Matthew Herbert's One Day was a real page-turner

Matthew Herbert's One Day, a piece of music all about the Guardian (specifically, the edition of 25 September) was premiered by the composer with the London Sinfonietta at the Royal Festival Hall at the weekend. It was the only concert I have ever been to at which the audience was encouraged to read a newspaper during the music. Indeed, audience members were required to provide the accompaniment for a song by either hitting, waving or blowing through the copies of the paper. We heard a sampled r...

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