Exaudi at Kings Place

By Paul Kilbey, 13 March 2012

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Reviewed at Kings Place: Hall Two, London on 12 March 2012

Cage, Five

Kagel, 5 Vokalisen

Fokkens, Flytrap (world première)

Bailie, Harmonizing (Artificial Environment no. 7) (world première)

Lucier, Unamuno

Aperghis, Recitations (selections from)

Fox, one/two/three/four-piece

Clementi, Im Frieden dein o Herre mein

Cage, Four^2

Exaudi

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Paul Kilbey

Paul was Reviews Editor at Bachtrack from 2012 to February 2014. He has written on music and culture for publications including Culture Wars, the Huffington Post, the Independent and the Guardian. He holds BA and MPhil degrees in music from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and is particularly passionate about contemporary music of all types. His website is here.