"A world-class programme of performers and composers are booked for this year’s hcmf//"

Tickets for more events at this year’s Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival are now on sale, offering the chance to secure your seat at some of the festival’s most spectacular performances at a special discounted price.

Once again, a world-class programme of performers and composers are booked for this year’s hcmf//, which takes place from Friday 18 November to Sunday 27 November, with the 2011 programme promising a particularly strong line-up of international ensembles. Some of the names heading for Huddersfield for the 34th festival, such as Richard Barrett, Quatuor Bozzini and ensemble recherche, are already favourites among festivalgoers on the basis of their previous appearances. Others, such as Ensemble Linea, will be making a highly anticipated UK debut at the festival.

The concerts now on sale include the return of London Sinfonietta on Saturday 19 November, with a programme that includes new work by Danish composer Jexper Holmen and a performance of Larry Goves’ piano concerto with soloist Sarah Nicolls. Also on the Saturday, hcmf// welcomes back both the international ensemble ELISION and composer Richard Barrett, for the world premiere of CONSTRUCTION, a monumental two-hour work commissioned for Liverpool Capital of Culture but never yet performed.

On Sunday 20 November, the Montreal-based Quatuor Bozzini’s concert includes the premiere of a new string quartet by James Weeks, whilst Freiburg’s ensemble recherche present works by Steven Daverson, Héctor Parra, Harrison Birtwistle and Fausto Romitelli. Birtwistle’s music also features in musikFabrik’s concert on Thursday 24 November, where his Cortege will be performed alongside Jonathan Harvey’s Climbing Frame – a piece first unveiled at hcmf// in 2004 – and new work with longtime musikFabrik collaborator and last year’s hcmf// Composer in Residence, Rebecca Saunders.

Two of France’s top contemporary ensembles complete the list of concerts now on sale: on Saturday 26 November, Quatuor Diotima will present James Dillon’s sixth string quartet alongside world premieres by Thomas Simaku and Oscar Bianchi, whilst Ensemble Linea will mark their first British appearance with the long-awaited UK premiere of Brian Ferneyhough’s Chronos Aion.

Concerts already on sale for hcmf// 2011 and featuring other top international ensembles include the Trondheim Soloists with Frode Haltli and Norway’s Cikada. Click here for more details and to access special online ticket discounts (available until 7 October).

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London Sinfonietta

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Saturday 19 November, Lawrence Batley Theatre, 7.30pm

Full Price: £19
Concession: £17
Online: £15

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Construction

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Saturday 19 November, Town Hall, 10.15pm

Full Price: £19
Concession: £17
Online: £15

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Quatuor Bozzini

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Sunday 20 November, St Peter’s Church, 2pm

Full Price: £15
Concession: £13
Online: £10

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ensemble recherche

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Sunday 20 November, St Paul’s Hall, 5pm

Full Price: £19
Concession: £17
Online: £15

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musikFabrik

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Thursday 24 November, Town Hall, 6pm

Full Price: £19
Concession: £17
Online: £15

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Quatuor Diotima

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Saturday 26 November, St Paul’s Hall, 12 noon

Full Price: £15
Concession: £13
Online: £10

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Ensemble Linea

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Saturday 26 November, Town Hall, 7.30pm

Full Price: £19
Concession: £17
Online: £15

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