premiere of Hilda Paredes’ Abalorios - a magical 21st century guide for young people to the contemporary ensemble, echoing Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra. This theatrical piece is performed alongside Ondrej Adamek’s Let Me Tell You A Story for Korean–style soprano voice and ensemble, for a concert full of story-telling.Full details from BCMG's website.
2019-12-05 12:29:15
[…] CHORALPocket Universe by Geoff Hannan COMMUNITY OR EDUCATIONAL PROJECTConvo by Charlotte Harding JAZZ COMPOSITION FOR LARGE ENSEMBLEJumping In by Laura Jurd JAZZ COMPOSITION FOR SMALL ENSEMBLEThere is a Crack in Everything by Alison Rayner ORCHESTRALThe Book of Miracles (Trombone Concerto) by Gavin Higgins SMALL CHAMBERLeafleoht by James Weeks SOLO OR DUOInvisible Cities by Charlotte Bray SOUND ARTAeons: A Sound Walk for Newcastle by Martin Green STAGE WORKSHarriet (‘Scenes in the life of Harriet Tubman’) by Hilda Paredes INNOVATIONAnna Meredith MBE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENTErika Fox
2019-10-29 13:32:25
[…] O Virgo Prudentissima by James MacMillan Pocket Universe by Geoff Hannan ORCHESTRAL Including works for choir and orchestra The Book of Miracles (Trombone Concerto) by Gavin Higgins Uncoiling the River by Kenneth Hesketh Woven Space by Helen Grime STAGE WORKS Works specifically written for the stage, including opera, dance and musical theatre Cave by Tansy Davies Harriet (‘Scenes in the life of Harriet Tubman’) by Hilda Paredes Them by Charlotte Harding SOUND ART Installations, sculptural, electroacoustic and audience-interactive work or non-concert formats Aeons: A Sound Walk for Newcastle by Martin Green Aurora by James Hamilton Regretfully Yours, Ongoing by Neil Luck COMMUNITY OR EDUCATIONAL PROJECT Works demonstrating a composer’s work in community engagement alongside compositional craft All the Hills and Vales Along by James MacMillan Convo by Charlotte Harding Never […]
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