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Talkestra Plays New Music Brighton
New Music Brighton
Doubly different from the usual music concert, not only do the musicians discuss the pieces before playing them, but the composers are sat in the audience – alive, without the need for exhumation. Clarinetist Steve Dummer gives a down-to-earth analysis of each piece complete with short snippets that give you an understanding and a taste for what is to come. It's very welcome, as knowing the inspirations and devices of these imaginative modern composers adds immensely to the appreciation of their music. It begins with the beating pulse of the beginning of time and ends with a piano quintet involving wind instruments playing into the piano and a new fourth movement that moves all along the keyboard. Five musicians, five composers, fantastic musical diversity and innovation.
Friends' Meeting House, 12 May, 8:00pm, £9.00 (£5.00), fpp 36
tw rating: 4/5
published: Aug-2008
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