| Date and venue | Title |
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| 21-Jan-2013 Carnegie Hall, Zankel Hall | Nicolas Hodges performs virtuosic all-20th century piano recital at Carnegie Hall |
 It’s pretty rare for a major concert hall to program more than ten minutes of music that was composed post-1900, and it’s even rarer to see an entire program of music that was composed post-1900. But at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall Monday evening, that’s exactly what the audience was treated to, courtesy of pianist Nicolas Hodges. Mr. Hodges, a versatile British musician, performed works from the turn of the 20th century and the turn of the 21st century. Mr.Read full review... | |
| 15-Jan-2013 Konzerthaus: Rolf Böhme Saal | Susanna Mälkki with the SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg |
.jpg) Susanna Mälkki, current Musical Director of the trail-blazing new music specialists Ensemble Intercontemporain conducted the SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg in a concert showcasing two French impressionists’ love affair with Spain, Brice Pauset’s fascination with the symphony orchestra’s timbral spectrum, and Alexander Scriabin’s Poem of Ecstasy.
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| 9-Jan-2013 Kings Place: Hall One | Sir Harrison Birtwistle at Kings Place |
 “Affection is an impossibility”, says Harrison Birtwistle, describing how he feels towards his own compositions. After a Kings Place concert devoted entirely to his works last Wednesday, he talks to Tom Service about his music. He goes so far as to suggest that there isn’t a bar of music he’s ever written that he doesn’t want to change – but unlike certain other composers (that perpetual tinkerer Pierre Boulez springs to mind), he never does.
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| 17-Nov-2012 Huddersfield University, St Paul's Hall | Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival: Nicolas Hodges plays Jean Barraqué |
 Marco Borggreve.jpg) Neglected French composer Jean Barraqué (1928–73) is often referred to as the Romantic of post-war serialism. Like Pierre Boulez, he studied with Messiaen in Paris before embracing twelve-tone techniques, though, unlike his audacious and far more successful classmate, he was never willing to sever his links to the tradition of Romantic music which had inspired him to become a composer in the first place.Read full review... | |
