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londonsinfonietta.org.uk/adventures Music Programme 2010/11 Adventures in Sound twitter.com/Ldn_Sinfonietta facebook.com/londonsinfonietta • p.11 REMIX Adventures in Sound 14 – 16.10.10 Three day festival of musical Music Programme 2010/11 • p.17 Strange News remixes. From Handel to Stravinsky 03.10.10 via Adès, Benjamin and Birtwistle. Acting, film, surround sound Welcome to the London Sinfonietta’s 2010/11 and ensemble combine Music Programme with its diverse and p.2–5 Visionary Music • p.7–8 Helmut Lachenmann Weekend 23 – 24.10.10 in a story of healing and stimulating selection of soundworlds from Shimmering harmonies, percussive rhythms, Celebration of Helmut Lachenmann redemption in war-torn Africa. outstanding composers and musicians. We’ve virtuosic musical landscapes. in the presence of the composer. suggested some routes through our concert New techniques and new sounds. season that you might wish to follow. You’ll p.6–9 probably discover many of your own adventures Striking Soundworlds • p.12 One Day through our concerts, our participation work, New techniques and unconventional writing. 20.11.10 our website and our recordings. Distinctive sounds and extraordinary playing. Matthew Herbert and the London Sinfonietta use the news to create We continue to innovate both on and off the an evening of unexpected drama concert platform – exciting collaborations p.10–13 Collisions and spring-loaded musicality. and projects and new opportunities for young Collaborations produce unique art and music. composers, musicians and promoters which A tour of the unexpected. • p.8 In Portrait: Beat Furrer will lead to new work from the next generation 18.01.11 of artists. Our commissions for 2010/11 also Beat Furrer, European composer and founder of Klangforum Wien. add to our long tradition of creating music that p.16–17 Intersections Energetic, engaging music. becomes a central part of the repertoire. Combined energies of multiple artists and audience involvement. Contemporary classical • p.3–4 Adès and Reich We are proud of our creative residency at music in context. Southbank Centre, and our headquarters at 13.02.11, 18.02.11 & 11.03.11 In Seven Days, video-ballet and Kings Place. We rely on the vision of Arts piano concerto together with works Council England, companies, trusts and by minimalist master Steve Reich. individuals who believe, like we do, that creating and performing new music is a vital part of • p.4 Adès and Barry society. We are grateful for their support. 10.03.11 Adès conducts a quirky Gerald Andrew Burke • p.17 Pavilions 29.05.11 Barry world premiere plus music Chief Executive Celebration of the Festival by himself, Berio and Nørgård. of Britain. New London London Sinfonietta: • p.9 Xenakis: Architect of Sound Sinfonietta commissions and Winner RPS Music Award for Ensemble 02.04.11 opportunities to get involved. Three Xenakis pieces for ensemble plus his blend of organic and electronic in La legénde d’Eer. • p.13 Chopped and Screwed 05.04.11 Experimental pop rising stars Micachu and the Shapes and the London Sinfonietta in a unique 21st-century collaboration. • p.5 Louis Andriessen: Anaïs Nin/De Staat 14.04.11 UK premiere of Anaïs Nin for singer, ensemble and film plus the large-scale De Staat. Dissonance, jazz and minimalism combined. 1 Adès and Reich: Adès and Reich: London Visionary A landmark tour of Music landmark music Journey with us through the music of The London Sinfonietta and renowned Friday 18 February 2011, 7.30pm Thomas Adès, Louis Andriessen and musician Thomas Adès present concerts Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall Steve Reich in concerts at Southbank Centre of Visionary Music at London’s Southbank and around the UK. Showcasing works that Centre, Glasgow and Birmingham. From Adès Steve Reich Tehillim combine music, video and film projection, through to Steve Reich, Gerald Barry and Thomas Adès In Seven Days – Concerto for expect shimmering harmonies, percussive Luciano Berio, experience and get absorbed Piano with Moving Image rhythms and virtuosic musical landscapes. by captivating works from the leading lights of contemporary music. Thomas Adès conductor Nicolas Hodges piano A London Sinfonietta production in collaboration with Synergy Vocals chorus Sound and Music and Southbank Centre. Tal Rosner visuals (In Seven Days) Thomas Adès has long been at the forefront of contemporary classical music. This concert Thomas Adès’s In Seven Days was commissioned by Southbank Centre for the London Sinfonietta as part of with the London Sinfonietta highlights not celebrations to mark the reopening of Royal Festival Hall only his skill as a classical composer but as a in 2007. collaborator. The piano concerto and video-ballet In Seven Days, based on the story of creation, is performed with visuals from Tal Rosner. The concert begins with Steve Reich’s rhythmic and pulsating setting of four psalms, Tehillim. Tickets £28, £22, £16, £12, £9 Phone 0844 847 9940 Online southbankcentre.co.uk © Justin Piperger londonsinfonietta.org.uk/adventures twitter.com/Ldn_Sinfonietta facebook.com/londonsinfonietta 2 3 Adès and Reich: Adès and Barry Louis Andriessen: across the UK Anaïs Nin/De Staat © Justin Piperger The London Sinfonietta is proud to be Thursday 10 March 2011, 7.30pm Thursday 14 April 2011, 7.30pm performing In Seven Days in two of the UK’s Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall most important cities, extending its large-scale work to audiences beyond London. Luciano Berio Chamber Music Louis Andriessen Anaïs Nin (UK premiere) Per Nørgård Harp Concerto No. 2: Louis Andriessen De Staat* Thomas Adès In Seven Days – Concerto for through thorns* (UK premiere) Piano with Moving Image Thomas Adès The Origin of the Harp David Atherton conductor* Steve Reich Music for 18 Musicians Gerald Barry Feldman’s Six Penny Editions Cristina Zavalloni soprano (world premiere) Synergy Vocals chorus Thomas Adès conductor Nicolas Hodges piano Traditional kora music will be performed Dutch composer Louis Andriessen’s music Synergy Vocals chorus between items in the programme combines unusual orchestral instrumentations, Tal Rosner visuals (In Seven Days) dissonance and amplification with influences Thomas Adès conductor from jazz to minimalism. The UK premiere of City Halls, Glasgow Tunde Jegede kora player Anaïs Nin, his new work for singer, ensemble Sunday 13 February 2011, 7.00pm Allison Bell soprano and film, is paired with De Staat, a large-scale Helen Tunstall harp* musical tour-de-force influenced by the energy Tickets £15 (£13 concessions) of big band music and minimalistic rhythms. Phone 0141 353 8000 The world premiere of Feldman’s Six Penny Online glasgowconcerthalls.com Editions, Gerald Barry’s new work based Tickets £22, £15, £9 on the 19th and early 20th-century popular Phone 0844 847 9940 music published in London’s The Strand Online southbankcentre.co.uk forms the centrepiece of Thomas Adès’s March concert. Barry’s own brand of witty Anaïs Nin is a London Sinfonietta co-commission with Accademia Musicale Chigiana. Supported by the London contemporary music sits alongside Thomas Sinfonietta Commissioning Circle. Symphony Hall, Birmingham Adès’s The Origin of the Harp, works by Berio, Friday 11 March 2011, 7.30pm Nørgård and traditional music for the kora, the Part of Southbank Centre’s Ether. For up-to-date traditional African harp-lute. information go to www.southbankcentre.co.uk. Tickets £30, £22.50, £15, £10, £5 * (Concessions available) Tickets £22, £15, £9 Phone 0121 780 3333 Phone 0844 847 9940 Online thsh.co.uk Online southbankcentre.co.uk * A £2 fee per transaction will be charged on all bookings Feldman’s Six Penny Editions is a London Sinfonietta except purchases made in person at the Town Hall or co-commission with the St Paul Chamber Orchestra. Symphony Hall Box Office. Supported by the London Sinfonietta Commissioning Circle. londonsinfonietta.org.uk/adventures twitter.com/Ldn_Sinfonietta facebook.com/londonsinfonietta 4 5 Helmut Lachenmann Lachenmann Chamber Striking Weekend Music Day Soundworlds Striking Soundworlds is a collection of The London Sinfonietta and Southbank Saturday 23 October 2010 adventures into worlds of new instrumental Centre celebrate German composer Helmut Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall techniques and unconventional writing. Lachenmann’s 75th birthday with a weekend Through the music of Helmut Lachenmann, of performances by the world’s leading 3.00pm Beat Furrer and Iannis Xenakis expect contemporary musicians. Lachenmann has String Quartets No. 1 (Gran Torso) & to hear distinctive sounds and marvel at the re-imagined the nature of musical sound, No. 3 (Grido) London Sinfonietta’s extraordinary playing. distilling the traditions of Western classical music, electronic music and the avant-garde 4.15pm into new sounds of extreme originality. Ivan Hewett in conversation with Helmut Lachenmann 5.30pm Toccatina for solo violin Pression for solo cello Got Lost for voice and piano Arditti String Quartet Sarah Leonard soprano Rolf Hind piano Clio Gould violin Oliver Coates cello Tickets for chamber music day (for all three parts) £15, £12, £9 Phone 0844 847 9940 For more information see southbankcentre.co.uk Presented by Southbank Centre and Intermusica as part of International Chamber Music Series. Information on the Helmut Lachenmann Weekend continues overleaf. londonsinfonietta.org.uk/adventures twitter.com/Ldn_Sinfonietta facebook.com/londonsinfonietta 6 © www.pawelsuder.pl 7 Lachenmann In Portrait: Beat Furrer Xenakis – Orchestral
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