branches

huddersfield contemporary music festival

21st of november 2007

st paul’s hall 6pm

john cage – postcard from heaven

catherine kontz – anthill

michael parsons – constellations

This is the debut concert of Rhodri Davies’ new ensemble ’branches‘ where he assembles harpists, including students from the RNCM and Huddersfield University, to perform massed harp music. The infrequently performed John Cage’s Postcard from Heaven for 1-20 harps calls on the harpists to improvise on ragas. The ensemble will also perform Michael Parsons’ pointillist composition, Constellations and a new work by the young composer Catherine Kontz.