BCMG, H&N, Sat 23/07/16; 22:00 - midnight

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

A recording of a concert of contemporary British compositions given last month by the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group (no conductor/director cited):

Judith Weir: Blue Green
Luke Bedford: In Black Bright Ink (world premiere)
Richard Baker: Hwyl fawr ffrindiau ("Farewell, Friends")(world premiere)
Melinda Maxwell: Solo improvisation
Howard Skempton: Field Notes
John Woolrich: Swan Song (world premiere)
Zoe Martlew: Broad St Burlesque (world premiere)

An interesting mix of established (even, in one case, "establishment") and emerging composers, and with five World Premieres.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07lf20n

[MrGongGong]

Brilliant
the gig I missed because I was moving house

[Bryn]

Brilliant
the gig I missed because I was moving house

Rather too many digital blips a plops via the iPlayer listen again facility in the early hours. They have yet to top and tail the offering, so should they get round to that, perhaps, as is often the case, the artifacts will disappear too. I hope so. I find them really annoying.

[MrGongGong]

Rather too many digital blips a plops via the iPlayer listen again facility in the early hours. They have yet to top and tail the offering, so should they get round to that, perhaps, as is often the case, the artifacts will disappear too. I hope so. I find them really annoying.

Who are the "British Contemporary Music Group Chamber Players" anyway ?

Melinda Maxwell
Solo improvisation
Performer: British Contemporary Music Group Chamber Players.

I thought Melinda performed solo?

[Bryn]

Who are the "British Contemporary Music Group Chamber Players" anyway ?
...
I thought Melinda performed solo?

I found it hard to raise such a complaint since I managed to type the title of Howard Skempton's Field Notes as "Filed Notes", though Howard's description of the composition process might just have let me off the hook.

[Quarky]

Who are the "British Contemporary Music Group Chamber Players" anyway ?

?? British?? Birmingham??

An excellent programme I thought - not too hard work - just about the right balance between invention and enjoyment

[MrGongGong]

BCMG

Birmingham
Contemporary
Music
Group

Not difficult really (but apparently so for the BBC)

[edashtav]

An excellent programme I thought - not too hard work - just about the right balance between invention and enjoyment

I agree entirely, oddball. I'm loved the structure of the piece by Luke Bedford which I predicted would create a bore but finished as anything but. The programme had a refreshing, summery zing about it. More, please.