Louis Andriessen | Classical review

Bates Mill, HuddersfieldLouis Andriessen claims to have been the first person in the Netherlands ever to own a pair of blue jeans, brought back from America by his brother in the early 1950s. He was certainly the first Dutch composer to combine influences of big band swing, minimalism and even prog rock into a pulverising, rhythmic style that earned him the onomatopoeic nickname Mr Oong-Kah.To celebrate Andriessen's 70th birthday, the Huddersfield contemporary music festival laid on a party, reu...

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