Lamentations : from Huddersfield
Highlights from the opening weekend of this year's Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, including the UK premiere of James Dillon's Lamentations :.
Kate Molleson presents highlights from the opening weekend of the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2026, including the UK premiere of James Dillon's major new piece Lamentations :. Based on ancient chants, Lamentations : is a powerful work of grief, protest and solidarity written for the musicians of Ensemble Proton Bern and Schola Heidelberg, who perform it here.
Another renowned Swiss ensemble, Collegium Novum Zurich, plays music by Anselm McDonnell, and there's part of a set from experimental Hammond organ/e-bass/drums trio Steamboat Switzerland. Plus a world premiere from Ailís Ní Ríain for a 'double trio', the improvising ensemble Juno 3 alongside the musicians of Electric Circus.
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- Sat 28 Nov 202622:30BBC Radio 3
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