contemporary classical

• Music / world music

  Review: Beat Frequencies, St George’s – an atmosphere of meditative tranquility was instantly established.

  We could all understand why the traditional music of Bali has such a pull on these players

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• Music / contemporary classical

  Review: Hidden Notes Festival, Stroud – a sequence of difference and surprises

  This programme of unclassifiable outliers delivered a real breath of fresh air

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• Music / Jazz

  I’m really going to miss cheese!

  It's goodbye to cheddar as percussion virtuoso Harriet Riley swaps Bristol for Bali

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• Music / contemporary classical

  Coming out of hiding

  This year's Hidden Notes Festival offers another rich menu of genre-bending experimentalists

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• Music / British jazz

  Bristol’s month in jazz – September 2025

  A hero returns, a legend arrives and some faves bid farewell

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• Music / live review

  Review: Kevin Figes’ Sound Dimensions, The Mount Without – a fascinating and unusual evening

  Composer Kevin Figes had devised a thoroughly interesting and varied programme

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• Music / contemporary classical

  ‘It’s taken over my life!’

  Jazz composer Kevin Figes ventures deeper into classical territory

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• Music / Jazz

  Bristol’s month in jazz – May 2025

  Big names and great music across the jazz spectrum this month

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