Musicians of Tomorrow

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London Sinfonietta The London Sinfonietta’s mission is to place the best contemporary classical music at the heart of today’s culture; engaging and challenging the public through inspiring performances of the highest standard, and taking risks to develop new work and talent. Founded in 1968, the ensemble’s commitment to making new music has seen it commission over 300 works, and premiere many hundreds more. Resident at Southbank Centre with a busy touring schedule across the UK and abroad, its core is 18 Principal Players, representing some of the best solo and ensemble musicians in the world. The group also works with talented emerging players, to ensure the unique expertise of its Principals is passed on to the next generation of performers.

Musicians of Tomorrow London Sinfonietta Academy final performance Platform Theatre, Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design Sunday 13 July 3pm

Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen OG Rune Glerup Divertimento Tansy Davies Iris

Helen Tunstall * harp John Constable * piano

INTERVAL

Philippa Davies flute Gareth Hulse * oboe Joseph Sanders oboe Mark van de Wiel * clarinet John Orford * bassoon Julie Andrews bassoon Simon Haram * saxophone Michael Thompson * horn

Supported by Michael Conroy

Richard Causton Untitled 2014 John Woolrich After the Clock Iannis Xenakis Jalons

Supported by Belinda Matthews

Hal Hutchison Concerts Manager Lesley Wynne Orchestra Personnel Manager Tina Speed Participation and Learning Manager Shoubhik Bandopadhyay Participation and Learning Assistant Mark Prentice-Whitney Projects Assistant

Michael Cox * flute Supported by Michael and Patricia McLaren-Turner

Anna Douglass horn Alistair Mackie * trumpet Byron Fulcher * trombone Douglas Coleman trombone Stephen Bryant violin Joan Atherton * violin Paul Silverthorne * viola Supported by Nick and Claire Prettejohn

Lionel Handy cello Enno Senft * double bass Supported by Anthony Mackintosh

Markus van Horn double bass

Elizabeth Burley piano David Hockings * percussion Sam Walton percussion Serge Vuille percussion

David Rowden Sydney Omega Ensemble Central Saint Martins Team Ged Matthews Ned Lay Maria Kearney Stefan Sloneczny

London Sinfonietta Academy Charlotte Ashton flute/piccolo Helena Gourd flute/piccolo Helen Clinton oboe Gregory Hearle clarinet/bass Elaine Ruby clarinet/bass/contra Sophie Robertshaw bassoon/contra Jemima Oosthuizen bassoon/contra Victoria Puttock saxophone # Jonathan Farey horn Anna Drysdale horn Toby Street trumpet Ryan Hume trombone Ray Hearne tuba

Pierre-André Valade conductor

* London Sinfonietta Principal Player

Zanete Uskane violin Tanya Sweiry violin Alistair Vennart viola Andrew Power cello James Kenny double bass Mary Reid harp Niklas Duckworth piano Daniel Chappell piano/celeste Joe Richards percussion Jude Carlton percussion Kerem Hasan conductor Jack Ridley conductor Oliver Zeffman conductor # solo in Iris by Tansy Davies

The London Sinfonietta performs with the support of Arts Council England, the PRS for Music Foundation and the John Ellerman Foundation, and is grateful for the vision and investment of many other individuals and trusts and foundations who make their work possible. The London Sinfonietta Academy is supported by The Leverhulme Trust’s Arts Scholarships Grant, The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, The Dunard Fund and Help Musicians UK.

The London Sinfonietta Academy is an unparalleled opportunity for emerging players and conductors to train in performing new music with some of the finest contemporary classical musicians. Now in its sixth year, the Academy consists of a week of rehearsals, workshops and masterclasses culminating in a concert performance. The participants work side-by-side with London Sinfonietta Principal Players throughout the week, led by conductor Pierre-André Valade. The Academy is the foremost route into our Emerging Artists Programme – an opportunity for the next generation of exceptional contemporary classical musicians to become part of the working life of the ensemble. Find out more: londonsinfonietta.org.uk/london-sinfonietta-academy

Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen OG OG was composed for the 200th birthday of Søren Kierkegaard in 2013. Kierkegaard’s special interest in the music of Mozart – in particular the opera Don Juan – is reflected in the music of OG. The title refers to S.K’s book entitled Enten Eller (Either Or), a title I initially wanted to comment on by using for my title And Also (or: Both… And I As Well As) – but eventually I found that too “corny” and all that remained was the word OG (“and”). The word “og” is also used in mathematics, in addition, which is one of the principles used in the composition. © Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen A unique personality in Danish musical life and the most grotesquely humorous of the large generation of Danish composers born in the inter-war years, Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (b.1932) was, like his contemporary colleagues, preoccupied at an early stage with Stravinsky, Bartók and Hindemith, but from about 1960 plunged into experiments with serialism. He was among the Danish composers who, at the end of the sixties, rejected the serialist techniques in favour of a "new simplicity". After this, his music was typified by repetitions, not in the minimalist sense, but as absurdist provocation. Some of the many influences in his music that can be mentioned at random are Baroque music, Pygmy music, jazz, plainchant, the sounds of everyday life and sheer noise - and to a very great extent the master of the absurd, the author Samuel Beckett. Gudmundsen-Holmgreen's output is large. Among his orchestral works are the award-winning Symfoni - Antifoni, his Concerto Grosso for string quartet and orchestra, and his Cello Concerto. © Dacapo Records


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