Grisey                    Periodes
Pierre Boulez          Messagesquisse
Stef Conner            Still Sky Bells
Per Nørgård            Wie ein Kind

For its first concert of the series, the department's contemporary music ensemble presents a varied programme encompassing a broad array of styles. The evening begins with two French composers: avant-garde pioneer Pierre Boulez, and Gérard Grisey, a co-founder of 'spectral music', a compositional approach that utilises spectrum analysis of sound. They are juxtaposed with the atmospheric, spectral-influenced music of York alumna Stef Conner, a recent recipient of a Royal Philharmonic Society Prize for Composition, and Danish composer Per Nørgård, whose evocative choral work Wie Ein Kind expresses the experiences of childhood.

The Ensemble also presents a concert at 1.00pm; tickets £2 on the door (free to Music Society members)