Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival: Nicolas Hodges plays Jean Barraqué

Par Sam Wigglesworth, 19 novembre 2012

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Critique faite à Huddersfield University: St Paul's Hall, Huddersfield, le 17 novembre 2012

Barraqué, Intermezzo

Barraqué, Deux morceaux

Barraqué, Piano Sonata

Nicolas Hodges, Piano

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.

***11

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.

****1

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.

*****

Eine rasante Achterbahnfahrt durch musikalische Stile mit Thomas Adès

Michael Klier, 26th May

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

****1

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.

****1

Hodges and Currie with meditative Stockhausen at the Southbank

Danny Riley, 19th April

Two new music specialists revel in the sheer textural variation of Kontakte.

****1

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Sam Wigglesworth

Sam Wigglesworth contributed reviews to Bachtrack from 2012 to 2014. He studied at King's College London and, after a brief period producing concerts at St John's Smith Square, began working at Faber Music in 2014. He was Artistic Director of the Principal Sound Festival in 2016 and 2018.