Full programme for hcmf// 2010 on sale! Book now online
Click here to view the full 2010 programme, which can also be picked up from Lawrence Batley Theatre, the Tourist Information Centre within Huddersfield Library and Art Gallery and at a number of other venues around the area.
Highlights of the 33rd festival include the UK premiere of Enno Poppe's ambitious Interzone and a unique performance of hcmf// Composer in Residence Rebecca Saunders' site-specific work Chroma in Huddersfield Town Hall.
The career of the one of 20th-century music's most groundbreaking and controversial figures is approached from a new angle with events programmed in response to a major touring exhibition of artworks by John Cage. The happenings include a train journey to nowhere, a dawn chorus at Yorkshire Sculpture Park and performances of some of the composer's lesser heard works lasting from 20 minutes to a full 24 hours.
There's a strong Scandinavian flavour to many of this year's events, with music by Rolf Wallin, Hans Abrahamsen and Lotte Anker. hcmf// also pays tribute to the pioneering electronic sounds of Norwegian icon Arne Nordheim, who died in June. Many of Germany and the Netherlands' leading contemporary music performers are present, including the Nieuw Ensemble, pianist Ralf van Raat, Enno Poppe's Ensemble Resonanz and musikFabrik. The festival programme also spotlights the work of the Argentinean composer Mauricio Kagel, with a performance of his Kantrimusik.
As always, hcmf// is dedicated to the cutting edge of sonic exploration, with a concert celebrating the 20th birthday of influential electroacoustic label empreintes DIGITALes and another featuring new compositions by leading artists in the field.
Tickets for all the festival events can be booked through the hcmf// website or by ringing the box office on 01484 430528.
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