Covered first is the opening night of the London Contemporary Music Festival 2016, which was titled "In Search Of Julius Eastman". The new music ensemble Apartment House turn in a great performance of Eastman's hour-plus, gradually unfolding Femenine - see below for the vintage recording that they used to help piece together the basic score. It's paired in this concert with Frederic Rzewski's propulsive (then reflective) memorial to the Attica uprising, Coming Together.
At the Huddersfield festival, Klangforum Wien perform Beat Furrer's Intorno Al Bianco, a stunning, at times ear-splitting work for clarinet and string quartet. Trombone Unit Hannover are also featured in Georg Freidrich Haas' subtle blending of multiple trombones, aus frier Lust... verbunden. In between, the programme returns to London for a special setup to allow the London Sinfonietta to perform Furrer's epic FAMA. Taking inspiration from Ovid's Metamorphoses, where the title refers to "a place where every sound in the world is heard", Furrer's sound-world simply has to be heard to be believed.
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Julius Eastman at SGTG:
Unjust Malaise
Femenine (live 1974)
Georg Friedrich Haas at SGTG:
In Vain