Birmingham Contemporary Music Group

Birmingham Contemporary Music Group

Band, *1987 GB, Birmingham
Classical

Birmingham Contemporary Music Group (BCMG) is a chamber ensemble based in Birmingham, England specialising in the performance of new and contemporary music. BCMG performs regularly at the CBSO Centre and Symphony Hall in Birmingham, tours nationally and worldwide and has appeared several times at the Proms in London.Thomas Adès was the first music director of BCMG, from 1998 to 2000. The current artistic director of BCMG is Stephen Newbould. John Woolrich and Oliver Knussen are the current artists-in-association with BCMG.

Members

	Simon Limbrick perc GB
	Ulrich Heinen vc DE
	Jonathan Kelly *1966 GB

Popular Tracks

Wonderful Town: Overture on Silvesterkonzert Klassik by Various Artists

Parallel Colour: II. — on Edmund Finnis: The Air, Turning by Edmund Finnis

This Is the Night Mail Crossing the Border (From "Night Mail") on BCMG 2013 Sampler: New Music for New Ears by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group

The Tyranny of Fun: I on Richard Baker: The Tyranny of Fun by Richard Baker

Wonderful Town: Entr'acte on Classical Music Inspired By the Jazz Age by Various Artists

Wonderful Town: Ballet at the Village Vortex on Classical Music Inspired By the Jazz Age by Various Artists

The Passing Measures on The Passing Measures by David Lang & Paul Herbert

The Tyranny of Fun: II on Richard Baker: The Tyranny of Fun by Richard Baker

Hommagesquisse on Richard Baker: The Tyranny of Fun by Richard Baker

Parallel Colour: I. — on Edmund Finnis: The Air, Turning by Edmund Finnis

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Band Membership

Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
At The Speed Of Stillness	Charlotte Bray, Aldeburgh World Orchestra, Mark Elder, Alexandra Wood, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Oliver Knussen, Lucy Schaufer, Huw Watkins, Claire Booth, Andrew Matthews-Owen	2014	Album
The Importance Of Being Earnest	Gerald Barry, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Thomas Adès	2014	Album
Ben Somewhen - Choral And Chamber Music	Howard Skempton - Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, James Weeks	2007	Album
Asyla / Concerto Conciso / These Premises Are Alarmed / Chamber Symphony / ...But All Shall Be Well	Thomas Adès - City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Sir Simon Rattle	1999	Album
The Prodigal Son	Benjamin Britten -- City Of Birmingham Touring Opera, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group / Simon Halsey	1998	Album
Erwartung / Kammersymphonie Nr. 1 Op.9 / Variationen Für Orchester Op.31	Arnold Schoenberg, Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Sir Simon Rattle, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra	1995	Album

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