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BCMG/Paterson review – amplification dulls both Eötvös and Birtwistle

The late Peter Eötvös’s slender and nuanced Secret Kiss didn’t hold the attention; works by Julian Anderson, Lisa Illean and Rebecca Saunders fared better in this Birmingham Contemporary Music Group concert

The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2024

Sonata for Broken Fingers review – chamber opera of Stalin’s terror fails to grip

Joe Cutler’s new work – premiered here by BCMG – is an awkward mix of fact and fantasy that adds up to less than the sum of its parts

The Guardian - UK · Jul 15, 2024

BCMG/Wendeberg review – ‘arborescent’ choral work celebrates Birmingham’s 100,000 new trees

Sung by adults and children together, Christian Mason’s composition created beguiling textures in this performance by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group

The Guardian - UK · May 14, 2023

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BCMG/Downie Dear review – Hunt and Baker take us from Old Norse to a 70s disco workout

Birmingham Contemporary Music Group’s latest programme featured contrasting works by Edmund Hunt and Richard Baker, with evocative live electronics

The Guardian - UK · Nov 7, 2022

Xenakis: Music & Maths review – visceral intensity takes us beyond theory

CBSO Centre and The Exchange, BirminghamBirmingham Contemporary Music Group marked the centenary of the Greek-French composer’s birth with a day that revealed why Xenakis’s music and significance endures

The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2022

BCMG, Uproar review – Bristol New Music festival closes with sparks, ssshh-ing and smiles

Two concerts from the festival’s fourth day included tributes to Oliver Knussen and Harrison Birtwistle alongside intriguing electronic shapeshifting from a contemporary ensemble based in Wales

The Guardian - UK · May 9, 2022

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