Arditti Quartet 2017-05-07 CD Witten Soundboard

Arditti String Quartet: Irvine Arditti - violin Ashot Sarkissjan - violin Ralf Ehlers - viola Lucas Fels - cello CD1 Festsaal/Saalbau, Witten (Germany), May 5, 2017 01. Brian Ferneyhough (*1943) - Umbrations, The Tye Cycle for String Quartet and Ensemble (2001-2017) (world premiere) (56:19) CD2 02. Sir Harrison Birtwistle (*1934) - The Silk House Sequences, for string quartet (2015) (30:30) Aula/ Blote-Vogel-Schule, Witten (Germany), May 6, 2017 03. Milica Djordjevic (*1984) - Indigo for Double Quartet (2017) (world premiere) (13:51) 04. Martin Grütter (*1983) - Die Häutung des Himmels for 7 Instruments (2017) (world premiere) (11:27) 05. Rand Steiger (*1957) - Undone for spatial string octet (2017) (world premiere) (19:43) CD3 Festsaal/Saalbau, Witten (Germany), May 7, 2017 06. Philippe Hurel (*1955) - Entre le Ligne for String Quartet (2017) (world premiere) (20:13) 07. Nicolaus A. Huber (*1939) - Mit etwas Extremismus for Oboe, Clarinet, Trombone, Percussion, Violin, Cello, Double-Bass and 5 Drawers with Cassette Recorders (1991) (22:58) 08. Christopher Trapani (*1980) - PolychROME for Ensemble (2016) (European premiere) (15:06)