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Paul Hillier conductor
Theatre of Voices
Sound Intermedia
The London Sinfonietta join forces with Denmark's Theatre of Voices and conductor Paul Hillier to perform a portrait concert of Danish composer Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, one of the key musical figures in Denmark of the New Simplicity movement during the 1970s. Since then, Gudmundsen-Holmgreen’s music has often consisted of simple, clearly defined, richly contrasting – sometimes grotesque – objects that intertwine along independent paths. The world premiere of Run, plus Scandanavian premieres of Play and Company will feature.
Tickets: Free Ivan Hewett presenter
Patricia Bardon mezzo-soprano*
Matthias Pintscher conductor
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Marking Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho's 60th birthday, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra presents the UK Premiere of her song cycle, Adriana Songs. Derived from music written for her operatic heroine, the songs confront the personal horrors of war through haunting music of barely contained violence and great imagination.
The concert also includes music from her compatriot Magnus Lindberg, praised by the New York Times for its ‘wondrous sounds' and Johannes Maria Staud's response to the Polish writer and artist Bruno Schultz. Matthias Pintscher, the BBC SSO's Artist-in-Association, conducts.
In celebration of Edwin Roxburgh’s 75th Birthday (6 October 2012), David Takeno, Eugene Ysaÿe International Chair of the Violin at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, has commissioned a new work from the composer: this will be its world première performance.
Schumann’s late Märchenbilder (Fairy tale pictures) and Hindemith’s first viola Sonata Op. 11 No. 4 are two masterpieces of the viola repertoire. Rachmaninov’s beloved cello sonata concludes the programme, in a version for viola and piano made by the great Russian violist Vadim Borisovsky.
Syrian born pianist Riyad Nicolas is one of the most exciting young musicians to emerge from the Middle East. He is joined in this showcase of artists chosen by the Tillett Trust for its Young Artists Platform scheme 2012, by clarinettist Mark Simpson, first ever winner in 2006 of both the BBC Young Musician and BBC Proms/Guardian Young Composer Competitions in the same year; and by British pianist Mishka Rushdie Momen, one-time pupil of Imogen Cooper and now a postgraduate student at the GSMD.
Tickets: £12 (£10 concessions) The Impromptu String Quartet
Denise Alonzo (soprano)
Clare Thorn (trumpet)
Elizabeth Challenger (piano)
A journey through pain, love, light and triumph. Exciting combinations of strings, soprano, trumpet and piano. Contemporary meets the sublime elegance of the Baroque illuminated by Spanish fire.
Tickets: £25 - 35 Aphex Twin
The Heritage Orchestra and Choir
We are excited to announce a one-off evening of music from the most influential electronic musician of his generation, with assistance from The Heritage Orchestra and Choir.
The show will include the first UK performance of Aphex Twin's groundbreaking Remote Orchestra concept, plus 'Interactive Tuned Feedback Pendulum Array' - a piece which expands on Steve Reich's 'Pendulum Music' - and more.
First developed last year for the European Culture Congress in Poland, the Remote Orchestra performance sees Aphex Twin conducting a 28-piece string section and a 12-strong choir by remote control.