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Modernism's back, baby: Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival reviewed

11 December 2021

9:00 AM

11 December 2021

9:00 AM

Ensemble Musikfabrik; Arditti Quartet; John Butcher + 13; London Sinfonietta

Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, and highlights on BBC Radio 3

It’s not everyone’s idea of fun, a trip to Huddersfield in the depths of November. But as any veteran of Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival knows, it usually pays off. Sure, none of the venues has a bar; the programming is as carefully curated as a b2b trade show, the main hall about as cosy as a care home.

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