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21 May
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22 May
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 7:45PM
In Portrait: Luke Bedford
Purcell Room, Southbank Centre
SE1 8XX
United Kingdom
0844 875 0073
http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/
Tickets: £15
Presented by the London Sinfonietta.
Sian Edwards conductor
Luke Bedford has fast become one of the most important composers of his generation, in part on the evidence of past work for the London Sinfonietta. This new ensemble composition is a major 25-minute work, which will be performed for a second time after the interval to give the rare instant second chance for an audience to get to know this brand-new composition. The programme also includes an ensemble arrangement of the 2011 double-soloist and string ensemble composition Wonderful Two-Headed Nightingale, and music by Gérard Grisey, whose music holds a fascination for Bedford.
Luke Bedford's new work is commisioned by the London Sinfonietta with the generous support of Michael and Patricia McLaren-Turner.
Luke Bedford : Wonderful No-Headed Nightingale (UK premiere of ensemble version)
Gérard Grisey : Périodes from Les Espaces Acoustiques
Luke Bedford : Renewal
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23 May
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 7.30pm
Helen Grime New work
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Lower Mosley Road
United Kingdom
44 (0) 161 907 9000
http://www.halle.co.uk/publishedSite/aidsdayconcert.asp
box@bridgewater-hall.co.uk
Tickets: £36-£10 £3 student tickets available
The Hallé
Sir Mark Elder conductor | Paul Lewis piano
Paul Lewis is internationally recognised as one of the leading pianists of his generation. An acclaimed interpreter of the classical repertoire, here he performs Mozart’s exquisite A major concerto. Although clouds occasionally darken the Mozartian sky, the work is largely a sunny affair, particularly its ebullient finale.
The concert begins with a new piece by the Hallé’s Associate Composer Helen Grime, while after the interval Sir Mark conducts Mahler’s First Symphony. This remarkable work begins with bird-calls and distant military fanfares before proceeding via a wonderfully rustic Ländler and an evocation of a Jewish funeral to its inspirational, life-affirming conclusion.
Helen Grime : New work
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Piano Concerto No.23, K488
Gustav Mahler : Symphony No.1
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25 May
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Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 7.30
Wolfgang Rihm, Mahler and Shostakovich
Barbican Hall, London
Barbican, Silk Street, London EC2
United Kingdom
020 7638 8891
http://www.barbican.org.uk/eticketing
Tickets: £30 £25 £20 £15 £10
BBCSO
Ingo Metzmacher conductor
Johan Reuter baritone
High, gleaming sonorities and a sense of enchantment link Wolfgang Rihm’s new piece with Mahler’s beguiling songs from the magical folktae collection, Des Knaben Wunderhorn, sung by the much sought-after Danish baritone Johan Reuter. Songs of a very different kind permeate Shostakovich’s dramatic 11th symphony, an almost cinematic evocation of the 1905 Revolution. The composer wove nine popular revolutionary songs into his dramatic portrayal, with its ominous, icy opening and terrifying Bloody Sunday massacre during which 1,000 workers were gunned down. Shostakovich chose the dark-toned violas for his poignant lament for the dead, before a tumultuous finale that whips up an urgent fervour for justice.
Wolfgang Rihm : Nähe-fern-1
Gustav Mahler : Songs from “Des Knaben Wunderhorn”
Dmitri Shostakovich : Symphony No. 11
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28 May
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at 7.30pm
CBSO A BOY WAS BORN: NELSONS CONDUCTS BRITTEN’S WAR REQUIEM
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
Tickets: £10 - £55
ndris Nelsons conductor
Kristine Opolais soprano
Mark Padmore tenor
Hanno Müller-Brachmann baritone
CBSO Chorus, CBSO Youth Chorus and CBSO Children’s Chorus
“My subject is War, and the pity of War.” Benjamin Britten composed his War Requiem for the new Coventry Cathedral, but it’s become one of the defining achievements of modern music, a timeless and profoundly moving exploration of man’s inhumanity to man. The CBSO gave its world premiere: this music is in our blood, and every performance is special to us. Be there as Andris Nelsons and an international team of soloists bring this deeply personal masterpiece to Symphony Hall before taking the work on tour.
6.15pm Pre-concert talk: Britten: War Requiem – CBSO Chorus Director Simon Halsey shares his experience of Britten’s choral masterpiece.
Benjamin Britten : War Requiem
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