Hodges and Currie with meditative Stockhausen at the Southbank

By Danny Riley, 22 April 2018

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

Reviewed at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London on 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, 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.

*****

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

Lines of beauty: Rihm and Bruckner from the BBCSO

Matthew Rye, 22nd February

Lothar Koenigs conducted the BBC Symphony Orchestra in some highly horizontal-oriented Bruckner and the UK première of a genial piano concerto from Wolfgang Rihm with soloist Nicolas Hodges

****1

BBC Symphony with Volkov and Hodges

Katy Wright, 22nd January

Exceptional performances of Grisey, Dufourt and Boulez were let down by weak Beethoven from the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Ilan Volkov at the Barbican.

****1

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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