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Hear and Now - Bangor New Music Festival 2010

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The Bangor New Music Festival celebrated its tenth anniversary this March. Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces new works performed at a concert in this year's Festival by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and talks to two of the composers involved - Guto Puw (the Festival's Artistic Director) and Andrew Lewis. Andrew Lewis: Danses acousmatiques - Torquetum (pas de cinq) (extract) From the album 'Miroirs obscurs' (empreintes DIGITALes IMED 0789) Guto Pryderi Puw: Hologram (R3 commission: world premiere) Andrew Lewis: Number Nine Dream (world premiere) Adrian Williams: Cello Concerto (R3 commission: world premiere) BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Grant Llewellyn Continung the Welsh theme, Sara also joins composer and harpist Rhodri Davies for a tour of his installation 'Room Harp', part of the exhibition 'all art is, is rhythm' at the Hatton Gallery in Newcastle's Great Northern Museum. John Butcher/Rhodri Davies: Scrogg (extract) From the album 'CARLIOL' (ftarri-220)