hcmf// 2012 programme

In partnership with The University of Huddersfield

Friday 16 – Sunday 25 November 2012 Box Office +44 [0]1484 430528 www.hcmf.co.uk

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The Hinrichsen Foundation

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also gratefully acknowledges support from Festival Members Dr Mick Peake Cover photograph Maja S K Ratkje Š Maarit Kytoharju

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Graham McKenzie © John Bonner

»Welcome to the 35th Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival!«

To some, Composer in Residence Maja S K Ratkje will be an unfamiliar name, however the initiated will already know her as a remarkable and unique voice, who to an unprecedented level has united audiences and critics alike from all genres of experimental music – contemporary classical, improvisation, electronic and noise!

Anniversaries rarely impact on my programme, however 2012 is synonymous with John Cage’s Centennial and in honour of the occasion the great Irvine Arditti will present a rare performance of a real Cage heavyweight, Freeman Etudes, while the internationally renowned Paul Hillier conducts Coro Casa da Música in the only UK performance of the specially curated the SONG-CAGE! It is Wolfgang Rihm’s 60 th birthday year, and to mark the occasion I am delighted to present the UK premiere of Vigilia – a remarkable work bringing together the combined forces of Ensemble musikFabrik and EXAUDI. I am grateful to the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, which in the first of two concerts this year will perform Rihm’s cello concerto Versuchung – again a UK premiere.

A trio of anniversaries is completed

by London Sinfonietta’s celebration of the work of Danish composer Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen.

Voice in its many forms is prominent this year, from the extreme vocal experiments of Ratkje, to the choral tradition of the North, from music theatre and miniature opera, to composer Donnacha Dennehy’s astonishing interaction with the world of traditional Irish vocal music, sean-nós.

Partnerships are at the core and I would like to thank the of University of Huddersfield, British Council and BBC Radio 3. Our international programme is made possible through the Music Information Centre Norway and the Norwegian Embassy, the Danish Arts Council, the Danish Arts Foundation, the Danish Composer’s Society Production Pool/KODA’S fund for Social and Cultural Purposes, Wilhelm Hansen Foundation, SNYK, the Goethe-Institut, Diaphonique, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Culture Ireland, and Réseau Varèse. My thanks of course go to all our partners, and full details can be found throughout the brochure.

All of the above would be futile without the wonderful Huddersfield audience, and the very special atmosphere that you create each November. Thank you for taking a moment to browse the brochure, and I look forward to welcoming you to the 2012 Festival.

Best Wishes Graham McKenzie Artistic Director

Festival Diary Date

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Johnny Herbert: ‘New’ ‘Work’ Kathy Hinde & Maja S K Ratkje: Dancing Cranes Pre-concert talk: Donnacha Dennehy Crash Ensemble: Donnacha Dennehy Portrait UK SPUNK + Palimpsest UK

4pm 5pm 6.15pm 7pm 10pm

Huddersfield Art Gallery Bates Mill Photographic Studio St Paul’s Hall St Paul’s Hall Bates Mill

12 noon 3pm 5pm 8pm 10.30pm

St Paul’s Hall Town Hall Phipps Hall Bates Mill St Paul’s Hall

11am 1pm 3pm 5pm 8pm 9.45pm 10.30pm

Phipps Hall St Paul’s Hall Bates Mill Lawrence Batley Theatre St Paul’s Hall Bates Mill Photographic Studio Bates Mill

Nicolas Hodges Lifelines W Heather Roche: Clarinet + Oslo Sinfonietta UK Ensemble Resonanz UK W

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Sun 18

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Talk: Maja S K Ratkje Arditti Quartet UK Cikada Ensemble W Monodramas UK Vigilia UK Pre-concert talk: Glenn Branca Crash Ensemble: American Originals

Mon 19

Fabian Coomans + Elisa Medinilla Michelle O’Rourke Allison / Herbert / Isaacs Philip Cashian I John Butcher: Tarab Cut edges ensemble Occam Philip Cashian II Reflected Glory W Tamara Friebel with Gobi Drab Remember Me Crash Ensemble: Irish Mavericks Horses Brawl Monty Adkins / Jexper Holmen / Frode Andersen

Tue 20

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Film: Eliane Radigue

action-situation-signification UK Pre-concert talk: Irvine Arditti John Cage: Freeman Etudes Crepuscular Hour UK

12 noon 4pm 6.15pm 7pm 10pm

Phipps Hall Bates Mill St Paul’s Hall St Paul’s Hall Town Hall

Wed 21 16

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Nieuw Ensemble UK European Composers’ Panel Ensemble 10/10 UK Icarus Ensemble UK For Philip Guston

11am 12.30pm 2pm 3.30pm 6pm

St Paul’s Hall Town Hall Town Hall Bates Mill St Paul’s Hall

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Philip Thomas W Talk: Peter Ablinger Quatuor Bozzini UK Gareth Davis + Julie Mittens: Peter Ablinger

12 noon 4pm 7.30pm 10pm

Phipps Hall CAM G/01, Creative Arts Building St Paul’s Hall Bates Mill

Fri 23

Through the mysterious barricade Malcolm Goldstein UK the SONG-CAGE UK Cranes and Freighters W

12 noon 4pm 7.30pm 10.30pm

St Paul’s Hall St Thomas’ Church St Paul’s Hall Phipps Hall

Sat 24

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Korall Koral Quatuor Bozzini: Composer’s Kitchen UK BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Rihm UK ensemble recherche UK Pre-concert talk: Matthias Pintscher BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Pintscher The Living Room + Paul Lovens

11am & 12.30pm 11am 1pm 3pm 6.45pm 7.30pm 10.30pm

Creative Arts Building St Paul’s Hall Town Hall St Paul’s Hall Town Hall Town Hall Phipps Hall

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Minguet Quartet Korall Koral London Sinfonietta + Theatre of Voices Postal Pieces

1pm 2pm & 3.30pm 3pm 6pm

St Paul’s Hall Dewsbury Town Hall Lawrence Batley Theatre Creative Arts Building + St Paul’s Hall

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UK

UK

UK

UK

11am 11.40am 12.20pm 1pm 2pm 2.40pm 4pm 5.30pm 6pm 7.10pm 8pm 9pm 10.30pm 11pm

St Paul’s Hall Creative Arts Building Atrium Phipps Hall St Paul’s Hall Phipps Hall St Paul’s Hall St Thomas’ Church St Paul’s Hall Lawrence Batley Theatre St Paul’s Hall Bates Mill Photographic Studio Bates Mill Creative Arts Building Atrium Phipps Hall

Venue Key BM

ENTRANCE

Bates Mill (Blending Shed & Photographic Studio)

LBT

Lawrence Batley Theatre

SPH

St Paul's Hall

CAB

Creative Arts Building (Phipps Hall & Atrium)

STC

St Thomas’s Church

HAG

Huddersfield Art Gallery

TH

Town Hall

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T alks & Films Throughout the Festival hosts a series of free talks and discussions with some of the world’s most distinguished artists Friday 16 November Pre-concert talk 6.15pm, St Paul’s Hall

Donnacha Dennehy Artistic Director Graham McKenzie discusses Donnacha Dennehy’s work Grá agus Bás and the Irish tradition of sean-nós songs with the composer, ahead of the first of three concerts by the Crash Ensemble.

Sunday 18 November 11am, Phipps Hall

Maja S K Ratkje Composer in Residence Maja S K Ratkje discusses her work as a composer and performer – plus a first UK screening of excerpts from a new film currently in the making about Ratkje with contributions from the film maker IJ Bierman.

Sunday 18 November Pre-concert talk 9.45pm, Bates Mill Photographic Studio

Glenn Branca Described as ‘an inspired American original’ and a ‘total minimalist’ maverick composer Glenn Branca makes a rare visit to the UK to discuss his new work for Crash – and co-commissioned by the ensemble – ahead of its UK premiere.

Tuesday 20 November 12 noon, Phipps Hall

Eliane Radigue French composer Eliane Radigue has been creating electronic music since the 50s – here she discusses her work following the screening of Anaïs Prosaïc’s film Eliane Radigue, Virtuoso Listening.

Tuesday 20 November Pre-concert talk 6.15pm, St Paul’s Hall

Irvine Arditti The virtuoso violinist Irvine Arditti discusses the incredible complexity of John Cage’s Freeman Etudes.

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Wednesday 21 November 12.30pm, Town Hall

European Composers’ Panel

Saturday 24 November Pre-concert talk 6.45pm, Town Hall

Matthias Pintscher

Artists, participants and mentors from the groundbreaking European Composers’ Professional Development Programme involving the UK, Italy and the Netherlands discuss the challenges of trying to succeed as a composer in today’s new music scene.

Recently appointed Music Director of Ensemble intercontemporain, featured composer Matthias Pintscher discusses his violin concerto Mar’eh and his collaboration with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

Thursday 22 November 4pm, CAM G/01, University of Huddersfield

All talks will be hosted by BBC Radio 3 presenters Robert Worby or Sara Mohr-Pietsch unless stated otherwise.

Peter Ablinger »Sounds are not sounds’!

Not once is hearing ‘hearing’!«

Composer Peter Ablinger introduces us to his extraordinary world of sound and performance, and discusses what led him to his collaboration with clarinettist Gareth Davies and Dutch noise trio The Julie Mittens.

CeReNeM Masterclass Thursday 15 November 1pm – 3.30pm, University of Huddersfield

PhD students from the Centre for Research in New Music (CeReNeM) at the University of Huddersfield present their work in discussion with a featured composer from this year’s Festival.

Full details to be announced online at http://mhm.hud.ac.uk/cerenem Please note – all information is correct at the time of going to print but may be subject to change

Korall Koral © Erik Berg

Bolsterstone Male Voice Choir © Adrian Stavert-Dobson

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L earning & Participation

Learning and Participation is at the core of and this year’s programme offers another exciting series of accessible opportunities dedicated to creating and exploring new music. We inspire and support musicians of all ages, ranging from absolute beginners to emerging new artists, through an eclectic range of creative workshops, projects and performance opportunities year-round.

This year’s Festival features performances from our ongoing European Composers’ Professional Development Programme, as well as the world premiere of John Surman’s Lifelines, and co-commissioned by BBC Radio 3, to be performed with the multi-award winning Bolsterstone Male Voice Choir.

We will be showcasing new talent through shorts, which offers up-and-coming artists the opportunity to perform at the UK’s leading new music festival.

As usual, we will also present a stimulating programme of free talks and masterclasses. will During the Festival, host Korall Koral – a ‘baby opera’ for children under three and their grown-ups.

The audience is invited to explore their musicality and imagination in an enticing environment housed in a giant shell, containing friendly creatures inspired by life in the depths of the Arctic Ocean.

The children will be treated to a unique performance with music by Composer in Residence Maja S K Ratkje, followed by the opportunity to explore and interact with the space and sea creatures.

Please get in touch to see what ticket deals we can extend to your visiting group or school. We can also provide you with information about curriculum links to the Festival programme.

Contact Sarah McWatt on 01484 471116 or email s.mcwatt@hud.ac.uk to discuss ways in which you can participate. is an Arts Award supporter.

For more information on our offer go to: www.hcmf.co.uk/ artsaward

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E xhibitions & Installations

Johnny Herbert: ‘New’ ‘Work’

A performance-installation lasting the duration of the festival with possible participation from any attendees present – attendees being akin to general performers: »As an ‘artist’ [my inverted commas – J.H] or writer or curator, you perform when you do your job, but your job also includes giving talks, going to openings, being in the right place at the right time.

Transcending the limits of the specific domain of performance art, then, is what I would call general performance as the basis of the new labor.«

Huddersfield Art Gallery 4pm Launch Event Open throughout the Festival; Monday – Friday 10am – 5pm; Saturdays 10am – 4pm Closed Sundays Performers: Philip Thomas, Johnny Herbert + others

General Performance, Sven Lütticken supported by British Produced by Council; also supported by Music Information Centre Norway and the Norwegian Embassy

Johnny Herbert

Free Event

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Kathy Hinde + Maja S K Ratkje: Dancing Cranes Kathy Hinde has animated delicate origami cranes using small motors. They fly to a soundtrack

by Norwegian composer Maja S K Ratkje. The speed of their flight and the intensity of the overlapping crane sounds is controlled by data that represents the cranes’ annual migration cycle. Video images shine onto the paper birds to create a superimposed shadow animation.

Produced by supported by British Council; also supported by Music Information Centre Norway and the Norwegian Embassy

Dancing Cranes © Kathy Hinde

Free Event

Bates Mill Photographic Studio 5pm Launch Event Open throughout the Festival; 10am – 5pm Please note: on Saturday 17 November the installation will be open from 1pm – 5pm only; there is no disabled access to the Photographic Studio

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›1‹ Crash Ensemble:

Donnacha Dennehy Portrait 2012 opens with a portrait concert of the Irish composer Donnacha Dennehy, featuring one of his landmark pieces, Grá Agus Bás (2007) written for Irish sean nós singer Iarla Ó Lionáird and the Crash Ensemble. Released on an album of the same name by Nonesuch Records in May 2011, the internationally acclaimed work, whose title means ‘Love and Death’, sets the expressive and highly ornamented traditional song style against a maelstrom of pulsing glissandi. The concert also includes As An Nós (2009), Disposable Dissonance (2010) in a new version for Crash Ensemble, and Glamour Sleeper (2002).

St Paul’s Hall 7pm Donnacha Dennehy Glamour Sleeper Donnacha Dennehy As An Nós UK Premiere

Donnacha Dennehy Disposable Dissonance Donnacha Dennehy Grá Agus Bás Crash Ensemble Alan Pierson conductor Iarla Ó Lionáird voice

Produced by in association with Crash Ensemble; supported by Culture Ireland

Donnacha Dennehy + Alan Pierson © Ros Kavanagh

Tickets £15 (£13 concession; £10 online)

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November 11

›2‹ SPUNK + Palimpsest Taking its name from a word invented

by Astrid Lindgren’s fictitious character Pippi Longstocking, SPUNK makes free improvised music using a variety of sources.

In Palimpsest, graphite sequencers designed and built by Daniel Skoglund create pitched feedback sounds as their playheads cross over pencil lines drawn on the floor. The sounds’ parameters respond to changes in the drawing and can be altered using the sequencers’ controls, so the drawing becomes an ever-adaptable musical score. The musical pulses from the sequencers in turn affect the parameters of Kathy Hinde’s video projections.

Produced by SPUNK is supported by Music Information Centre Norway and the Norwegian Embassy Palimpsest is originally produced by Weld and EMS Elektronmusikstudion; supported by British Council and EMS Elektronmusikstudion

Palimpsest © Kathy Hinde

Tickets £10 (£8 concession; £6 online)

Bates Mill 10pm SPUNK: Maja S K Ratkje voice/electronics Hild Sofie Tafjord french horn/electronics Lene Grenager cello Kristin Andersen trumpet/recorder Andreas Paleologos video artist Palimpsest UK Premiere

Daniel Skoglund performer Kathy Hinde performer

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›3‹ Nicolas Hodges London-born, Stuttgart-based pianist Nicolas Hodges returns to to perform a programme of highly complex and passionate works by the French serialist composer Jean Barraqué (1928–1973), whose piano sonata of 1952 was controversially heralded by the critic André Hodeir as possibly the finest since Beethoven.

St Paul’s Hall 12 noon

»Hodges’ recitals always boldly go where few other pianists dare ... with an energy that sometimes defies belief«

Thème et variations

The Guardian

Deux morceaux pour piano – No 2: Mystérieux et angoissé

supported by British Council

Tickets £15 (£13 concession; £10 online)

Intermezzo de la Sonate Pièce pour piano Deux morceaux pour piano – No 1

Sonate für Klavier solo Nicolas Hodges piano

Nicolas Hodges © Brian Slater

Produced by

Jean Barraqué: Retour

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November 13

›4‹ Lifelines Since the 60s, composer and multi-instrumentalist John Surman’s career has ranged from world-class jazz improvisation to composition for chamber ensembles, choirs and contemporary dance. Commissioned especially for Bolsterstone Male Voice Choir by and BBC Radio 3, Lifelines, for saxophone, piano and male voice choir, explores subjects ranging from the industrial revolution as it affected West Yorkshire to smuggling in the composer’s native Devon.

Produced by

supported by British Council

Lifelines is commissioned by

and BBC Radio 3

Tickets £10 (£8 concession; £6 online)

Town Hall 3pm John Surman Lifelines co-commission) ( World Premiere

Bolsterstone Male Voice Choir John Surman saxophones Howard Moody piano

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›5‹ Heather Roche: Clarinet +

Produced by in association with HISS; supported by British Council

Tickets £10 (£8 concession; £6 online)

Phipps Hall 5pm Alex Harker Fluence Aaron Einbond new work World Premiere

Chikako Morishita Lizard Sylvain Pohu l’identité Pierre Alexandre Tremblay la rupture inéluctable Heather Roche clarinet

Heather Roche © Dylan Robinson

From tender lyricism to raw grit, via subtle timbral nuances and blunt formal shifts, the rising clarinet virtuoso Heather Roche is thriving everywhere. Exploring the whole soundworld of her instrument, she showcases here five contemporary proposals for clarinet and electronics from composers working in the CeReNeM studios.

Having played many of these works in various programmes in the last year (Montreal, Helsinki, Oslo, Copenhagen, Ljubljana, Basel) this concert promises to have a serious edge!

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November 15

›6‹ Oslo Sinfonietta Norwegian contemporary supergroup Oslo Sinfonietta perform the UK premieres of two highly visual new works by Norwegian / Lithuanian composer Ignas Krunglevicius and Danish composer Simon Steen-Andersen, whose Huddersfield debut was one of the highlights of 2011.

His piece sets at its centre a percussionist whose hands are isolated inside a box containing a variety of noise-making devices and five highly sensitive microphones.

Produced by supported by Music Information Centre Norway, the Norwegian Embassy, The Danish Arts Council, The Danish Arts Foundation, Danish Composers Society’s Production Pool / KODA’s Fund for Social and Cultural Purposes, Wilhelm Hansen Foundation and SNYK

Tickets £19 (£17 concession; £15 online)

Bates Mill 8pm Simon Steen-Andersen Black Box Music UK Premiere

Ignas Krunglevicius Gradients UK Premiere

Oslo Sinfonietta

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›7‹ Ensemble Resonanz This year’s Festival continues its fruitful association with Berlin-based British composer Rebecca Saunders, who was Composer in Residence in 2010. Hamburg string group Ensemble Resonanz presents the world premiere of Saunders’ new cello concerto as well as a very individual new work by the increasingly in demand Claudia Molitor, written for the ensemble after spending time with them in Hamburg. A second cello concerto by Rolf Wallin completes the programme.

St Paul’s Hall 10.30pm

»Artistic Director Graham McKenzie is to be applauded for his continued support of Saunders’ instinctive, scrupulously fashioned work.«

Rolf Wallin Ground

Tempo supported by British Council; Produced by also supported by Music Information Centre Norway, the Norwegian Embassy and GoetheInstitut

Please note: this concert will be broadcast live by BBC Radio 3, audience members must be seated by 10.15pm Rebecca Saunders new work World Premiere

UK Premiere

Claudia Molitor new work commission) ( World Premiere

Rebecca Saunders © Matthias@Mramor.de

Tickets £15 (£13 concession; £10 online)

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November 17

›8‹ Arditti Quartet The world renowned Arditti Quartet performs what promises to be a truly unmissable programme of premieres – including new work by Rebecca Saunders and the UK premiere of a new work by Yorkshire-born composer Naomi Pinnock, and Wittener Tage für co-commissioned by Neue Kammermusik especially for the Quartet.

Following the UK premiere of his Schnee at 2010, leading Danish composer Hans Abrahamsen’s fourth string quartet also receives its first British performance.

Produced by supported by British Council; also supported by The Danish Arts Council, The Danish Arts Foundation, Danish Composers Society’s Production Pool / KODA’s Fund for Social and Cultural Purposes, Wilhelm Hansen Foundation, SNYK and Welcome to Yorkshire String Quartet No 2: Traces is commissioned by and Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik

Naomi Pinnock © Philip Venables

Tickets £19 (£17 concession; £15 online)

St Paul’s Hall 1pm Rebecca Saunders Fletch Naomi Pinnock String Quartet No 2: Traces co-commission) ( UK Premiere

Hans Abrahamsen String Quartet No 4 UK Premiere

Paul Archbold Nine memos for string quartet Arditti Quartet: Irvine Arditti violin Ashot Sarkissjan violin Ralf Ehlers viola Lucas Fels cello

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›9‹ Cikada Ensemble Cikada Ensemble returns to to present the world premiere of a new work by Composer in Residence Maja S K Ratkje – a notated piece using Ratkje’s distinctive, extreme vocal improvisations as a source. Works by Gérard Pesson and British composer Sam Hayden, whose piece was commissioned by oboist Chris Redgate as part of a series of new works written to explore the possibilities of an instrument he has specially adapted to the demands of contemporary repertoire, complete the programme.

Produced by supported by British Council; also supported by Music Information Centre Norway and the Norwegian Embassy

Bates Mill 3pm Gérard Pesson Cassation Sam Hayden surface/tension World Premiere

Maja S K Ratkje And sing while thou on pressed flowers dost sleep World Premiere

Cikada Ensemble Chris Redgate oboe

Maja S K Ratkje © Fabrice Allard

Tickets £15 (£13 concession; £10 online)

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November 19

›10‹ Monodramas European contemporary music theatre at its strongest! Finland’s Plus Ensemble and vocalists Isherwood and Freund present two recent collaborative works by rising young artists.

Routine office work becomes an almost grotesque experience in the hands of choreographer Tomi Paasonen and composer Perttu Haapanen; meanwhile, photographer Elina Brotherus and composer Lotta Wennäkoski address the stark reality of human trafficking.

Produced by supported by Réseau Varèse and Music Finland

© Musica nova Helsinki / Elina Brotherus

Tickets £15 (£13 concession; £10 online)

Lawrence Batley Theatre 5pm Perttu Haapanen Nothing to Declare UK Premiere

Lotta Wennäkoski Lelele UK Premiere

Plus Ensemble: Mikko Luoma accordion Christoffer Sundqvist clarinet Erkki Lahesmaa cello Nicholas Isherwood bass-baritone Pia Freund soprano

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›11‹ Vigilia Leading contemporary music ensemble musikFabrik and recent Royal Philharmonic Society Award nominee EXAUDI join forces at this year’s for a performance of Wolfgang Rihm’s meditation on the story of the Passion, Vigilia.

St Paul’s Hall 8pm

»Vigilia is first and foremost a piece of music, no cultural philosophy expressed in musical terms. In this sense it is its own occasion.«

Ensemble musikFabrik EXAUDI James Weeks conductor

Wolfgang Rihm Vigilia UK Premiere

Wolfgang Rihm supported by British Council Produced by and Goethe-Institut

musikFabrik © Carolene Lees

Tickets £19 (£17 concession; £15 online)

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November 21

›12‹ Crash Ensemble: American Originals In their second performance at 2012, Crash Ensemble explore the edges of the American contemporary music scene, presenting work written especially for them by some of America’s most individual composers. The concert features works by three very different voices highlighting the rich diversity of American music – including a new work from Glenn Branca, jointly commissioned by Crash Ensemble and .

Bates Mill 10.30pm

»Crash Ensemble, an Irish new-music collective with international cachet and considerable chops.«

Arnold Dreyblatt Resonant Relations

The Washington Post, 2011

Crash Ensemble Alan Pierson conductor

in association with Crash Produced by Ensemble; supported by Culture Ireland Glenn Branca’s new work is commissioned by and Crash Ensemble

Glenn Branca © Danijel Mihajlovic

Tickets £15 (£13 concession; £10 online)

Glenn Branca new work co-commission) ( UK Premiere

Nico Muhly Drones, Variations, Ornaments UK Premiere

UK Premiere

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shorts Remember Me

Claudia Molitor’s Remember Me is an intimate, miniature, multimedia opera, staged in a desk. Inspired by Dido and Eurydice, Molitor’s pocket-sized opera re-imagines the dramatic extravagance of the large-scale operatic production to create this minute performance in a desk, complete with film projections, orchestral pit, visits, live composition, interval refreshments and a ‘Cinderella’ ending.

Bates Mill Photographic Studio 8pm Claudia Molitor Remember Me Please note: there is no disabled access to the Photographic Studio

A Cryptic production by Claudia Molitor for Sonic-a, co-commissioned by , supported by the PRS for Music Foundation

Free Event Limited availability – advance booking is essential. Please contact Heather Greenwood at h.greenwood@hud.ac.uk before 7 October 2012 to reserve your ticket

Remember Me © Bevis Evans Teusch

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Fabian Coomans and Elisa Medinilla

Poppe defines Rad as ‘a systematic summary of many years of work on microintervals’.

The piece is for two keyboards producing a hundred different scales in a wide variety of tunings. By combining the scales and by adding sum and difference frequencies, associating individual keys to several notes, Rad produces an impressive and extremely broad harmonic reservoir.

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St Paul’s Hall 11am Enno Poppe Rad Fabian Coomans keyboard Elisa Medinilla keyboard

Michelle O’Rourke

A performance of music for amplified voice, cello and tape, featuring music from John Cage and two emerging composers from Ireland.

A meditation on vocal melody in three parts.

Creative Arts Building Atrium 11.40am Garrett Sholdice Recueillement Judith Ring To pull an eerie twist John Cage Experiences No 2 Michelle O’Rourke voice Kate Ellis cello

Allison / Herbert / Isaacs

Allison/Herbert/Isaacs present a programme of experimental music and performance art highlighting some of the innovative ways in which composers and artists have considered the act of performance. Expect sound, silence, face pulling and interdigital massage.

Phipps Hall 12.20pm John Lely Distance Learning G Douglas Barrett A Few Marlenes (Where Have All the Flowers Gone?)

Alison Knowles Nivea Cream Piece Pat Allison/Johnny Herbert/ Ben Isaacs performers

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Philip Cashian I

As part of the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Encore Project, Philip Cashian’s String Quartet, described by the New York Times as ‘agile, imaginative and light-filled’ is heard live for the first time in 16 years, performed by the Zelkova Quartet. Cashian’s piano quartet Music for the Night Sky, featuring pianist Jing Ouyang, completes the programme. This concert will be recorded for broadcast on BBC Radio 3.

Philip Cashian String Quartet Philip Cashian Music for the Night Sky Zelkova Quartet Jing Ouyang piano

John Butcher: Tarab Cut

Tarab Cut by John Butcher is a composition for live saxophone and multi-tracked pre-recording. The playback was derived from 78 rpm shellacs of classical Arabic and Sufi music in the private collection of Kamal Kassar. The piece was commissioned by Performa to form part of Visiting Tarab, a project conceived by Tarek Atoui, and has been performed by Butcher in New York and Sharjah.

St Paul’s Hall 1pm

Phipps Hall 2pm John Butcher Tarab Cut John Butcher saxophone

edges ensemble

The edges ensemble performs music by two original members of the Tone Roads Ensemble (alongside James Tenney, whose work will be performed on the last day of the Festival), Philip Corner and Malcolm Goldstein. Featuring old and recent works, embracing elements of music notation, graphic notations, aleatoric processes and improvisation, this concert will offer fresh perspectives on the work of both composers.

Free Events

St Paul’s Hall 2.40pm Philip Corner Coming and Going Malcolm Goldstein Two Silences Philip Corner A Concoction Malcolm Goldstein The Seasons: Vermont (Summer 1979)

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November 25

Occam

»The freedom to be immersed in the ambivalence of continuous modulation with the uncertainty of being and/or not being in this or that mode or tonality. The freedom to let yourself be overwhelmed, submerged in a continuous sound flow where perceptual acuity is heightened through the discovery of a certain slight beating, there in the background, pulsations, breath«.

St Thomas’ Church 4pm Eliane Radigue: OCCAM DELTA II OCCAM RIVER I Rhodri Davies harp Julia Eckhardt viola Carol Robinson bass clarinet

Eliane Radigue

Philip Cashian II

A second performance of Philip Cashian’s String Quartet, this time set to new choreography with dancers from the Northern School of Contemporary Dance. This performance is part of Encore - a project by the Royal Philharmonic Society and BBC Radio 3.

St Paul’s Hall 5.30PM Philip Cashian String Quartet Zelkova Quartet Dancers from the Northern School of Contemporary Dance

Reflected Glory

In contemporary culture people often measure themselves and their worth and ideals in relation to someone or thing that they look up to, admire, follow and identify with: ‘reflected glory’.

Performed by Deirdre Cooper, this concert features the world premiere of Deirdre Gribbin’s new work alongside two established pieces for solo cello.

Produced by supported by Women Make Music, PRS for Music Foundation; also supported

by Music Information Centre Norway and the Norwegian Embassy

Free Events

Lawrence Batley Theatre 6pm Arne Nordheim Clamavi Deirdre Gribbin Reflected Glory World Premiere

Steve Reich Cello counterpoint Deirdre Cooper cello

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Tamara Friebel with Gobi Drab

A defragmented hyacinth stain: Sappho’s Fragment was inspired by a bunch of bright hyacinths that were given to a friend after a period of being unwell. The piece explores the smearing of the colours of the hyacinth, through its trampling. The compositional energy lines are littered with debris, unfocalised, yet bound by a certain, unknown constraint.

Tamara Friebel A defragmented hyacinth stain: Sappho’s Fragment Tamara Friebel live electronics Gobi Drab recorder

Remember Me Please see p.22 for more information.

St Paul’s Hall 7.10pm

Bates Mill 8pm

Crash Ensemble: Irish Mavericks

Crash Ensemble present works by some of the most important creative voices in Irish contemporary music in the last 30 years, including esteemed composers Gerald Barry and Kevin Volans, as well as some of the most exciting voices from the younger generation: Andrew Hamilton, Ed Bennett and Linda Buckley. Combining aleatoric processes and improvisation, this concert will offer fresh perspectives on the work of both composers.

Produced by in association with Crash Ensemble; supported by Culture Ireland

Bates Mill 9pm Ed Bennett Stop Motion Linda Buckley Do you remember the planets?

Gerald Barry First Sorrow Kevin Volans Looping Point UK Premiere

Andrew Hamilton music for people who like art Crash Ensemble Alan Pierson conductor

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November 27

Horses Brawl

Horses Brawl’s contemporary approach to folk hints at minimalism, free improvisation and tradition. They unearth fragments of lost or forgotten tunes from folk and early music sources and create instant new pieces. The duo will be performing an entirely improvised live set.

Creative Arts Building Atrium 10.30pm Laura Cannell Fiddles and recorders Andre Bosman Indian harmonium and acoustic bass guitar

Monty Adkins / Jexper Holmen / Frode Andersen Melonta is a co-composition by Jexper Holmen and Monty Adkins created for the advanced multichannel equipment at the University of Huddersfield. Written for accordion and interactive electronics, the piece aims to merge these two medias and place the listener inside this giant instrument. The piece was commisioned by and written with support from The Danish Arts Council.

Produced by supported by The Danish Arts Council, The Danish Arts Foundation, Danish Composers Society’s Production Pool / KODA’s Fund for Social and Cultural Purposes, Wilhelm Hansen Foundation, SNYK and EMS Huddersfield

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Phipps Hall 11pm Monty Adkins & Jexper Holmen Melonta co-commission) ( Frode Andersen accordion Monty Adkins electronics

Tuesday 20

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Film: Eliane Radigue

Between 1967 and 2000, Eliane Radigue composed more than 20 pieces of electronic music.

She stopped working with the analog synthesizer in 2001, and now devotes herself to instrumental music, still remaining faithful to the same aesthetics.

A short discussion with Eliane Radigue will follow the film screening.

Phipps Hall 12 noon Anaïs Prosaïc Eliane Radigue, Virtuoso Listening

Produced by Stephane Jourdain, La Huit (2011)

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Eliane Radigue + Rhodri Davies © Anaïs Prosaïc

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Tuesday 20

November 29

›13‹ action-situations ignification Following Ralph van Raat’s Lindberg programme at 2010, defunensemble present the Finnish composer’s 1982 work action-situationsignification for small ensemble and electronics, before Joel Ryan uses processing to transform it into a whole new piece.

Co-produced by

and November Music

Tickets £10 (£8 concession; £6 online)

Bates Mill 4pm Magnus Lindberg action-situationsignification Joel Ryan new work UK Premiere

defunensemble Joel Ryan processing

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›14‹ John Cage: Freeman Etudes In what promises to be one of 2012’s most exciting events, virtuoso violinist Irvine Arditti performs Cage’s incredibly complex Freeman Etudes. Deemed almost unplayable, the etudes are extraordinary pieces of music which have been performed by only a handful of extremely accomplished violinists.

St Paul’s Hall 7pm John Cage Freeman Etudes Irvine Arditti violin

»These are intentionally as difficult as I can make them, because I think we’re now surrounded by very serious problems in the society, and we tend to think that the situation is hopeless and that it’s just impossible to do something that will make everything turn out properly. So I think that this music, which is almost impossible, gives an instance of the practicality of the impossible.« John Cage Produced by

Irvine Arditti © Alex Beldea

Tickets £15 (£13 concession; £10 online)

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November 31

›15‹ Crepuscular Hour »Crepuscular Hour is a one hour long piece to be performed in a cathedral or similar, with the musicians surrounding the audience. The piece is written for three choirs, six noise musicians and a church organ. The light design is really a part of the piece, as it is inspired by the phenomena ‘crepuscular rays’ – pillars of light are filtered by the pillars of stone, other obstacles in the room and also the musicians, standing on high platforms.

‘Crepuscular’ is also a term used to describe creatures that are primarily active during twilight, that is at dusk or dawn.« Maja S K Ratkje supported by Music Produced by Information Centre Norway and the Norwegian Embassy

Maja S K Ratkje © Bruce Atherton + Jana Chiellino

Tickets £15 (£13 concession; £10 online)

Town Hall 10pm Maja S K Ratkje Crepuscular Hour UK Premiere

The 24 RNCM Chamber Choir University of Huddersfield Chamber Choir James Weeks conductor Nils Henrik Asheim organ Antoine Chassex electronics/noise Lasse Marhaug electronics/noise Stian Westerhus electronics/noise + other guests to be confirmed

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Wednesday 21

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European Composers’ Spotlight In the second year of this pioneering programme, presents 12 world premieres of works written by talented composers at the start of their careers as part of the European Composers’ Professional Development Programme. Over the past year, young composers studying in The Netherlands, Italy and the UK have participated in intensive workshops with some of Europe’s finest new music ensembles: Nieuw Ensemble (NL), Ensemble 10/10 (UK) and Icarus Ensemble (IT), trying out new ideas and receiving advice and guidance from musicians and mentors.

›16‹ Nieuw Ensemble St Paul’s Hall 11am Helen Papaioannou new work Nieuw Ensemble © Richard Mullany

UK Premiere

Jonathan Brigg new work UK Premiere

Andrea Sarto new work UK Premiere

Maurizio Azzan new work UK Premiere

Nieuw Ensemble Produced by and Nieuw Ensemble; supported by the European Commission Culture Programme and the Musicians’ Benevolent Fund, in partnership with the University of York Music Press

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›17‹ Ensemble 10/10 Town Hall 2pm Elizabeth A Kelly new work Ensemble 10/10 © Richard Mullany

UK Premiere

Rens Tienstra new work Alessandro Anatrini new work UK Premiere

Annachiara Gedda Perspectives Ensemble 10/10

Produced by and Ensemble 10/10; supported by the European Commission Culture Programme and the Musicians’ Benevolent Fund

Tickets £5

›18‹ Icarus Ensemble Bates Mill 3.30pm

Icarus Ensemble © Laura Berger

Chikako Morishita House of the sleeping beauties UK Premiere

Ben Gaunt new work UK Premiere

Fatima Fonte new work UK Premiere

Brendan Faegre Subtle Grip UK Premiere

Produced by and Icarus Ensemble in collaboration with Fondazione Prometeo and Casa della Musica di Parma; supported by the European Commission Culture Programme and the Musicians’ Benevolent Fund, in partnership with the University of York Music Press

Tickets £5

Icarus Ensemble

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›19‹ For Philip Guston An introduction to For Philip Guston. »And so for me the real is not the object, the real for me is not the compositional system, the real for me is to what degree, almost in Kierkegaardian terms, I can exist, I can plunge, I can leap into this thing which I call life, which I call the environment…So don’t talk to me about systems, don’t talk to me about aesthetics, don’t talk to me about life, in fact don’t even talk to me about art, and let’s end it with this thought: that it all has to do with nerve, nothing else, that’s what it’s all about; so in a sense it’s a character problem.«

St Paul’s Hall 6pm Please note: the duration of this performance is 4½ hours Morton Feldman For Philip Guston John Tilbury piano Carla Rees flute Simon Allen percussion

Morton Feldman Produced by

Morton Feldman © Jan Williams

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›20‹ Philip Thomas This concert forms one part of CANADA CONNECTIONS, a new project featuring Canadian and British experimental composers, performed by pianist Philip Thomas. These programmes demonstrate some of the interconnections and points of contact between composers who share many musical interests and concerns, despite being separated by nearly 5,000 miles. Three of four newly commissioned works for this project are given their premiere performances here; the fourth, a new work by Johnny Herbert, is being performed at Huddersfield Art Gallery throughout the Festival.

Produced by

Philip Thomas © Grenville Charles

Tickets £10 (£8 concession; £6 online)

Phipps Hall 12 noon Martin Arnold Points and Waltzes World Premiere

Cassandra Miller new work World Premiere

Christopher Fox L’ascenseur World Premiere

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›21‹ Quatuor Bozzini

Produced by supported by Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec; also supported

by Music Information Centre Norway, the Norwegian Embassy, The Danish Arts Council, The Danish Arts Foundation, Danish Composers Society’s Production Pool / KODA’s Fund for Social and Cultural Purposes, Wilhelm Hansen Foundation and SNYK

Tickets £15 (£13 concession; £10 online)

St Paul’s Hall 7.30pm Simon Steen-Andersen String Quartet No 2 UK Premiere

Maja S K Ratkje Gagaku Variations Christopher Fox Chambre privée UK Premiere

Quatuor Bozzini: Clemens Merkel violin Stéphanie Bozzini viola Isabelle Bozzini cello Mira Benjamin violin Frode Haltli accordion

Quatuor Bozzini © Michael Slobodian

welcomes back Montreal-based string quartet Quatuor Bozzini for the first of three concerts at this year’s Festival. Gagaku Variations by Composer in Residence Maja S K Ratkje also features the sensitive and versatile talents of leading Norwegian accordionist and regular Frode Haltli as soloist.

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›22‹ Gareth Davis + The Julie Mittens:

Peter Ablinger Dutch avant-rock trio The Julie Mittens and clarinettist Gareth Davis join forces for an abrasive exploration of noise, fusing concert and music theatre. The programme centres around Ablinger’s Black Series, a set of 10 short pieces named after 20th-century abstract painters and composed using graphic scores inspired by their styles.

Produced by

Tickets £10 (£8 concession; £6 online)

Bates Mill 10pm Peter Ablinger: Weiss/Weisslich 7 Black Series: Albers Weiss/Weisslich 20 Clarinet and Noise Weiss/Weisslich 3 Guitar and noise Black Series: Malewitch 3 Weiss/Weisslich 21 Snare Drum and noise Black Series: Mondrian 3 Bass guitar and noise Black Series: Reindhart Exercitium

© Peter Ablinger

The Julie Mittens Gareth Davis clarinet

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Friday 23

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›23‹ Through the mysterious barricade Harpists Rhodri Davies and Ruth Wall perform a full programme of works by Philip Corner, a founder along with Malcolm Goldstein and James Tenney in the 60s of the groundbreaking Tone Roads Ensemble. Joined by Corner on piano, Davies and Wall bring fresh experimental ears to these new instrumental incarnations of his music.

Produced by

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St Paul’s Hall 12 noon Philip Corner: EVENT VERSION FOR MUSICIANS Dualism Harmonyz 2 Chords of the Rose Cross by Satie…as a revelation 2 Sounds-------not La Monte’s gamelan ARPA Une petite fantaisie sue ‘les Barricades Mystérieuses’ de François Couperin

Rhodri Davies © Adam Phillips

Rhodri Davies harp Ruth Wall harp Philip Corner piano

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›24‹ Malcolm Goldstein is excited to present the first ever UK performance by Malcolm Goldstein, co-founder of the Tone Roads Ensemble with James Tenney and Philip Corner in 60s New York. Combining composed and improvised elements, his music pushes the violin’s sonic boundaries with distinctive virtuosity and ingenuity.

Produced by

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St Thomas’ Church 4pm Malcolm Goldstein: but one bird sang not (from Fragments of the Wall) UK Premiere

my feet is tired but my soul is rested (homage Rosa Parks) UK Premiere

gentle rain preceding mushrooms (in memoriam John Cage) UK Premiere

Soundings

Malcolm Goldstein © Sylvia Otte

Malcolm Goldstein violin

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›25‹ the SONG-CAGE the SONG-CAGE is a colourful entertainment in which many pieces by John Cage are presented in the manner of what he called a circus: different things happening at the same time.

All of the performance material is either by John Cage or is closely based on his ideas: it is also very varied, being at times humorous, surreal, dramatic, meditative, even beautiful. The primary source is Song Books, while the other works to be performed include Story, Hymns and Variations (at 30 minutes the longest single item), Experiences, Aria and Eight Whiskus.

St Paul’s Hall 7.30pm Works by John Cage including: story aria Hymns and Variations Experiences Coro Casa da Música Paul Hillier conductor

Produced by in association with Sound Intermedia

Coro Casa da Música

Tickets £19 (£17 concession; £15 online)

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›26‹ Cranes and Freighters Frédéric Blondy and John Butcher compose for a hand-picked grouping of French and British contemporary music specialists, who collectively embody a wealth of experience in highly complex notation, innovative improvisation and experimental electronics. Each composition will draw upon rarely explored aesthetics shared by the three areas, as well as engaging with their distinctions and boundaries.

Produced by

supported by Diaphonique

John Butcher + Frédéric Blondy © Jean-Michel Monin

Tickets £10 (£8 concession; £6 online)

Phipps Hall 10.30pm John Butcher new work World Premiere

Frédéric Blondy new work World Premiere

Cranes and Freighters: Elaine Mitchener voice John Butcher saxophones Edward Perraud percussion Frédéric Blondy piano Séverine Ballon cello John Edwards double bass Sebastian Lexer live electronic processing

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Korall Koral

Korall Koral – a baby opera is a performance specifically created for children age three and under and their grown-ups. The piece is a co-production between designer Christina Lindgren, performer Hanne Dieserud, The Norwegian Opera and Ballet and The Norwegian Touring Theatre, with music by Composer in Residence, Maja S K Ratkje.

The audience is enticed by noise into a shellshaped tent, where two performers (Hanne Dieserud and Silje Aker Johnsen) with specially designed instruments create a musical game, shaping sounds to form language and song. The unique instruments resemble sea creatures inspired by life in the depths of the Arctic Ocean; the sea horse harp, a bagpipe creature and a glass chime jellyfish.

No prior knowledge is needed to enjoy this piece as there is nothing to be understood or explained; just enjoy it as a magical experience.

Saturday 24 November: Creative Arts Building 11am & 12.30pm Sunday 25 November: Dewsbury Town Hall 2pm & 3.30pm

Produced by supported by The Norwegian Arts Council, Music Information Centre Norway and the Norwegian Embassy

Tickets £4 (admits one child with an adult)

Korall Koral © Christina Lindgren

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›27‹ Quatuor Bozzini:

Composer’s Kitchen This concert presents pieces by six rising composers who took part in Quatuor Bozzini’s annual Composer’s Kitchen project, which in its eighth year has joined forces for the first time with and extended its boundaries outside North America to include two British composers. Under the mentorship of the quartet and composers Malcolm Goldstein and Christopher Fox, these exciting composers developed their pieces during an intensive seven-day workshop in Montreal in April and a subsequent session here in Huddersfield.

Produced by supported by British Council, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Socan Foundation and the University of Huddersfield

© Caroline de la Motte

Tickets £5

St Pauls Hall 11am John Lely Doubles Scott McLaughlin a metastable harmony Isaiah Ceccarelli Magnuns Beavan Flanagan Rien ne bouge plus Pierre Michaud Verburn Thierry Tidrow Six pièces en quête d’un opera All UK Premieres

Quatuor Bozzini: Clemens Merkel violin Stéphanie Bozzini viola Isabelle Bozzini cello Mira Benjamin violin

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›28‹ BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra:

Rihm The only Scottish orchestra ever to have won a Royal Philharmonic Society Award for Best Ensemble, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra returns to Huddersfield to perform three fresh and exciting works. New York-based composer Matthias Pintscher leads the orchestra in a performance of his Songs from Solomon’s Garden, whilst Composer in Residence Maja S K Ratkje brings her extraordinary vocals to her signature concerto.

Wolfgang Rihm’s critically acclaimed cello concerto rounds off the programme in the composer’s 60 th birthday year.

Produced by supported by Réseau Varèse; also supported by Music Information Centre Norway, the Norwegian Embassy and GoetheInstitut

Tickets £15 (£13 concession; £10 online)

Town Hall 1pm Maja S K Ratkje Concerto for Voice and Orchestra UK Premiere

Wolfgang Rihm Versuchung UK Premiere

Matthias Pintscher Songs from Solomon’s Garden BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Matthias Pintscher conductor Maja S K Ratkje voice Leigh Melrose baritone Nicolas Altstaedt cello

Wolfgang Rihm

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›29‹ ensemble recherche The internationally acclaimed ensemble recherche returns for a third consecutive year with a dazzling programme. Wolfgang Rihm’s Fremde Szenen for piano trio is his personal portrait of Schumann: of it he writes, ‘Where is the artist, where is the artwork during the creative process?

Both are not themselves, but they’re everything to each other, nothing without each other. That is exactly what I hear in Schumann.’ Meanwhile, two premieres from the sensational Danish composer Simon Steen-Andersen shine a spotlight on both Schumann and Rihm.

Produced by supported by The Danish Arts Council, The Danish Arts Foundation, Danish Composers Society’s Production Pool / KODA’s Fund for Social and Cultural Purposes, Wilhelm Hansen Foundation, SNYK and Goethe-Institut

ensemble recherche © Brian Slater

Tickets £19 (£17 concession; £15 online)

St Paul’s Hall 3pm Wolfgang Rihm Fremde Szene 1 Simon Steen-Andersen Im Rauschen UK Premiere

Wolfgang Rihm Fremde Szene 2 Simon Steen-Andersen Töne, still UK Premiere

Wolfgang Rihm Fremde Szene 3 ensemble recherche

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Saturday 24

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›30‹ BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra:

Pintscher

Produced by supported by Music Information Centre Norway and the Norwegian Embassy

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Town Hall 7.30pm Dai Fujikura Tocar y luchar UK Premiere

Matthias Pintscher Mar’eh Arne Nordheim Spur Luigi Nono No hay caminos hay que caminar BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Matthias Pintscher conductor Erik Schumann violin Frode Haltli accordion

Matthias Pintscher © John Wood

The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra’s second concert is centred around a performance of the violin concerto Mar’eh, a signature work by their first Artist-in-Association, New York based composer and conductor Matthias Pintscher. The UK premiere of Dai Fujikura’s large-scale Tocar y luchar, Luigi Nono’s spatial homage to the film director Andrei Tarkovsky, No hay caminos hay que caminar, and music by the late Norwegian icon Arne Nordheim complete the programme.

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›31‹ T he Living Room + Paul Lovens Consisting of some of the most promising musicians from the Nordic contemporary music scene, The Living Room converge a wide variety of electronic and acoustic sounds into a sonically vibrant field – a common ground shared by their curiosity to explore and expand the disciplines of both conventional and unconventional instrumental approaches. For this performance at , legendary drummer Paul Lovens will join them in a set that embarks from compositional frameworks written by Søren Kjærgaard, leaping off into open improvisational landscapes.

Produced by supported by The Danish Arts Council, The Danish Arts Foundation, Danish Composers Society’s Production Pool / KODA’s Fund for Social and Cultural Purposes, Wilhelm Hansen Foundation and SNYK

Paul Lovens © Peter Gannushkin

Tickets £10 (£8 concession; £6 online)

Phipps Hall 10.30pm Improvisation The Living Room: Torben Snekkestad reeds Søren Kjærgaard piano/prepared piano/ keys Thomas Strønen drums/sampler Paul Lovens drums

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›32‹ Minguet Quartet The Cologne-based Minguet Quartet makes its debut with a programme of works focusing on featured composer Wolfgang Rihm as well as his former student Jörg Widmann.

St Paul’s Hall 1pm

»The String Quartet No 4 is indeed a string quartet – but not ‘The Fourth’; perhaps it is a Ninth – no one knows. It is in three movements, two of which are fast (although not really that fast) and one of which is slow (but not only slow). I composed the Fourth Quartet during the winter of 1980/81. It is a straggler and a harbinger at one and the same time.«

Jörg Widmann String Quartet No 4

Wolfgang Rihm Produced by

Wolfgang Rihm String Quartet No 4

UK Premiere

Wolfgang Rihm String Quartet No 11 UK Premiere

Minguet Quartet: Ulrich Isfort violin Annette Reisinger violin Aroa Sorin viola Matthias Diener cello

supported by Goethe-Institut

Minguet Quartet © Christina Feldhoff

Tickets £15 (£13 concession; £10 online)

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›33‹ London Sinfonietta

+ Theatre of Voices The London Sinfonietta and Theatre of Voices perform a concert of UK premieres from Danish composer Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, one of the key musical figures in Denmark of the New Simplicity movement during the 70s. Since then, Gudmundsen-Holmgreen’s music has often consisted of simple, clearly defined, richly contrasting – sometimes grotesque – objects that intertwine along independent paths.

Produced by supported by The Danish Arts Council, The Danish Arts Foundation, Danish Composers Society’s Production Pool / KODA’s Fund for Social and Cultural Purposes, Wilhelm Hansen Foundation and SNYK

Tickets £19 (£17 concession; £15 online)

Lawrence Batley Theatre 3pm Pelle GudmundsenHolmgreen: Run UK Premiere

Turn UK Premiere

Songs UK Premiere

Play UK Premiere

Sounds I UK Premiere

Sounds II UK Premiere

Company UK Premiere

Quodlibet

London Sinfonietta © Briony Campbell

London Sinfonietta Theatre of Voices

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Postal Pieces

A unique opportunity to hear all 10 of Tenney’s miniature masterpieces, each written on the back of a postcard, within a single extended performance, taking place across a variety of spaces. Including Having never written a note for percussion, Koan and Swell Pieces, Tenney’s focussed studies are highly individual explorations of sonority, harmony and time.

Creative Arts Building & St Paul’s Hall 6pm Please note: this performance will take place across several venues, and begins at 6pm in the Creative Arts Building Atrium James Tenney Postal pieces

Produced by supported by Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec

Quatuor Bozzini

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edges ensemble University of Huddersfield Chamber Choir Participants of the Composer’s Kitchen Rhodri Davies harp Dominic Lash double bass

James Tenney

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