Hear and Now - Canterbury Sounds New Festival 2010 - Episode 1

Ivan Hewett presents the first of two programmes from the Canterbury Sounds New Festival and talks to festival director Paul Max Edlin. Including performances from two of Europe's leading contemporary groups, Ensemble Modern and Ensemble Intercontemporain and two world premieres. Enno Poppe: Gelöschte Lieder 1999 Ensemble Modern Roderick Watkins: Trace (world premiere) Ensemble Intercontemporain Basil Athanasiadis: Dance of the Seven Veils (world premiere) Julian Warburton, Simon Limbrick, Adrian Spillett (percussion) York Höller: Klangzeichen Ensemble Intercontemporain Gerard Grisey: Talea Ensemble Modern.