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4 May



United Kingdom
 Thursday, December 4, 2014 at 6pm 
Nash Commissions
Wigmore Hall, London
36 Wigmore St, London W1
United Kingdom
02079352141
http://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk

Nash Ensemble
Chamber Ensemble in Residence
Martyn Brabbins
conductor

The works will be introduced by the composers in conversation from the stage.


Mark-Anthony Turnage : Returning for string sextet
Peter Maxwell Davies : The Last Island for string sextet

4 May



United Kingdom
 Thursday, December 4, 2014 at 7.30pm 
CBSO MacMillan’s St Luke Passion
Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Broad Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B1 2EA
United Kingdom
0121 200 2000
symphonyhall@necgroup.co.uk
http://boxoffice.necgroup.co.uk/iccsym.asp

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
CBSO Chorus
CBSO Youth Chorus
James MacMillan conductor
Toby Spence tenor
Richard Watkins horn

James MacMillan has been called the greatest British composer since Britten, and his music is urgent, melodious, and burning to communicate. The UK premiere of his St Luke Passion – co-commissioned for the 40th anniversary of the CBSO Chorus – is a major event, and with the composer himself conducting our famous choruses, this is a chance to experience musical history in the making.

6.15pm Pre-concert talk: James MacMillan introduces the UK premiere of his St Luke Passion, in conversation with Stephen Maddock.



Benjamin Britten : Serenade for tenor, horn and strings
James MacMillan : St Luke Passion

5 May



United Kingdom
 Friday, December 5, 2014 at 7.30pm 
BIRTWISTLE: A CELEBRATION
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
South Bank, London SE1
United Kingdom
08700 606 096
http://www.rfh.org.uk

David Atherton conductor
Geoffrey Paterson conductor*
Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble^
London Sinfonietta



Sir Harrison Birtwistle in conversation, interspersed by The Message for trumpet, clarinet and side drum and two new additions to his duet series (world premieres)
In Broken Images*
Theseus Game*

Few other composers have played such an integral role in the London Sinfonietta’s growth as Sir Harrison Birtwistle, whose music has always remained defiantly uncategorisable. Once considered the bad boy of British music, Birtwistle’s extraordinary output has transformed him into a contemporary icon. Now in his 80th year, this is a chance to get under the skin of one of music’s most challenging minds as we relive his 21st century commissions and premiere new additions to his series of duets. Join us for the celebration.


Harrison Birtwistle : The Message
Harrison Birtwistle : In Broken Images
Harrison Birtwistle : Theseus Game

6 May 
 
7 May



United States
 Sunday, December 7, 2014 at 3:00pm 
Odyssey Opera and BMOP Join Forces for Fantastic Mr. Fox
Jordan Hall, Boston
30 Gainsborough Street
United States
617-585-1260
http://www.newenglandconservatory.edu

Tickets: $30 and Up. Free for Children Under 16.
Odyssey Opera
Boston Modern Orchestra Project
Boston Children's Chorus

For one performance only, Fantastic Mr. Fox unites Odyssey Opera , BMOP , the Boston Children’s Chorus, and some of today’s top vocal performers including baritone John Brancy and mezzo-soprano Krista River.

Tobias Picker : Fantastic Mr. Fox

8 May



Netherlands
 Monday, December 8, 2014 at 20.15 
Twan Huys and Lavinia Meijer in 'Creative thinkers'
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
Het Concertgebouw, Concertgebouwplein 2-7, 1071 LN Amsterdam
Netherlands
http://www.concertgebouw.nl

Twan Huys (spreker)
Lavinia Meijer (harp)
Arthur Theunissen (elektronica)



Philip Glass : Fragment (uit 'Koyaanisqatsi') (bew. L.S.J. Meijer)
Philip Glass : Vers la vie nouvelle (bew. L.S.J. Meijer)
Philip Glass : The Hours (uit 'The Hours') (arr. L.S.J. Meijer)
Nico Muhly : Quiet Music (uit 'Three Études for Piano') (bew. L.S.J. Meijer)
Nico Muhly : A Hudson Cycle
Ellis Ludwig-Leone : Night Loops
Philip Glass : Improvisatie op fragment (uit 'Koyaanisqatsi')

9 May



United Kingdom
 Tuesday, December 9, 2014 at 7.30pm 
Mozart, Pēteris Vasks and Smetana
Wigmore Hall, London
36 Wigmore St, London W1
United Kingdom
02079352141
http://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk

Artemis Quartet

The Berlin-based Artemis Quartet, founded 25 years ago at the Musikhochschule in Lübeck, stands today among the world’s leading chamber ensembles.

Its commitment to new music is boldly stated with Pēteris Vask’s Fifth String Quartet, a two-movement exploration of the conscious states of presence and distance influenced by the Latvian composer’s compassion for ‘a world tortured by grief and contradictions’.


Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : String Quartet in G K387
Pēteris Vasks : String Quartet No. 5
Bedøich Smetana : String Quartet No. 1 in E minor ‘From my life’

10 May



United Kingdom
 Wednesday, December 10, 2014 at 6.30pm 
ALTERNATIVE VISIONS
BFI Southbank, London
London, SE1 8XT
United Kingdom
020 7928 3232
http://www.bfi.org.uk

London Sinfonietta

The BFI’s major season, Sci-Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder, plays host to a meeting of music and film. Five solo voyages have been specially written by emerging composers for double bass, cello, tuba, viola and flute, each brought to the screen by artists at Central Saint Martins. All five films will be premiered over an hour-long screening, accompanied live by the London Sinfonietta soloists.

Blue Touch Paper is where we light the fuse of new work, with different art forms in alternative spaces.

Part of BFI Southbank’s Sonic Cinema strand.



Contemporary Composers : Various

11 May



United Kingdom
 Thursday, December 11, 2014 at 19:30 
LSO on Film: The Magic and Majesty of Alexandre Desplat
Barbican Hall, London
Barbican, Silk Street, London EC2
United Kingdom
020 7638 8891
http://www.barbican.org.uk/eticketing

Alexandre Desplat conductor
London Symphony Orchestra

From The King’s Speech to the final adventures of Harry Potter, the LSO celebrates the wonderfully immersive music of one of Hollywood’s most sought-after film composers with a selection of his favourite scores, introduced and conducted by Alexandre Desplat himself.

The LSO and Desplat have collaborated closely in recent years, recording scores for films such as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Parts I & II, Zero Dark Thirty, Philomena, Rise of the Guardians, The Queen, The Ides of March and The Monuments Men.

Programme to include music from:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
The King's Speech
The Queen
Philomena
Twilight: New Moon
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Godzilla
The Ghost Writer
Ides of March
Birth
Moonrise Kingdom
The Grand Budapest Hotel


Alexandre Desplat : Various

12 May



United Kingdom
 Friday, December 12, 2014 at 8.00pm 
KWARTLUDIUM WITH SCANNER
Spitalfields Festival
London
United Kingdom

Scanner electronics
Kwartludium

Our 2013 Associate Artist and electronic musician Scanner returns to Spitalfields with leading avant-garde Polish ensemble Kwartludium.

Instrumental quartet Kwartludium has built a reputation for presenting striking new music across Europe. In this rare London visit they, collaborate with Scanner to explore part improvised works that respond to visual scores. Wild, dynamic and exhilarating, you can expect an evening of shifting moods and dangerous interaction.



Jerzy Kornowicz : Gullfoss
Carl Bergstrom-Nielsen : Strategies 3
Aleksandra Gryka : Shapes and sizes
Kwartludium & Scanner : Open form based on collective improvisation

12 May



Netherlands
 Friday, December 12, 2014 at 20.15 
Concertgebouw Orchestra and David Robertson: It's about time...
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
Het Concertgebouw, Concertgebouwplein 2-7, 1071 LN Amsterdam
Netherlands
http://www.concertgebouw.nl

Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest
David Robertson (dirigent)
Sally Matthews (sopraan)



Charles Ives : The Unanswered Question
Luc Brewaeys : Zesde symfonie
Claude Debussy : Recit. et air de Lia (uit 'L'enfant prodigue', L. 57)
Henri Dutilleux : Le temps l'horloge
Olivier Messiaen : L'Ascension, I/12b

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