TY - JOUR
T1 - Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, CBSO Centre, Birmingham. Causton, Usui, uraj, Saunders. 15 December, 2019
AU - Hunt, Edmund
N1 - This article has been published in a revised form in Tempo [https://doi.org/10.1017/S0040298220000054]. This version is published under a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND. No commercial re-distribution or re-use allowed. Derivative works cannot be distributed. � Cambridge University Press.
PY - 2020/6/10
Y1 - 2020/6/10
N2 - A review of a concert given by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group on the 15th of December 2019. Located at the end of a quiet side street in the middle of Birmingham, the CBSO centre is the venue for many of BCMG's concerts throughout the year. If the venue seems somewhat hidden away, concealed behind a Victorian red brick fa�ade, the music that takes place inside is certainly not insular. As one of the world's leading contemporary music ensembles, BCMG's longstanding commitment to commissioning new work, and to fostering relationships with composers, has continued since 2016 under the artistic directorship of Stephan Meier. The final UK concert of 2019, Migrating Sounds, provides clear evidence of the ensemble's aims. Of the four works performed, Richard Causton's Transients and Vito ?uraj's Tension for two ensembles were world premieres, Rebecca Saunders? Scar was a UK premiere, and Shiori Usui's Deep was commissioned by BCMG in 2014. The pieces by Causton and Saunders were also ?sound investment commissions?, part funded by many individuals who, in return for their support, receive various rewards, including rehearsal and reception invitations. The concert was conducted by Michael Wendeberg.
AB - A review of a concert given by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group on the 15th of December 2019. Located at the end of a quiet side street in the middle of Birmingham, the CBSO centre is the venue for many of BCMG's concerts throughout the year. If the venue seems somewhat hidden away, concealed behind a Victorian red brick fa�ade, the music that takes place inside is certainly not insular. As one of the world's leading contemporary music ensembles, BCMG's longstanding commitment to commissioning new work, and to fostering relationships with composers, has continued since 2016 under the artistic directorship of Stephan Meier. The final UK concert of 2019, Migrating Sounds, provides clear evidence of the ensemble's aims. Of the four works performed, Richard Causton's Transients and Vito ?uraj's Tension for two ensembles were world premieres, Rebecca Saunders? Scar was a UK premiere, and Shiori Usui's Deep was commissioned by BCMG in 2014. The pieces by Causton and Saunders were also ?sound investment commissions?, part funded by many individuals who, in return for their support, receive various rewards, including rehearsal and reception invitations. The concert was conducted by Michael Wendeberg.
U2 - 10.1017/S0040298220000054
DO - 10.1017/S0040298220000054
M3 - Article
SN - 0040-2982
VL - 74
SP - 86
EP - 88
JO - Tempo (United Kingdom)
JF - Tempo (United Kingdom)
IS - 293
ER -