Hear and Now - Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2009 - Episode 4

Sara Mohr-Pietsch and Robert Worby introduce the final instalment of Hear and Now's highlights of the 2009 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, the UK's largest festival of new music. Tonight, the ensemble ELISION give the UK Premiere of a major piece by one of the festival's featured composers: Richard Barrett's The Opening of the Mouth. Pianist Genevieve Foccroulle performs music by Anthony Braxton, and Robert Worby drops in at the rehearsal of an extraordinary new piece by Kristoffer Zegers - Piano Phasing, for 25 pianos and 50 pianists! Anthony Braxton: Composition No 1 (UK Premiere) Geneviève Foccroulle (piano) Richard Barrett: Opening of the Mouth (UK Premiere) Richard Barrett and the ELISION ensemble