New albums by ELISION to launch at hcmf//
Two new recordings by the international ensemble ELISION are being launched on Tuesday 23 November as part of Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. The CDs, titled transference and strange forces, are releases on Huddersfield Contemporary Records, the label run jointly by hcmf// and the University of Huddersfield’s Centre for Research in New Music (CeReNeM), and will be available to buy during the festival.
ELISION was Ensemble-in-Residence in the university’s Music department during 2009–10, as part of a project funded by a University Research Grant. Made in partnership with German radio station Radio Bremen, the recordings feature works by University of Huddersfield staff members and by composers associated with hcmf//. Music by Mary Bellamy, Bryn Harrison, Aaron Cassidy and Liza Lim features on transference (HCR02), whilst strange forces (HCR01) contains the work of Cassidy, Lim, Richard Barrett, Evan Johnson, Klaus K. Hübler and Timothy McCormack. Some of the pieces were premiered by ELISION at last year’s festival, with others first performed during the ensemble’s concert series at King’s Place in London. The CDs’ liner notes are by musicologist Tim Rutherford-Johnson.
The CD launch takes place as part of the ELISION concert at hcmf//, where the programme includes the world premieres of Richard Barrett’s wound parts I and II and Timothy McCormack’s One flat thing reproduced, alongside work by Dmitri Kourliandski, Klaus K Hübler, Enno Poppe and Evan Johnson.
Huddersfield Contemporary Records was set up last year to release work by artists working within and associated with CeReNeM; its debut release was Extended Piano by Sebastian Berweck. The next planned releases are Nothing but the hours (HCRDVD01) – a DVD profiling the work of composer and film-maker Geoffrey Cox, featuring piano performances by Philip Thomas and documentary films made in collaboration with Keith Marley – followed by a CD of electroacoustic music by Huddersfield staff and postgraduates.
Click here for more details of the ELISION CDs.
ELISION appear on Tuesday 23 November at 1pm in St Paul’s Hall. Click here for more information and to buy tickets.
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