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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 Sinfonietta’s 2010/11 and ensemble combine Music Programme with its diverse and p.2–5 Visionary Music • p.7–8 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 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. , and our headquarters at 13.02.11, 18.02.11 & 11.03.11 In Seven Days, video-ballet and . We rely on the vision of Arts piano concerto together with works Council , companies, trusts and by minimalist master . 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 and the Shapes and the London Sinfonietta in a unique 21st-century collaboration.

• p.5 : 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 , 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 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.

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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 conductor* Steve Reich Music for 18 Musicians Gerald Barry Feldman’s Six Penny Editions Cristina Zavalloni (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 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 . Symphony Hall Box Office. Supported by the London Sinfonietta Commissioning Circle.

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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 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 Pression for solo cello Got Lost for voice and piano

Arditti String Quartet Sarah Leonard soprano Rolf Hind piano 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.

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6 © www.pawelsuder.pl 7 Lachenmann In Portrait: Beat Furrer Xenakis – Orchestral Music Architect of Sound

Sunday 24 October 2010, 7.30pm Tuesday 18 January 2011, 7.30pm Saturday 2 April 2011, 7.30pm Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall

Helmut Lachenmann Ausklang Beat Furrer Presto Iannis Xenakis Eonta Helmut Lachenmann Schreiben Naomi Pinnock Words* (world premiere Iannis Xenakis Kottos of LS Blue Touch Paper work) Iannis Xenakis Phlegra Brad Lubman conductor Beat Furrer Xenos (UK premiere) Iannis Xenakis La legénde d’Eer Rolf Hind piano Beat Furrer Nuun+ (UK premiere) André de Ridder conductor The London Sinfonietta’s landmark concert in Beat Furrer conductor Sound Intermedia sound projection the Helmut Lachenmann Weekend focuses on Rolf Hind, pianos+ the soundworld of his music for large orchestral Omar Ebrahim * Explore the music of Xenakis, whose forces. Ausklang, for piano and orchestra, and pioneering compositions integrated the Schreiben form the programme showcasing Manson Ensemble+ worlds of sound and architecture. From the the unconventional writing that demands new computer-calculated piano solo in Eonta, to © Kevin Leighton techniques from traditional instruments. This concert showcases the unique and the architecturally organised sound structures groundbreaking musical voice of Beat Furrer, in Phlegra, the unique polyphony created by Tickets £17, £12, £8 Swiss composer and co-founder of Klangforum a solo cello in Kottos and the chaotic blend Phone 0844 847 9940 Wien, one of Europe’s leading contemporary of organic and electronic in La legénde d’Eer, Online southbankcentre.co.uk music ensembles. Xenos, with its focus on this is the opportunity to explore Xenakis’s transforming the elements of melody, sits varied musical styles. Presented by Southbank Centre and the London Sinfonietta. alongside one of his most performed works for two pianos and ensemble Nuun. The Tickets £22, £15, £9 programme is complemented by the world Phone 0844 847 9940 premiere of Words, a new work from Blue Online southbankcentre.co.uk Touch Paper composer Naomi Pinnock, former student of and Wolfgang Presented by Southbank Centre in association with the London Sinfonietta as part of Ether. This concert forms part Rihm, who was mentored on the composition of the Iannis Xenakis International Conference London 2011. of this work by Beat Furrer himself. Talented For up-to-date information go to www.southbankcentre.co.uk. students from the Royal Academy of Music join the ensemble for Nuun.

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Discover collaborations and collisions that Thursday 14 – Saturday 16 October 2010 Friday 15 October 2010, 7.30pm produce unique art and music. From Chopped Kings Place and Screwed, the London Sinfonietta’s project Bringing a contemporary twist to existing with experimental pop band Micachu and The London Sinfonietta and the Orchestra classics, this event combines arrangements the Shapes, to a major new collaboration of the Age of Enlightenment join forces for of music inspired by older compositions with with Matthew Herbert in One Day and the three concerts at Kings Place, exploring the new works. The programme includes Couperin London Sinfonietta’s REMIX project with the finest musical remixes from the baroque to the arranged by Thomas Adès, Purcell by George Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. present day. Benjamin and Machaut by Harrison Birtwistle, This is your tour of the unexpected. as well as the world premiere of a new work by Produced in collaboration with the Orchestra of the Anna Clyne, based on Britten’s Hymn to a Virgin. Age of Enlightenment and in association with Kings Place. Tickets £12.50, £14.50, £19.50 Premium Seats £24.50 Saver Seats £9.50 (online prices)

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Orchestra of the Age Music as Theft of Enlightenment’s Baroque Reinventions

Thursday 14 October 2010, 7.30pm Saturday 16 October 2010, 7.30pm

Proving that imitation is sometimes the sincerest The London Sinfonietta and the Orchestra of the form of flattery, this concert showcases several Age of Enlightenment join forces in a concert original pieces by Gottlieb Muffat re-worked showcasing works based on older musical by Handel and an arrangement by Bach of ideas. Stravinsky’s Pulcinella takes centre Pergolesi’s Stabat mater. stage with its modern, neo-classical take on Pergolesi’s 18th-century classic. The programme Tickets £12.50, £14.50, £19.50 also includes a new commission from Richard Premium Seats £24.50 Saver Seats £9.50 Causton based on Pergolesi’s material. (online prices) Tickets £12.50, £14.50, £19.50 Online kingsplace.co.uk Premium Seats £24.50 Saver Seats £9.50 © John Sturrock Phone 020 7520 1490 (online prices) londonsinfonietta.org.uk/adventures twitter.com/Ldn_Sinfonietta Online kingsplace.co.uk facebook.com/londonsinfonietta Phone 020 7520 1490 10 11 One Day Chopped and Screwed

Matthew Herbert and the London Sinfonietta Also featuring Matthew Herbert: Micachu and the Shapes and London Sinfonietta “[In Time] … was the Saturday 20 November 2010, 7.30pm One Trick at Friday Tonic most brilliant and moving Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall Tuesday 5 April 2011, 7.30pm Friday 1 October, 5.30pm Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall performance I’ve been to in Baldur Brönnimann conductor The Front Room at Southbank Centre’s years. Just amazing. Life- Matthew Herbert and special guests Queen Elizabeth Hall “…the set whorled and wriggled, argued and Sound Intermedia blazed.” Guardian improving, even. Haven’t been Finn Peters (saxes and flute), Tom Skinner able to get it out of my head Renowned for his unique brand of (drums), Robin Mullarkey (bass) and First performed in May 2010, rising stars of experimental music, Matthew Herbert and special guests play music from each other’s experimental pop Micachu and the Shapes and the friend I took has also some of his favourite musicians join forces catalogues as well as new work by composer, collaborate once again with the London been buzzing ever since.” with the London Sinfonietta for an event producer and musical innovator Matthew Sinfonietta for Chopped and Screwed. With Audience member at In Time, April 2010, inspired by 21st-century life. Based on content Herbert, in anticipation of One Day, his new music and interludes that blend the London Sinfonietta’s site-specific performance. from a single newspaper edition, One Day will London Sinfonietta project as part of the organic, the digital and the analogue you can include new pieces and songs based on the London Jazz Festival. hear homemade instruments, glass bottles stories contained within. and the London Sinfonietta in a concert of Admission free truly unique 21st-century experimentalism. Tickets £20, £15, £10 Phone 0844 847 9940 Chopped and Screwed is the London Sinfonietta’s collaboration with Micachu and the Shapes. Presented in Online southbankcentre.co.uk association with Southbank Centre as part of Ether. For up-to-date information go to www.southbankcentre.co.uk.

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12 13 Members of the London Sinfonietta Michael Cox (flute), John Constable (piano), Alistair Mackie (trumpet), (viola), Helen Tunstall (harp), Gareth Hulse (oboe), (bassoon), Mark van de Wiel (clarinet), Clio Gould (violin 1), Joan Atherton (violin 2), David Hockings (percussion) Photo: © Suki Dhanda www.sukidhanda.com 14 15 Intersections Strange News Pavilions

Contemporary music meets contemporary culture Sunday 3 October 2010, 7.30pm Sunday 29 May 2011 in events which engage with the wider issues of Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall our world, and reflect on the cultural history of the country. Harnessing the combined energy 6.15pm London Sinfonietta’s Pavilions celebrates of multiple artists and audience involvement, Take Note: Pre-concert discussion the 60th anniversary of the Festival of Britain these events will intrigue and challenge. From the Rolf Wallin joins a panel to discuss the place with a day that re-explores the public and combined forces of actor, film, news projections of music in developing our awareness of performance spaces of Southbank Centre. and ensemble in Rolf Wallin’s Strange News world issues. Across the afternoon and evening a series to opportunities to re-experience the spirit of the of concert performances, promenade events, Festival of Britain in Pavilions, this is your chance 7.30pm installations, talks and participation projects to see and hear contemporary classical music in Iannis Xenakis Nuits* will create a festival atmosphere of musical context and get involved with our work. Maldon* discovery. The programme will include new Rolf Wallin Strange News# works by major figures of the British scene including *, as well as a Baldur Brönnimann conductor piece from one of its emerging voices, James Weeks conductor* Martin Suckling. Leigh Melrose baritone* # Presented by the London Sinfonietta as part of Southbank Arthur Kisenyi narrator Centre’s celebrations around the Festival of Britain. Exaudi* For up-to-date information go to www.southbankcentre.co.uk. Sound Intermedia sound projection * Supported by the London Sinfonietta Commissioning Circle and Vernon and Hazel Ellis. Contemporary music engages with the wider issues of our world in the launch event of the Full programme and tickets onsale from early 2011. London Sinfonietta’s 2010/11 concert series. Rolf Wallin’s Strange News, a powerful story of healing and redemption in war-torn Africa, fuses contemporary classical music with acting, film and surround sound to heighten the impact of news footage featuring child soldiers in Africa. Music motivated by conflict also features through Iannis Xenakis’s Nuits, dedicated to political prisoners, and Maldon, Michael Finnissy’s setting of Anglo-Saxon text written following the Battle of Maldon.

Tickets £12 (Students £4.50, under 26s £6.50) Phone 0844 847 9940 Online southbankcentre.co.uk

© Justin Piperger londonsinfonietta.org.uk/adventures twitter.com/Ldn_Sinfonietta facebook.com/londonsinfonietta 16 17 Programmes for Major Commissions Programmes for LS LAB: Continuing its long track record of composers and artists commissioning new work from the world’s musicians and conductors renowned composers, the 2010/11 Music Sparking and Programme will see premieres of a number Writing the Future of the London Sinfonietta’s commissions and The London Sinfonietta Academy To be launched in Autumn 2010/11, Writing co-commissions. The season will include Training the musicians of tomorrow to play Sustaining the Future is the London Sinfonietta’s new works by Anna Clyne, Bryn Harrison, Colin the music of today. scheme for composers to create new work Matthews, Martin Suckling, Louis Andriessen in partnership with the ensemble. Selected (co-commission with Accademia Musicale The London Sinfonietta Academy nurtures New Music through an open call, composers will be asked Chigiana), Gerald Barry (co-commission the skills needed to perform world-class to develop a working relationship with the with St Paul Chamber Orchestra), Richard contemporary classical music. Musicians ensemble’s players through writing a Sinfonietta Causton (co-commission with the Orchestra and conductors are selected from UK-wide londonsinfonietta.org.uk/ls-lab Short and a small chamber ensemble piece. of the Age of Enlightenment) and Georges open auditions with the ensemble’s Principal All works will be recorded and shared online Aperghis (BBC commission). The season will Players, and following this process, up to 25 LS Lab is the London Sinfonietta’s space to with the public. Full details will be announced also see premieres by Haris Kittos and Naomi of the UK’s finest young musicians and three experiment, invent and nurture new work and in October 2010 so sign up to our e-Zine and Pinnock (both Blue Touch Paper premieres). conductors come together at Kings Place, support new talent. From commissioning new keep up-to-date with the latest information. London Sinfonietta’s headquarters, to further works, curating collaborations between music londonsinfonietta.org.uk/ls-lab. Collaborations their performing experience and training. and other artforms and schemes to support Supported by The Boltini Trust. The London Sinfonietta’s past collaborations More details on London Sinfonietta Academy the best new composing and performing have reached huge new audiences and 2011 will be available online in September. talent, LS Lab pushes the boundaries of Blue Touch Paper inspired spin-offs around the world. New Visit londonsinfonietta.org.uk/ls-lab for contemporary classical music. With past luminaries such as , Dai collaborations in the 2010/11 Music more information. Fujikura, Larry Goves, Anna Meredith and Naomi Programme promise to be no exception. Pinnock, Blue Touch Paper offers established On 20 November London Sinfonietta will The London Sinfonietta Academy is “There’s an energy about young composers the chance to make the most perform with experimental jazz artist Matthew generously supported by Esmée Fairbairn LS performances that often of their composing talent. Blue Touch Paper Herbert, whilst April 2011 witnesses a re-run Foundation, Fenton Arts Trust, The Garrick composers are given extensive time and space of Chopped and Screwed, the exhilarating Charitable Trust, Leo and Regina Hepner, makes them unforgettable. to develop new work and are encouraged to collaboration between experimental pop stars Musicians Benevolent Fund and The Harold It’s a pleasure to be able to collaborate with players and artists from other Micachu and the Shapes which the London Hyam Wingate Foundation. disciplines. For more information about the Sinfonietta first performed in May 2010. work with these formidable scheme see londonsinfonietta.org.uk/ls-lab. Follow the development of these projects players: immaculate online londonsinfonietta.org.uk/ls-lab. precision combined with sensitive musicality.” Naomi Pinnock, Blue Touch Paper scheme composer.

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© Kevin Leighton facebook.com/londonsinfonietta 18 19 London Sinfonietta Collective gives young Resources for Schools and Concert-goers Public Participation GET INVOLVED: London-based artists (aged 18 to 30) the In tandem with performances of Steve Reich Get fully involved with the work of the London opportunity to create events in the London and Louis Andriessen’s music at Southbank Sinfonietta as we invite members of the public Sinfonietta Music Programme, such as Centre, February 2011 will see the launch of to join us for a Public Participation event at Creating Your 2009/10’s Shadoworks at Southbank Centre’s a new online resource exploring a key trend Pavilions on 29 May 2011 (see page 17). Queen Elizabeth Hall. The KX Collective is in contemporary classical music: minimalism. The event is part of Southbank Centre’s a group of young musicians and producers Focussing on a genre that has become hugely celebrations around the Festival of Britain London (aged 14 to 19) from the King’s Cross area, popular, this resource will satisfy both adults and will give you the chance to take part who create their own contemporary music and students. Produced by London Sinfonietta, in a London Sinfonietta performance. events such as their successful project at Sound and Music and Southbank Centre. Sign up to our e-Zine and keep an eye on Sinfonietta London Sinfonietta’s Experiment! festival at londonsinfonietta.org.uk, twitter.com/ Kings Place. The UK Collective unites the Ldn_Sinfonietta and facebook.com/ UK in the ethos of The Collective with future londonsinfonietta for the latest info. Get involved in projects with the London events in Birmingham and Glasgow inspired by Sinfonietta in which you can compose, curate, the music of Thomas Adès and Steve Reich. perform and learn. The KX Collective is generously supported The Collective by Cripplegate Foundation, The Marple The Collective is the London Sinfonietta’s Charitable Trust and Youth Music. For more scheme offering young artists the chance to information about joining The Collective create, produce and perform in projects at the please call London Sinfonietta’s Participation cutting edge of contemporary classical music. and Learning department on 020 7239 9340. There are different groups in The Collective – representing different parts of the UK and different age groups with opportunities for all “I love having the chance young artists to be involved both in person to curate work around and online. some of the world’s best contemporary music, performed by some of the world’s best players, and collaborating with artists and dancers in performance.” Jordan Hunt, London Sinfonietta Collective.

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22 23 Find out how you can support London Sinfonietta Principal Players London Sinfonietta Staff Booking Information Support Us London Sinfonietta by contacting London Michael Cox flute Andrew Burke Chief Executive Southbank Centre our Development Department (Supported by Michael & Queen Elizabeth Hall, Patricia McLaren-Turner) Sarah Tennant The London Sinfonietta burst on on 020 7239 9340 or info@ Sinfonietta Artistic Projects Manager Royal Festival Hall Gareth Hulse oboe Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX the contemporary music scene londonsinfonietta.org.uk. Hannah Bujic in 1968 and has been bringing For more information visit On Tour Mark van de Wiel clarinet Concerts & Touring Administrator 0844 847 9940 (9am–8pm daily) together the world’s most virtuosic londonsinfonietta.org.uk/ John Orford bassoon southbankcentre.co.uk Emma Kraemer Participation and (Transaction fee applies to both phone performers and the finest music support-us. 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London Sinfonietta 2010/2011

Sunday 3 October 2010, 7.30pm Tuesday 18 January 2011, 7.30pm Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall Strange News In Portrait: Beat Furrer Intersections Striking Soundworlds

Thursday 14 – Saturday 16 October 2010, 7.30pm Sunday 13 February 2011, 7.00pm Kings Place City Halls, Glasgow REMIX Adès and Reich: across the UK Collisions Visionary Music

Saturday 23 – Sunday 24 October 2010, Friday 18 February 2011, 7.30pm Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall and Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall Queen Elizabeth Hall Adès and Reich: London Helmut Lachenmann Weekend Visionary Music Striking Soundworlds Thursday 10 March 2011, 7.30pm Saturday 20 November 2010, 7.30pm Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall Adès and Barry Matthew Herbert’s One Day Visionary Music Collisions Friday 11 March 2011, 7.30pm Symphony Hall, Birmingham Adès and Reich: across the UK Visionary Music

Saturday 2 April 2011, 7.30pm Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall Xenakis: Architect of Sound Striking Soundworlds

Tuesday 5 April 2011, 7.30pm Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall Chopped and Screwed Collisions

Thursday 14 April 2011, 7.30pm Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall Louis Andriessen: Anaïs Nin/De Staat Visionary Music

Sunday 29 May 2011 Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall Pavilions Intersections

London Sinfonietta: Winner RPS Music Award for Ensemble

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