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The latest OCCAM from 脡liane Radigue - the creator of drone music.

The latest sounds, including the world premiere of the latest instalment of 脡liane Radigue's epic OCCAM series and a performance of Beat Furrer's astonishing Piano Concerto.

Kate Molleson introduces some of the latest sounds, including a performance of Beat Furrer's astonishing Piano Concerto and the world premiere of the most recent instalment of 脡liane Radigue's epic OCCAM series.
Recorded at Wigmore Hall a fortnight ago at the culmination of London Contemporary Music Festival's 10th anniversary programme, Ensemble Klang performs OCCAM DELTA XXIII, from the 92-year-old composer who gave birth to drone music. And, at the 成人快手 Studios in December, Nicolas Hodges is the soloist in Swiss-born Austrian composer Beat Furrer's Piano Concerto. A work which ranges, from the subtlest articulations to an almost brutal power, it explores piano sound, especially its "resonances, overtone spectra and pedalizations," and ends in a vortex of notes hammered out in the highest register.

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2 hours

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Sat 1 Feb 2025 22:30

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  • Sat 1 Feb 2025 22:30

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