New music is not always easy listening. It can be exciting, unsettling and yes, sometimes difficult. You don’t have to like it all. The best new music will make you reassess what you thought you knew about sound, and like all great art, that’s why it’s important. It challenges us not to settle for what we already know but to embrace ambiguity, be curious and discover new possibilities for what music can mean to us individually. Come to the London Sinfonietta’s events this season and be enthralled by some of the great music of our time.
Take Part in concerts for primary and secondary schools, and our annual London Sinfonietta Academy which trains the next generation of performers. Then there are open calls for the public (that’s you!) to join us and make new music. New Music commissioned by the London Sinfonietta includes a work by Sir Harrison Birtwistle to mark his 80th birthday and the special relationship he has had with us. Plus a range of new concert works and songs that are timed to coincide with the General Election of 2015 as messages to the new government. Events range from an inventive set of concerts and staged works, to our expanding series of Blue Touch Paper performances where we light the fuse of new work, with different art forms in alternative spaces.
NEW MUSIC IS NOT ALWAYS EASY LISTENING 2014/15 EVENTS ROMITELLI: AN INDEX OF METALS Wednesday 8 October, Queen Elizabeth Hall
BIRTWISTLE: A CELEBRATION Friday 5 December, Queen Elizabeth Hall
ALTERNATIVE VISIONS Wednesday 10 December, BFI Southbank
RILEY: IN C Saturday 10 January, Kings Place
DILLON: STABAT MATER DOLOROSA Wednesday 21 January, Queen Elizabeth Hall
REICH: IN PERSON Saturday 14 February, Kings Place
SPECTRUMS OF SOUND: PART 1 Friday 27 February, Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall*
SPECTRUMS OF SOUND: PART 2 Saturday 28 March, Queen Elizabeth Hall*
CHRISTIAN MARCLAY EXHIBITION Sunday 25 January - Sunday 12 April, White Cube Gallery*
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BOOKING INFORMATION Southbank Centre 0844 847 9940 southbankcentre.co.uk No transaction fees for Southbank Centre Members and Supporters, or in-person bookings. For online bookings: £1.75. For phone bookings: £2.75. £5 student tickets and £6.50 under-26 tickets are available for all our Southbank Centre events. Kings Place 020 7520 1490 kingsplace.co.uk Royal Opera House 020 7304 4000 roh.org.uk BFI Southbank 020 7928 3232 bfi.org.uk Transaction fee for non-member bookings: £1 per ticket. Aldeburgh 01728 687110 tickets.aldeburgh.co.uk
Wednesday 22, Friday 24 and Saturday 25 April, Linbury Studio Theatre at Royal Opera House*
Central Saint Martins Tickets sold via Eventbrite on the London Sinfonietta website
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Saturday 9 May, Queen Elizabeth Hall*
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BIRTWISTLE: THE CORRIDOR/THE CURE Friday 12, Sunday 14 and Monday 15 June, Snape Maltings* Thursday 18, Saturday 20, Monday 22, Wednesday 24, Friday 26 and Saturday 27 June, The Linbury Studio Theatre at Royal Opera House*
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Sunday 12 July, Platform Theatre at Central Saint Martins*
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