Fact file
| Year of birth | 1934 |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Period | Contemporary |
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Evening performance
Matinee performance
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LondonJohn Adams & Harrison Birtwistle
Stravinsky, Birtwistle, Adams
London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Simon Rattle
BerlinArditti Quartet
Crawford Seeger, Webern, Feldman, Nancarrow, Birtwistle
Arditti String Quartet
AmsterdamPierre-Laurent Aimard and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Debussy, Birtwistle, Messiaen, Ravel
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Vladimir Jurowski; Pierre-Laurent Aimard
LondonProms at…Cadogan Hall 8: Oliver Knussen Tribute
Knussen, Birtwistle, Waley-Cohen, Abrahamsen, Putt
Knussen Chamber Orchestra; Ryan Wigglesworth
LondonThe Mask of OrpheusNew production
Birtwistle: The Mask of Orpheus
Martyn Brabbins; Daniel Kramer; English National Opera; James Henshaw; Lizzie Clachan; Daniel Lismore; Peter Hoare
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Mysterious and glittering machines from Alasdair Beatson
Alasdair Beatson presented a dazzling programme of 20th-century piano music, with Harrison Birtwistle at its centre.
Hodges and Currie with meditative Stockhausen at the Southbank
Two new music specialists revel in the sheer textural variation of Kontakte.
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.
