Hodges and Currie with meditative Stockhausen at the Southbank

Von Danny Riley, 22 April 2018

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“...with its seemingly endless array of textural permutations...”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, am 19 April 2018

Feldman, The King of Denmark

Stockhausen, Klavierstück V

Birtwistle, Other (Southbank Centre commission)

Birtwistle, Variations from the Golden Mountains

Stockhausen, Kontakte

Colin Currie, Percussion

Nicolas Hodges, Klavier

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Michael Klier, 26th May

Mit Steven Isserlis und Nicolas Hodges zeigt die Britten Sinfonia in Amsterdam ein modernes und leichtfüßiges Konzertprogramm.

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An American in Paris: the Philadelphia Orchestra plays Betsy Jolas

Cameron Kelsall, 18th October

Alongside works by Bernstein and Copland, conductor David Robertson and pianist Nicolas Hodges give the US premiere of Jolas's cheeky concerto bTunes.

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Prom 13: Star-struck Messiaen from Sakari Oramo and the BBCSO

Chris Garlick, 28th July

Olivier Messiaen deeply personal voice and its influence echoed far and wide across the decades and across national boundaries.

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Precision and transparency from Sakari Oramo and the BBCSO in Ligeti

Chris Garlick, 2nd March

This final concert of the BBCSO’s Total Immersion day dedicated to György Ligeti, proved to be something a revelation, both in terms of the variety of the music and the quality of the performances.

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Battles won and drawn: Beethoven and Barry from the Britten Sinfonia

Matthew Rye, 22nd May

The latest concert in the Britten Sinfonia’s ongoing Beethoven symphony cycle also featured the London première of Gerald Barry’s combative Piano Concerto.

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Bruckner abismal, Sotelo hipnótico: círculos y espirales

Leonardo Mattana Ereño, 24th February

Un concierto complejo, de círculos y espirales, de reenvíos hermenéuticos, pero también de cesuras no indiferentes; un programa que está pensado con atención y esfuerzo conceptuales y con el que se confirmaron las capacidades de adaptación y la sana curiosidad por el repertorio contemporáneo de la ONE y de su director.

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Danny Riley

Danny Riley worked as Bachtrack's content creator from 2017-2018 and is now a freelance contributor. Having also written for sites such as The Quietus and Bandcamp, he loves music of all genres, with a particular fondness for folk and minimalism, and recently completed a PhD on representations of sound in contemporary British poetry.

Teachings in texture: Hodges and Currie with meditative Stockhausen at the Southbank Centre