Fact file
| Year of birth | 1934 |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Period | Contemporary |
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AldeburghKnussen and Festival Ensemble
Feldman, Debussy, Birtwistle, Nicolaou, Bartók, Dukas, Goosens, Malipiero and Stravinsky
Oliver Knussen; Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble; Pierre-Laurent Aimard; Tamara Stefanovich; Claire Booth
AldeburghBritten-Pears Young Artists Alumni II
Birtwistle, Dallapiccola, Friel, Howard, Jones, Abrahamsen, Berio, Jarventausta, Latimer, Poe, Slater
Jonathan Berman; Instrumentalists from the Britten-Pears Young Artists Programme
LondonNew Music Britain
Birtwistle, Holst, Turnage, Britten
London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Simon Rattle; Philip Cobb; Gábor Tarkövi; Elizabeth Watts; Alice Coote
LondonOn the Hour – London Sinfonietta
Feldman, Reich, Birtwistle, Stockhausen
London Sinfonietta; Sound Intermedia; Rex Lawson
ViennaXenakis, Giesen, Purgina, Birtwistle & Lachenmann
Xenakis, Giesen, Purgina, Birtwistle, Lachenmann
Vienna Symphony Orchestra; Sylvain Cambreling; Sebastian Berweck; Marcus Weiss; Christian Dierstein
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The London Sinfonietta: celebrating 50 years of excellence
A celebration of fifty years of the London Sinfonietta was a well-deserved pat on the back for this valuable institution.
Spectacular Vaughan Williams and Birtwistle at the Barbican
Sparks flew as two British music giants, Vaughan Williams and Birtwistle, collided at the Barbican.
Ancient and modern juxtaposed at Milton Court
An intriguing programme marked by diversity and novelty from two world-beating ensembles.
This is Rattle: music from past and present transfigured and made radical
Simon Rattle returns to the UK in a (self-)portrait concert with the London Symphony Orchestra showcasing contemporary music
Prom 4: Great Birtwistle and Elgar from Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin
Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin shine in an inescapably political programme.