Tom Green on composers and words

Friday, May 29, 2015

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Should composers be able to write about their own music? Is it a necessary skill, or a false expectation we have of people who make work with sound and not words? Composer Tom Green on how composers are expected to communicate

Black Angels: Numbers, Names and Echoes Part 3

Thursday, May 28, 2015

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The Ligeti Quartet will be performing George Crumb's Black Angels this coming weekend. How can you explain or understand this fascinating piece? Jon Hargreaves gives his interpretation what's going on under the surface. Part 3

Black Angels: Numbers, Names and Echoes Part 2

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

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The Ligeti Quartet will be performing George Crumb's Black Angels this coming weekend. How can you explain or understand this fascinating piece? Jon Hargreaves gives his interpretation what's going on under the surface. Part 2

Black Angels: Numbers, Names and Echoes Part 1

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

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The Ligeti Quartet will be performing George Crumb's Black Angels this coming weekend. How can you explain or understand this fascinating piece? Jon Hargreaves gives his interpretation of what's going on under the surface

Catching up with Ji Sun Yang

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

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The Ligeti Quartet will be performing Les accordéons V by Ji Sun Yang this weekend. Meryl caught up with Ji Sun to find out more about the piece and what she’s been up to since her New Dots project last June

Anna Meredith's Playlist

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

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Composer Anna Meredith curates New Dots a playlist, ahead of the world premiere of her new work Music for Ravens, to be performed by the Ligeti Quartet.

Rubbing up against the status quo

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

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The Ligeti Quartet will be playing The Aureole Effect by William Dougherty in our Enlightenment concert on 31st May. William's been out of London for a couple of years so we had a quick chat to catch up