It’s a wonderfully weird effect that, just as weirdly, the score seems to deliver with a straight face – just one more satisfying surprise among many others on this excellent record.

Was it just for fun that the world's oldest festival for Nordic contemporary music traveled to Scotland? No, it was an educational journey.

Was it just for fun that the world's oldest festival for Nordic contemporary music traveled to Scotland? No, it was an educational journey.

Henrik Friis anmelder uropførelsen af den danske komponist Rune Glerups symfoniske værk 'Symfoni'.

Maj måned er besat med festivaler med ny musik og lydkunst, og i den kommende måned er der rig mulighed for at få en koncentreret dosis musik, oplevelser, skuffelser og overraskelser. Seismograf/DMT giver her en introduktion til to af festivalerne – SPOR Festival i Aarhus og Athelas New Music Festival i København.