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Work: Signs, Games and Messages

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ComposerKurtág, György (b. 1926)
PeriodContemporary
Work typeChamber
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BirminghamCentre Stage: CBSO x BCMG - An exploration of Kurtág at 100

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Kurtág: Signs, Games and Messages
CBSO Musicians

AmsterdamHappy 100, György Kurtág!

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Ligeti, Kurtág, Nas, Chin, de Bock, Huba, Adès
Gregory Charette; Asko|Schönberg; Katharine Dain; Joey Marijs

LondonAdrian Brendel / Dénes Várjon

Wigmore Hall
Beethoven, Brahms, Kurtág, Dohnányi
Adrian Brendel; Dénes Várjon
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Ghouls, ghosts and woodland wonder: B’Rock at the Concertgebouw

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Dutch virtuoso Lucie Horsch plays Baroque recorder – just not how we usually expect it.
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Karen Cargill and the Scottish Ensemble burst into Songs for Life

Life, death, childhood, community and love are celebrated in Songs for Life by Karen Cargill with the Scottish Ensemble in an exquisitely filmed performance.

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Less is more

The lively acoustic of the lovely Stenton Parish Church, 23 miles east of Edinburgh, hosted the fourth of sixteen concerts in this year's Lammermuir Festival, the motto of which is Beautiful music – beautiful places. I have to confess to a carbon sin of the mind in being prepared to undertake the 46-mile car journey to hear 5 minutes of music by György Kurtág.
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