Huddersfield contemporary music festival
Huddersfield Contemporary music festival review – boxing, Britney and live tattooing
Premieres by Jennifer Walshe, Laura Bowler and Rebecca Saunders were variously full of energy and extraordinary moments at the opening weekend of this thriving festival of new music
Lockdown culture
The week in classical: Ariodante; Royal Northern Sinfonia; BCMG; HCMF; Bath Mozart festival – reviewHuddersfield contemporary music festival – beauty and freshness and striking new sounds
Huddersfield contemporary music festival review – intrigues, frustrates and innovates
Works by Naomi Pinnock and Heinz Holliger were the highpoint of an opening weekend that also showcased Ann Cleare and Hanna Hartman
'It's impossible!' – Christian Marclay and the 24-hour clock made of movie clips
From the clock in High Noon to the watch in Pulp Fiction, the US artist turned thousands of film clips into a 24-hour epic that tells the actual time. As the cult work returns to London, the place of its birth, he relives three years of toil
Huddersfield hits 40 with a broader scope but its spirit undimmed
Are its days as the centre of Europe’s new music scene over? Far from it. Forty years after its modest beginnings, the Huddersfield contemporary music festival is still welcoming distinctive and daring voices
Observer critics' review of 2016
Fiona Maddocks: best classical music of 2016Gražinytė-Tyla was the name of the year, Chineke! took off, Levit and Trifonov blazed a trail and ENO delivered opera of the highest standards
Huddersfield contemporary music festival; Bath Mozartfest – review
An opera you feel through a pillow is par for the course in Huddersfield. Plus, an intimate Firebird for four hands in Bath
London Sinfonietta/Uttley/Ensemble Anomoly review – toe-tapping delights
The playlist
The playlist: experimental – Huddersfield highlights, AMM, George Lewis and Derek Bailey
Zorn's 60th-birthday celebrations featured hypnotic performances from the Arditti Quartet, writes Alfred Hickling
Diotima Quartet/London Sinfonietta/Pomarico – review
Two spectacular ensembles played with an intensity and conviction scarcely less astonishing than the music itself, writes Guy Dammann
Red Note Ensemble/Arditti Quartet – review
James Dillon's New York Triptych ranked among his finest work yet, with a vibrant performance from the Red Note Ensemble, writes Guy Dammann
Huddersfield Contemporary Music festival – review
Nicolas Altstaedt gave a thrilling account of Rihm's Cello Concerto, while Matthias Pintscher's violin concerto produced ethereal playing, writes Alfred Hickling
Dillon/Ferneyhough – review
Huddersfield's final weekend saw two bold and compelling UK premieres from composers who get lumped together but really have little in common, writes Andrew Clements
Dillon and Goves premieres – review
James Dillon's Oslo/Triptych provided the bright spot in what was otherwise a rather downbeat clutch of opening concerts, writes Andrew Clements
This rather lightweight concert of works by Bent Sørensen featured installations and a silent film of him at home in rural Denmark, writes Andrew Clements
Ensemble Recherche; Jakob Kullberg
Huddersfield festival and the future of contemporary classical music
Huddersfield contemporary music festival
Six of the austere works of Emmanuel Nunes became the focus of the final days of the Huddersfield music festival, with Quatuor Diotima delivering one in a hugely impressive recital, writes Andrew Clements
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