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Thu 25 – Fri 26 Oct 2018 Thu 25 – Fri 26 Oct 2018 IN FOCUS: 7pm // Carole Nash Recital Room KAIJA SAARIAHO CONVERSATION The RNCM and BBC Philharmonic are David Horne speaks to Kaija Saariaho honoured to welcome to Manchester about her life and work in this one of the truly outstanding fascinating session. creative musical minds of our time, the great Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, for this retrospective of Fri 26 Oct her work. Saariaho’s extraordinarily 1.15pm // RNCM Concert Hall individual soundworld stems from her brilliant work with electronics LUNCHTIME RECITAL early in her career, most notably at Kaija Saariaho Frises for violin and IRCAM in Paris. Her complete command electronics of complicated sonic landscapes and Anna Disley-Simpson New work for her mastery of blending acoustic and clarinet and electronics electronic sounds places her as one Kaija Saariaho Six Japanese Gardens of the true pioneers of music in the for solo percussion and electronics last three decades. Clark Rundell artistic director 7.30pm // The Bridgewater Hall All events are free admission, no ticket required, unless otherwise BBC PHILHARMONIC stated LATERNA MAGICA Kaija Saariaho Laterna magica Thu 25 Oct Hector Berlioz La mort de Cléopâtre 1.15pm // RNCM Concert Hall Hector Berlioz Overture ‘King Lear’ Kaija Saariaho Maan varjot (Earth’s RNCM NEW Shadows) ENSEMBLE Ludovic Morlot conductor Jan Lehtola organ Kaija Saariaho Terrestre Karen Cargill mezzo-soprano Mark Dyer New work Tickets from £12.50 to £40.50 (full) Kaija Saariaho Solar / from £3 (students/under-16s) Mark Heron, Anna Hartmann, To book, visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk Mark Edwards conductors + 6.30pm 6pm // Carole Nash Recital Room PRE-CONCERT PERFORMANCE EVENING RECITAL Students from the RNCM perform Saariaho’s Nocturne for solo violin Kaija Saariaho Arabesques et Adages and Neiges for 8 cellos for solo piano Admission free to ticket holders Dennis Tjiok New work for solo piano Kaija Saariaho Mirrors for flute and cello Shaun Davies New work for bassoon Kaija Saariaho Ballade for solo piano Box Office0161 907 5555 /rncmvoice /rncmlive www.rncm.ac.uk/saariaho.
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