Birmingham Contemporary Music Group

Strange and Beautiful Sounds since 1987🎵🤯
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🎵🥁 Are you aged 14 -18 and passionate about creating your own music? Spend the day composing for BCMG’s fantastic percussionists, Julian Warburton and Simon Limbrick, guided by professional composer, David Horne. Book onto our Creative Composing Lab on Sunday 26 January through our website 👆🔗

📸 Hannah Fathers

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REGGAE ORIGINS: BOB MARLEY & HANDSWORTH REGGAE. Thu 6 Feb 7:30pm - Town Hall Brum
Book directly at https://t.co/Ef8kkm4XFC @BMusic_Ltd
Reggae Origins brings together Basil Gabbidon (Steel Pulse) & musicians from @BCMG for an unforgettable journey through the history of Reggae.

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Daniel Kidane (@dan_kidane) talks about his music, working with BCMG and our upcoming programme at @wigmore_hall for the Daniel Kidane Focus Day on Saturday 30 Nov at 3:00pm. Come along to hear!

https://t.co/n6JwwjYSc5

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Tonight @wigmore_hall , @BCMG perform a programme entitled ‘Secret Kiss’ including two works by Harrison Birtwistle - ‘The Woman and the Hare’, plus the London premiere of ‘…when falling asleep’, setting texts Rainer Maria Rilke.
https://t.co/kX6ycHgs3u

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Spoken word with music & the role of the conductor in shaping narrative 🤔 Hear it in action this week with Geoffrey Paterson and BCMG in London and Birmingham.

🗓️26 November, Wigmore Hall, London @wigmore_hall
🗓️27 November, CBSO Centre, Birmingham @thecbso

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🗓️26 November, 7:30pm @wigmore_hall
🗓️27 November, 7:30pm, @TheCBSO Centre, Birmingham

https://t.co/tUeeuZoeBq

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Secret Kiss - what to expect?
Drama, intimacy, mixing new sounds with spoken word and music which explores sleep, night and liminal states of transition.

Conductor Geoffrey Paterson talks about our Secret Kiss concert ahead of BCMG’s performances in @wigmore_hall and Brum.

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Excited to work with some of our brilliant collaborators, artists, composers, conductors and soloists:
@wigmore_hall @dan_kidane @BMusic_Ltd @Brindleyplace @ikongallery @TheCBSO @daifujikura @ZubinKanga @linstantdonne @l_dunn1 @morganwilliamsb

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🚨BCMG SPRING 2025🚨
Experience something new in 2025.
We have just announced all our Spring & Summer concerts for 2025 online.
✅Loads of new music
✅Free events for everyone to enjoy
✅Mind-blowing musical moments
We are so excited to share these experiences with you.

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Check out our Website for full concert listings (https://t.co/Nuhy1vaJ6V) or check out or brochure around the city!   What are you most excited for? (2/2)

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Fantastic to see the first academic article from #ListenImagineComposePrimary @BeaconLearning_ @soundandmusic

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What does children’s composing look👀and sound 🎶 like?
How can primary classroom teachers be supported to teach composing?

Join us and our research partners @myBCUresearch @DrFautley for a day of discussion and presentations exploring the Listen Imagine Compose Primary Research findings and toolkit at CBSO Centre on 14/02/25.

https://t.co/MDRRQEutHR

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Full info for both concerts and links to book can be found on our website:

https://t.co/tUeeuZoeBq

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Péter Eötvös - who is he and what is his music like? Conductor, Composer, Teacher and figurehead for European contemporary music.

Conductor Geoffrey Paterson talks about Péter’s legacy ahead of Geoffrey’s concerts with BCMG, giving the world premiere performance of one of Eötvös’ final ensemble works “Secret Kiss”, in English.

🗓️26 November, Wigmore Hall, London @wigmore_hall
🗓️27 November, CBSO Centre, Birmingham @TheCBSO

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Secret Kiss 🤫- A shadowy and mysterious melodrama.
We caught up with conductor Geoffrey Paterson to talk about Péter Eötvös’ work Secret Kiss ahead of our performances together in London’s @wigmore_hall and @TheCBSO centre Birmingham.

Keep an eye out for a few more videos with Geoffrey over the next few weeks!

🗓️26 November, Wigmore Hall, 7:30pm
🗓️27 November, CBSO Centre, Birmingham, 7:30pm

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Secret Kiss, London & Birmingham

Intimate communication is the essence of this programme, featuring spoken word, melodrama and hushed sounds. Through the concert you may be gently touched by Saunders’ sounds at the brink of silence, caught by Julian Anderson’s sudden urge of self-awareness or disconcertedly observe Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s setting of two monologues in parallel in his final ensemble work.

This performance features the world première of the English language version of one of Peter Eötvös’ final ensemble works, Secret Kiss.