Sound Festival, 2017; H&N, Sat 23/12/17

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

It's not just Huddersfield that holds a New Music Festival - there's one in Aberdeen, too. Details from the H&N website are sketchy - other than that Kate Molleson will be presenting ... and, erm, that French bassoonist Pascal Gallois joins Scottish new music ensemble Red Note in Gérard Grisey's "Talea", which won't be much fun for him, as there isn't a part for Bassoon in that piece! (Yerr I know - he's probably playing in one of the other works on the programme, by either/both Philippe Hersant(b1948) and Benedict Mason (b1954). Plus music from Scotland's collective of acousmatic composers.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09k5rtv

[MrGongGong]

Highly recommended IMV

Sound Festival is well worth a visit and listen

Hopefully there will be a bit of Pete Stollery's "You're a fisherman's bassoon".

http://sound-scotland.co.uk/explore/pete-stollery-on-the-pleasures-of-mis-hearing-things

[Serial_Apologist]

It's not just Huddersfield that holds a New Music Festival - there's one in Aberdeen, too. Details from the H&N website are sketchy - other than that Kate Molleson will be presenting ... and, erm, that French bassoonist Pascal Gallois joins Scottish new music ensemble Red Note in Gérard Grisey's "Talea", which won't be much fun for him, as there isn't a part for Bassoon in that piece! (Yerr I know - he's probably playing in one of the other works on the programme, by either/both Philippe Hersant(b1948) and Benedict Mason (b1954). Plus music from Scotland's collective of acousmatic composers.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09k5rtv

"Talea" is well-known, especially to Spectralism enthusiasts; and I've liked Benedict Mason ever since hearing his "Lighthouses" orchestral piece, a latter-day response to Debussy's "La Mer" in its soundworld. Philippe Hersant is a name new to me, even though he's of my generation.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

"Talea" is well-known, especially to Spectralism enthusiasts;

... and to others as well - one of the few works to have made some kind of "headway" into the wider repertoire. I mentioned that it was a auracular performance of the work by Explore Ensemble at the HCMF2016 "Freebies" that led to their immediate booking for a concert of their own this year. Red Note will have a job equalling memories of that - I look forward to hearing them.

and I've liked Benedict Mason ever since hearing his "Lighthouses" orchestral piece, a latter-day response to Debussy's "La Mer" in its soundworld. Philippe Hersant is a name new to me, even though he's of my generation.

Never took to Lighthouses, in spite of several attempts; much enthusiasm for it elsewhere, though. I have a couple of CDs of Harsent's works - I don't play them very often.

I'm looking forward to the acousmaticians, though. (Provided Ms Molleson's laid-back delivery doesn't soothe me off to my slumbers, that is!)