Hear and Now - Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2009 - Episode 2

Sara Mohr-Pietsch and Robert Worby introduce further highlights of the 2009 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, the UK's largest festival of new music. Featuring two BBC Radio 3 commissions: the Ictus Ensemble in the UK premiere of The Leuven Triptych, by one of the festival's featured composer; and James Dillon and Quatour Diotima in the world premiere of Theme Street Parade by the Australian composer Matthew Shlomowitz. Robert also drops in to hear Bill Thompson's Shifting Currents; there is music from another of the festival's featured composers as Noriko Kawai gives the UK premiere of piano music by Emmanuel Nunes; and Philip Thomas talks us through his week-long performance of a piece by Michael Pisaro which explores the number Pi. Matthew Shlomowitz: Theme Street Parade (BBC Radio 3 commission; world premiere) Quatour Diotima Emmanuel Nunes: Litanies du feu et de la mer I Noriko Kawai Bill Thompson: Shifting Currents (excerpt) James Dillon: The Leuven Triptych (BBC Radio 3 commission: UK premiere) Ictus Ensemble.