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Dec 4, 2011 11 min

Brian Ferneyhough's Bone Alphabet

from Radio 3's Fifty Modern Classics Hosted by BBC Radio 3

Percussionist Steven Schick recalls how a chance meeting with Brian Ferneyhough led to the commission of Bone Alphabet, the composer's only piece for non-pitched instruments; and writer Paul Griffiths describes the work's physicality and rhythmic complexity.

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