Festival packed with premieres; Contemporary music.MORE highlights have been announced for this year's Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival by its artistic director Graham McKenzie Graham Douglas McKenzie (born June 24 1941, Perth, Western Australia) is a former Australian and Western Australian cricketer. He was a fast bowler. First selected to play for Australia at age of 19, he toured England in 1961 under Richie Benaud. . Those highlights include the only UK performance of a new Requiem by the German composer Wolfgang Rihm Wolfgang Rihm (b. March 13, 1952) is a German composer from Karlsruhe. He finished both his school and his studies in music theory and composition in 1972, two years before the premiere of his early work Morphonie The 10-day festival, which runs from November 20-29 also includes the UK premiere of Opening of the Mouth, a new work by UK composer Richard Barrett. McKenzie's third announcement concerns the work of another British composer James Dillon and, The Passion of the Master, a work commissioned from him by BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. Radio 3, Transit Festival and Ictus. The Requiem, Et Lux, from Wolfgang Rihm will be performed by the Arditti Quartet and the Hilliard Ensemble. This festival performance will be the only one in the UK. Richard Barrett wrote Opening of the Mouth, to mark his 50th birthday. It was commissioned by David Blenkinsop for the 1997 Perth Festival, fittingly receives its UK premiere at HCMF HCMF Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (UK) . The piece was written for an ensemble of two singers, nine musicians and live electronics. it is a major cycle and a landmark piece in the ongoing artistic relationship between composer Richard Barrett and the ELISION e·li·sion n. 1. a. Omission of a final or initial sound in pronunciation. b. Omission of an unstressed vowel or syllable, as in scanning a verse. 2. The act or an instance of omitting something. ensemble. The texts are taken from the poet Paul Celan, who says his "own mouth was opened" by the holocaust. James Dillon's new 40 minute work will be performed by the Ictus Ensemble. It sees the composer working out the aesthetic principles characteristic of the Flemish Primitive painter Roger Van der Weyden Roger van der Weyden: see Weyden, Roger van der. in a modern musical language. Tickets are on sale for selected events from this year's HCMF programme; visit www.hcmf.co.uk for information and booking. Online ticket discounts are available. Box Office 01484 430528. CAPTION(S): * NEW WORK: From German composer Wolfgang Rihm |
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