Cheltenham Composer Academy Showcase

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The Ligeti Quartet is in residence for the Cheltenham Composer Academy (9-16 July 2017), alongside percussionist Joby Burgess and director Michael Zev Gordon. This showcase includes the premieres of six new works by Academy participants.

  • Igor Stravinsky
    Concertino (1920)
  • Sarah Rimkus
    Na hóro eile (2017) (world première)
  • Daniel Ehrlich
    Through Water (2017) (world première)
  • Barnaby Martin
    Rings of Light (2017) (world première)
  • J.S. Bach, arr. Harrison Birtwistle
    Contrapunctus VII from Three Fugues from the Art of Fugue (2008): "Fuga a 4 per Augmentationem et Diminutionem"
  • Sofia Gubaidulina
    Reflections on the Theme B-A-C-H (2002)
  • Samuel Milea
    A Life Underwater (2017) (world première)
  • Will Frampton
    String Quartet No. 2, "The Wish to Disappear" (2017) (world première)
  • Matthew Olyver
    String Quartet, the "Belchamp Otten" (2017) (world première)
  • Christian Mason (after Huang Hai-Hwai)
    Racing Horses (Sai Ma) (2012)