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All the latest news on concerts and events in the Curious? e-newsletter Join the London Sinfonietta’s Curious? student scheme and experience new music with open ears.

New music is not always easy listening.

It can be exciting, unsettling and 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.

ONLY GOT £5 IN YOUR POCKET?

WANT TO DISCOVER NEW MUSIC?

Opportunities to meet composers and London Sinfonietta players Access to exclusive post-concert bars at Southbank Centre £5 tickets to London Sinfonietta events across the season Sign up for free and you’ll get:

SIGN UP TODAY EMAIL US

2014/15 EVENTS

Email curious@londonsinfonietta.org.uk with your:

ROMITELLI: AN INDEX OF METALS

Full name

Wednesday 8 October, Queen Elizabeth Hall

Email address

BIRTWISTLE: A CELEBRATION

Postcode University Year of graduation Or visit londonsinfonietta.org.uk/curious? for more information

DON’T FORGET TO KEEP IN TOUCH @Ldn_Sinfonietta facebook.com/londonsinfonietta londonsinfonietta.wordpress.com londonsinfonietta.org.uk London Sinfonietta Kings Place, 90 York Way London, N1 9AG curious@londonsinfonietta.org.uk T 020 7239 9340 F 020 7239 9369

Friday 5 December, Queen Elizabeth Hall

ALTERNATIVE VISIONS Wednesday 10 December, BFI Southbank

DILLON: STABAT MATER DOLOROSA Wednesday 21 January, Queen Elizabeth Hall

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*

NOTES TO A NEW GOVERNMENT Saturday 9 May, Queen Elizabeth Hall* *On sale date to be announced

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STUDENTS: BE INQUISITIVE AND DISCOVER NEW MUSIC FOR £5

BOOKING INFORMATION Southbank Centre 0844 847 9940 / southbankcentre.co.uk There are also £6.50 under-26 tickets available for all our Southbank Centre events.

BFI Southbank 020 7928 3232 / bfi.org.uk

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All the latest news on concerts and events in the Curious? e-newsletter

WANT TO DISCOVER NEW MUSIC?

ONLY GOT £5 IN YOUR POCKET?

New music is not always easy listening.

It can be exciting, unsettling and 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.

Join the London Sinfonietta’s Curious? student scheme and experience new music with open ears.

Opportunities to meet composers and London Sinfonietta players Access to exclusive post-concert bars at Southbank Centre £5 tickets to London Sinfonietta events across the season Sign up for free and you’ll get:

SIGN UP TODAY ROMITELLI: AN INDEX OF METALS

Email curious@londonsinfonietta.org.uk with your:

2014/15 EVENTS

EMAIL US

BIRTWISTLE: A CELEBRATION

Email address

Wednesday 8 October, Queen Elizabeth Hall

Full name

Friday 5 December, Queen Elizabeth Hall

Postcode

ALTERNATIVE VISIONS

University

Wednesday 10 December, BFI Southbank

Year of graduation

DILLON: STABAT MATER DOLOROSA Wednesday 21 January, Queen Elizabeth Hall

Or visit londonsinfonietta.org.uk/curious? for more information

SPECTRUMS OF SOUND: PART 1 Friday 27 February, Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall*

DON’T FORGET TO KEEP IN TOUCH

SPECTRUMS OF SOUND: PART 2 Saturday 28 March, Queen Elizabeth Hall*

@Ldn_Sinfonietta

NOTES TO A NEW GOVERNMENT

facebook.com/londonsinfonietta

Saturday 9 May, Queen Elizabeth Hall*

londonsinfonietta.wordpress.com

*On sale date to be announced

londonsinfonietta.org.uk

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CURIOUS?

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STUDENTS: BE INQUISITIVE AND DISCOVER NEW MUSIC FOR £5

BOOKING INFORMATION Southbank Centre 0844 847 9940 / southbankcentre.co.uk

London Sinfonietta Kings Place, 90 York Way London, N1 9AG

There are also £6.50 under-26 tickets available for all our Southbank Centre events.

curious@londonsinfonietta.org.uk T 020 7239 9340 F 020 7239 9369

BFI Southbank 020 7928 3232 / bfi.org.uk

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All the latest news on concerts and events in the Curious? e-newsletter

WANT TO DISCOVER NEW MUSIC?

ONLY GOT £5 IN YOUR POCKET?

New music is not always easy listening.

It can be exciting, unsettling and 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.

Join the London Sinfonietta’s Curious? student scheme and experience new music with open ears.

Opportunities to meet composers and London Sinfonietta players Access to exclusive post-concert bars at Southbank Centre £5 tickets to London Sinfonietta events across the season Sign up for free and you’ll get:

SIGN UP TODAY ROMITELLI: AN INDEX OF METALS

Email curious@londonsinfonietta.org.uk with your:

2014/15 EVENTS

EMAIL US

BIRTWISTLE: A CELEBRATION

Email address

Wednesday 8 October, Queen Elizabeth Hall

Full name

Friday 5 December, Queen Elizabeth Hall

Postcode

ALTERNATIVE VISIONS

University

Wednesday 10 December, BFI Southbank

Year of graduation

DILLON: STABAT MATER DOLOROSA Wednesday 21 January, Queen Elizabeth Hall

Or visit londonsinfonietta.org.uk/curious? for more information

SPECTRUMS OF SOUND: PART 1 Friday 27 February, Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall*

DON’T FORGET TO KEEP IN TOUCH

SPECTRUMS OF SOUND: PART 2 Saturday 28 March, Queen Elizabeth Hall*

@Ldn_Sinfonietta

NOTES TO A NEW GOVERNMENT

facebook.com/londonsinfonietta

Saturday 9 May, Queen Elizabeth Hall*

londonsinfonietta.wordpress.com

*On sale date to be announced

londonsinfonietta.org.uk

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CURIOUS?

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STUDENTS: BE INQUISITIVE AND DISCOVER NEW MUSIC FOR £5

BOOKING INFORMATION Southbank Centre 0844 847 9940 / southbankcentre.co.uk

London Sinfonietta Kings Place, 90 York Way London, N1 9AG

There are also £6.50 under-26 tickets available for all our Southbank Centre events.

curious@londonsinfonietta.org.uk T 020 7239 9340 F 020 7239 9369

BFI Southbank 020 7928 3232 / bfi.org.uk

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BIRTWISTLE: A CELEBRATION

ROMITELLI: AN INDEX OF METALS

A LIFETIME ON THE EDGE

A TRANCE OF LIGHT AND SOUND In the final months before his death at the age of just 41, Romitelli fulfilled a lifetime ambition: to create ‘an experience of total perception, plunging the spectator into a magma of sounds, shapes and colours’. Like the light shows of the 1960s or today’s rave-culture, Romitelli’s work thrusts you into a psychedelic new landscape where your every sense is heightened. Combining an ensemble and singer with electronic distortion, three video screens, a light show and surround sound, this is opera as you’ve never known it. #indexofmetals

André de Ridder conductor Hila Plitmann mezzo soprano Paolo Pachini video art Leonardo Romoli video art Tony Simpson lighting Sound Intermedia sound projection

No other composer has 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 give the world premiere of a partner piece to Virelai. Join us for the celebration.

Images: stills from An Index of Metals video art. © Paolo Pachini & Leonardo Romoli

#birtwistlebirthday

Wednesday 8 October 2014 at 8pm Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre Fausto Romitelli An Index of Metals (London premiere)

Friday 5 December 2014 at 7.30pm Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre Harrison Birtwistle New Work (world premiere of London Sinfonietta commission); Virelai; In Broken Images*^; Theseus Game^ Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble* David Atherton conductor Geoffrey Paterson conductor^ Part of Southbank Centre’s festival In Broken Images: The Music of Sir Harrison Birtwistle.

Image: a silk shawl created by Halcyon Days featuring a portrait of Sir Harrison Birtwistle by his son, artist Adam Birtwistle.

READ MORE Our blog at londonsinfonietta.wordpress.com is a space to discover more about the new music we’re playing this season.

LONDON SINFONIETTA TRAVELS Have a nose at what our musicians get up to on tour.

(UN)EASY LISTENING Understand more about the unique, and sometimes challenging, music we’re performing. Audio-illustrated articles come courtesy of Philip Cashian (Head of Composition at the Royal Academy of Music).

THIS IS_ Their highs, their lows and their best musical joke. Discover the people behind the music in our quick-fire composer Q&As.

HEAR MORE

NEW MUSIC

ALTERNATIVE VISIONS

Also on our blog, hear what’s in the head of composers writing today as we share their ipod playlists.

WATCH MORE Catch a glimpse into the working life of the emerging composers we’ve commissioned at youtube.com/londonsinfonietta/videos

WHAT DO YOU HEAR? Tell us in a tweet: @Ldn_Sinfonietta Find us on Facebook: facebook.com/londonsinfonietta Comment on our blog: londonsinfonietta.wordpress.com

Wednesday 10 December 2014 at 6.30pm NFT3, BFI Southbank On sale Tuesday 4 November 2014

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. Like an alternate universe silent movie, the world-renowned London Sinfonietta players will accompany all five films live in the cinema.

New solo instrument compositions by Luke Styles, Christopher Mayo, Benjamin Oliver, Jacob ThompsonBell and Deborah Pritchard. New films created by students on the Performance Design and Practice course led by Michael Spencer at Central Saint Martins.

#bluetouchpaper

Part of BFI Southbank’s Sonic Cinema strand.

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

I felt opened up to a whole new musical experience and it was not a bit how I imagined.

Isadora, Londonist blog reader

Haas’ in vain and @Ldn_Sinfonietta: like nothing I’ve heard before.

Jumped out of my skin when that gong was struck in the dark. @ey0k1

The London Sinfonietta, under the great Emilio Pomàrico, played with an intensity and conviction scarcely less astonishing than the music itself. ***** The Guardian

Black Box Music by @Ldn_Sinfonietta was potentially the most mental & brilliant thing I’ve seen in a while. Especially the finale. @antonia_berg

TAKE PART

A BLUE TOUCH PAPER EVENT

The London Sinfonietta’s commitment to contemporary repertoire continues to pay off; where other ensembles focus heavily on meeting the technical challenges, London Sinfonietta go much further, getting to the heart of the music. **** Bachtrack

BIRTWISTLE: A CELEBRATION

ROMITELLI: AN INDEX OF METALS

A LIFETIME ON THE EDGE

A TRANCE OF LIGHT AND SOUND In the final months before his death at the age of just 41, Romitelli fulfilled a lifetime ambition: to create ‘an experience of total perception, plunging the spectator into a magma of sounds, shapes and colours’. Like the light shows of the 1960s or today’s rave-culture, Romitelli’s work thrusts you into a psychedelic new landscape where your every sense is heightened. Combining an ensemble and singer with electronic distortion, three video screens, a light show and surround sound, this is opera as you’ve never known it. #indexofmetals

André de Ridder conductor Hila Plitmann mezzo soprano Paolo Pachini video art Leonardo Romoli video art Tony Simpson lighting Sound Intermedia sound projection

No other composer has 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 give the world premiere of a partner piece to Virelai. Join us for the celebration.

Images: stills from An Index of Metals video art. © Paolo Pachini & Leonardo Romoli

#birtwistlebirthday

Wednesday 8 October 2014 at 8pm Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre Fausto Romitelli An Index of Metals (London premiere)

Friday 5 December 2014 at 7.30pm Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre Harrison Birtwistle New Work (world premiere of London Sinfonietta commission); Virelai; In Broken Images*^; Theseus Game^ Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble* David Atherton conductor Geoffrey Paterson conductor^ Part of Southbank Centre’s festival In Broken Images: The Music of Sir Harrison Birtwistle.

Image: a silk shawl created by Halcyon Days featuring a portrait of Sir Harrison Birtwistle by his son, artist Adam Birtwistle.

READ MORE Our blog at londonsinfonietta.wordpress.com is a space to discover more about the new music we’re playing this season.

LONDON SINFONIETTA TRAVELS Have a nose at what our musicians get up to on tour.

(UN)EASY LISTENING Understand more about the unique, and sometimes challenging, music we’re performing. Audio-illustrated articles come courtesy of Philip Cashian (Head of Composition at the Royal Academy of Music).

THIS IS_ Their highs, their lows and their best musical joke. Discover the people behind the music in our quick-fire composer Q&As.

HEAR MORE

NEW MUSIC

ALTERNATIVE VISIONS

Also on our blog, hear what’s in the head of composers writing today as we share their ipod playlists.

WATCH MORE Catch a glimpse into the working life of the emerging composers we’ve commissioned at youtube.com/londonsinfonietta/videos

WHAT DO YOU HEAR? Tell us in a tweet: @Ldn_Sinfonietta Find us on Facebook: facebook.com/londonsinfonietta Comment on our blog: londonsinfonietta.wordpress.com

Wednesday 10 December 2014 at 6.30pm NFT3, BFI Southbank On sale Tuesday 4 November 2014

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. Like an alternate universe silent movie, the world-renowned London Sinfonietta players will accompany all five films live in the cinema.

New solo instrument compositions by Luke Styles, Christopher Mayo, Benjamin Oliver, Jacob ThompsonBell and Deborah Pritchard. New films created by students on the Performance Design and Practice course led by Michael Spencer at Central Saint Martins.

#bluetouchpaper

Part of BFI Southbank’s Sonic Cinema strand.

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

I felt opened up to a whole new musical experience and it was not a bit how I imagined.

Isadora, Londonist blog reader

Haas’ in vain and @Ldn_Sinfonietta: like nothing I’ve heard before.

Jumped out of my skin when that gong was struck in the dark. @ey0k1

The London Sinfonietta, under the great Emilio Pomàrico, played with an intensity and conviction scarcely less astonishing than the music itself. ***** The Guardian

Black Box Music by @Ldn_Sinfonietta was potentially the most mental & brilliant thing I’ve seen in a while. Especially the finale. @antonia_berg

TAKE PART

A BLUE TOUCH PAPER EVENT

The London Sinfonietta’s commitment to contemporary repertoire continues to pay off; where other ensembles focus heavily on meeting the technical challenges, London Sinfonietta go much further, getting to the heart of the music. **** Bachtrack

BIRTWISTLE: A CELEBRATION

ROMITELLI: AN INDEX OF METALS

A LIFETIME ON THE EDGE

A TRANCE OF LIGHT AND SOUND In the final months before his death at the age of just 41, Romitelli fulfilled a lifetime ambition: to create ‘an experience of total perception, plunging the spectator into a magma of sounds, shapes and colours’. Like the light shows of the 1960s or today’s rave-culture, Romitelli’s work thrusts you into a psychedelic new landscape where your every sense is heightened. Combining an ensemble and singer with electronic distortion, three video screens, a light show and surround sound, this is opera as you’ve never known it. #indexofmetals

André de Ridder conductor Hila Plitmann mezzo soprano Paolo Pachini video art Leonardo Romoli video art Tony Simpson lighting Sound Intermedia sound projection

No other composer has 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 give the world premiere of a partner piece to Virelai. Join us for the celebration.

Images: stills from An Index of Metals video art. © Paolo Pachini & Leonardo Romoli

#birtwistlebirthday

Wednesday 8 October 2014 at 8pm Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre Fausto Romitelli An Index of Metals (London premiere)

Friday 5 December 2014 at 7.30pm Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre Harrison Birtwistle New Work (world premiere of London Sinfonietta commission); Virelai; In Broken Images*^; Theseus Game^ Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble* David Atherton conductor Geoffrey Paterson conductor^ Part of Southbank Centre’s festival In Broken Images: The Music of Sir Harrison Birtwistle.

Image: a silk shawl created by Halcyon Days featuring a portrait of Sir Harrison Birtwistle by his son, artist Adam Birtwistle.

READ MORE Our blog at londonsinfonietta.wordpress.com is a space to discover more about the new music we’re playing this season.

LONDON SINFONIETTA TRAVELS Have a nose at what our musicians get up to on tour.

(UN)EASY LISTENING Understand more about the unique, and sometimes challenging, music we’re performing. Audio-illustrated articles come courtesy of Philip Cashian (Head of Composition at the Royal Academy of Music).

THIS IS_ Their highs, their lows and their best musical joke. Discover the people behind the music in our quick-fire composer Q&As.

HEAR MORE

NEW MUSIC

ALTERNATIVE VISIONS

Also on our blog, hear what’s in the head of composers writing today as we share their ipod playlists.

WATCH MORE Catch a glimpse into the working life of the emerging composers we’ve commissioned at youtube.com/londonsinfonietta/videos

WHAT DO YOU HEAR? Tell us in a tweet: @Ldn_Sinfonietta Find us on Facebook: facebook.com/londonsinfonietta Comment on our blog: londonsinfonietta.wordpress.com

Wednesday 10 December 2014 at 6.30pm NFT3, BFI Southbank On sale Tuesday 4 November 2014

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. Like an alternate universe silent movie, the world-renowned London Sinfonietta players will accompany all five films live in the cinema.

New solo instrument compositions by Luke Styles, Christopher Mayo, Benjamin Oliver, Jacob ThompsonBell and Deborah Pritchard. New films created by students on the Performance Design and Practice course led by Michael Spencer at Central Saint Martins.

#bluetouchpaper

Part of BFI Southbank’s Sonic Cinema strand.

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

I felt opened up to a whole new musical experience and it was not a bit how I imagined.

Isadora, Londonist blog reader

Haas’ in vain and @Ldn_Sinfonietta: like nothing I’ve heard before.

Jumped out of my skin when that gong was struck in the dark. @ey0k1

The London Sinfonietta, under the great Emilio Pomàrico, played with an intensity and conviction scarcely less astonishing than the music itself. ***** The Guardian

Black Box Music by @Ldn_Sinfonietta was potentially the most mental & brilliant thing I’ve seen in a while. Especially the finale. @antonia_berg

TAKE PART

A BLUE TOUCH PAPER EVENT

The London Sinfonietta’s commitment to contemporary repertoire continues to pay off; where other ensembles focus heavily on meeting the technical challenges, London Sinfonietta go much further, getting to the heart of the music. **** Bachtrack

BIRTWISTLE: A CELEBRATION

ROMITELLI: AN INDEX OF METALS

A LIFETIME ON THE EDGE

A TRANCE OF LIGHT AND SOUND In the final months before his death at the age of just 41, Romitelli fulfilled a lifetime ambition: to create ‘an experience of total perception, plunging the spectator into a magma of sounds, shapes and colours’. Like the light shows of the 1960s or today’s rave-culture, Romitelli’s work thrusts you into a psychedelic new landscape where your every sense is heightened. Combining an ensemble and singer with electronic distortion, three video screens, a light show and surround sound, this is opera as you’ve never known it. #indexofmetals

André de Ridder conductor Hila Plitmann mezzo soprano Paolo Pachini video art Leonardo Romoli video art Tony Simpson lighting Sound Intermedia sound projection

No other composer has 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 give the world premiere of a partner piece to Virelai. Join us for the celebration.

Images: stills from An Index of Metals video art. © Paolo Pachini & Leonardo Romoli

#birtwistlebirthday

Wednesday 8 October 2014 at 8pm Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre Fausto Romitelli An Index of Metals (London premiere)

Friday 5 December 2014 at 7.30pm Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre Harrison Birtwistle New Work (world premiere of London Sinfonietta commission); Virelai; In Broken Images*^; Theseus Game^ Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble* David Atherton conductor Geoffrey Paterson conductor^ Part of Southbank Centre’s festival In Broken Images: The Music of Sir Harrison Birtwistle.

Image: a silk shawl created by Halcyon Days featuring a portrait of Sir Harrison Birtwistle by his son, artist Adam Birtwistle.

READ MORE Our blog at londonsinfonietta.wordpress.com is a space to discover more about the new music we’re playing this season.

LONDON SINFONIETTA TRAVELS Have a nose at what our musicians get up to on tour.

(UN)EASY LISTENING Understand more about the unique, and sometimes challenging, music we’re performing. Audio-illustrated articles come courtesy of Philip Cashian (Head of Composition at the Royal Academy of Music).

THIS IS_ Their highs, their lows and their best musical joke. Discover the people behind the music in our quick-fire composer Q&As.

HEAR MORE

NEW MUSIC

ALTERNATIVE VISIONS

Also on our blog, hear what’s in the head of composers writing today as we share their ipod playlists.

WATCH MORE Catch a glimpse into the working life of the emerging composers we’ve commissioned at youtube.com/londonsinfonietta/videos

WHAT DO YOU HEAR? Tell us in a tweet: @Ldn_Sinfonietta Find us on Facebook: facebook.com/londonsinfonietta Comment on our blog: londonsinfonietta.wordpress.com

Wednesday 10 December 2014 at 6.30pm NFT3, BFI Southbank On sale Tuesday 4 November 2014

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. Like an alternate universe silent movie, the world-renowned London Sinfonietta players will accompany all five films live in the cinema.

New solo instrument compositions by Luke Styles, Christopher Mayo, Benjamin Oliver, Jacob ThompsonBell and Deborah Pritchard. New films created by students on the Performance Design and Practice course led by Michael Spencer at Central Saint Martins.

#bluetouchpaper

Part of BFI Southbank’s Sonic Cinema strand.

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

I felt opened up to a whole new musical experience and it was not a bit how I imagined.

Isadora, Londonist blog reader

Haas’ in vain and @Ldn_Sinfonietta: like nothing I’ve heard before.

Jumped out of my skin when that gong was struck in the dark. @ey0k1

The London Sinfonietta, under the great Emilio Pomàrico, played with an intensity and conviction scarcely less astonishing than the music itself. ***** The Guardian

Black Box Music by @Ldn_Sinfonietta was potentially the most mental & brilliant thing I’ve seen in a while. Especially the finale. @antonia_berg

TAKE PART

A BLUE TOUCH PAPER EVENT

The London Sinfonietta’s commitment to contemporary repertoire continues to pay off; where other ensembles focus heavily on meeting the technical challenges, London Sinfonietta go much further, getting to the heart of the music. **** Bachtrack

All the latest news on concerts and events in the Curious? e-newsletter Join the London Sinfonietta’s Curious? student scheme and experience new music with open ears.

New music is not always easy listening.

It can be exciting, unsettling and 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.

ONLY GOT £5 IN YOUR POCKET?

WANT TO DISCOVER NEW MUSIC?

Opportunities to meet composers and London Sinfonietta players Access to exclusive post-concert bars at Southbank Centre £5 tickets to London Sinfonietta events across the season Sign up for free and you’ll get:

SIGN UP TODAY EMAIL US

2014/15 EVENTS

Email curious@londonsinfonietta.org.uk with your:

ROMITELLI: AN INDEX OF METALS

Full name

Wednesday 8 October, Queen Elizabeth Hall

Email address

BIRTWISTLE: A CELEBRATION

Postcode University Year of graduation Or visit londonsinfonietta.org.uk/curious? for more information

DON’T FORGET TO KEEP IN TOUCH @Ldn_Sinfonietta facebook.com/londonsinfonietta londonsinfonietta.wordpress.com londonsinfonietta.org.uk London Sinfonietta Kings Place, 90 York Way London, N1 9AG curious@londonsinfonietta.org.uk T 020 7239 9340 F 020 7239 9369

Friday 5 December, Queen Elizabeth Hall

ALTERNATIVE VISIONS Wednesday 10 December, BFI Southbank

DILLON: STABAT MATER DOLOROSA Wednesday 21 January, Queen Elizabeth Hall

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*

NOTES TO A NEW GOVERNMENT Saturday 9 May, Queen Elizabeth Hall* *On sale date to be announced

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CURIOUS?

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STUDENTS: BE INQUISITIVE AND DISCOVER NEW MUSIC FOR £5

BOOKING INFORMATION Southbank Centre 0844 847 9940 / southbankcentre.co.uk There are also £6.50 under-26 tickets available for all our Southbank Centre events.

BFI Southbank 020 7928 3232 / bfi.org.uk

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