In Llewellyn Hall a group of musicians gather on the stage and prepare to play. What are they playing? New music. And when I say 'New', I mean it. These musicians aren't about to play Boulez, nor are they about to play Ives, or Glass, or even Gyger - such music is already old and familiar. I know what Adams' Scheherazade.2, written only last year, sounds like. Here in Llewellyn Hall no one knows what the music about to be played will sound like - no one knows exactly what to expect. What these musicians are about to play is completely new - music that has never before been played, or heard, by anyone. In short, music that does not yet exist. The downbeat is given and the rehearsal begins.
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