26 Mar

New Music Concert picks for April in London   by  Arlene Sierra

My concert picks for April in London:
Full-on Varèse, new sounds at Kings Place, and a good selection of contemporary and still-in-progress opera around town.

Exploring Sound and Time, Monday 12 April
Music by Harrison, Saunders and Xenakis
http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/music/out-hear/exploring-sound-and-time

Exposure at ROH2:
Two alternating programmes of opera snapshots from recent works, new works and works still under construction.
April 14/15/16/17
http://www.roh.org.uk/whatson/production.aspx?pid=13544

London Sinfonietta Varèse 360° Weekend
Complete works of Varèse over 16/18 April
http://www.londonsinfonietta.org.uk/project/var%C3%A8se-360%C2%B0

Max de Wardener, Nick Ramm and Dave Price, Monday 26 April
Featuring Harry Partch instruments including a 12 foot replica of his bass marimba, prepared autoharp and microtonal synths tuned to just intonation.
http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/music/out-hear/max-de-wardener-dave-price-and-nick-ramm

American Experiments, Thursday 29 April
Celebrating the works of John Cage, Morton Feldman, Christian Wolff and Frederic Rzewski
http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/music/weekly-themes/american-experiments

Plus two opera productions coming up:

Ades' Powder Her Face
April 26 through May 7th
http://www.roh.org.uk/whatson/production.aspx?pid=10790

Henze's Elegy for Young Lovers
April 24 through May 8th
http://www.eno.org/see-whats-on/productions/production-page.php?&itemid=182

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