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Adventures in Sound Music Programme 2010/11 Welcome to the London Sinfonietta’s 2010/11 Music Programme with its diverse and stimulating selection of soundworlds from outstanding composers and musicians. We’ve suggested some routes through our concert season that you might wish to follow. You’ll probably discover many of your own adventures through our concerts, our participation work, our website and our recordings. We continue to innovate both on and off the concert platform – exciting collaborations and projects and new opportunities for young composers, musicians and promoters which will lead to new work from the next generation of artists. Our commissions for 2010/11 also add to our long tradition of creating music that becomes a central part of the repertoire. We are proud of our creative residency at Southbank Centre, and our headquarters at Kings Place. We rely on the vision of Arts Council England, companies, trusts and individuals who believe, like we do, that creating and performing new music is a vital part of society. We are grateful for their support. Andrew Burke Chief Executive London Sinfonietta: Winner RPS Music Award for Ensemble
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Visionary Music
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One Day
20.11.10 Matthew Herbert and the London Sinfonietta use the news to create an evening of unexpected drama and spring-loaded musicality.
Collisions
Collaborations produce unique art and music. A tour of the unexpected.
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Acting, film, surround sound and ensemble combine in a story of healing and redemption in war-torn Africa.
Celebration of Helmut Lachenmann in the presence of the composer. New techniques and new sounds.
Striking Soundworlds
Strange News
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Helmut Lachenmann Weekend
New techniques and unconventional writing. Distinctive sounds and extraordinary playing.
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Shimmering harmonies, percussive rhythms, virtuosic musical landscapes.
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REMIX
14 – 16.10.10 Three day festival of musical remixes. From Handel to Stravinsky via Adès, Benjamin and Birtwistle.
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In Portrait: Beat Furrer
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Beat Furrer, European composer and founder of Klangforum Wien. Energetic, engaging music.
Intersections
Combined energies of multiple artists and audience involvement. Contemporary classical music in context.
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Adès and Reich
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In Seven Days, video-ballet and piano concerto together with works by minimalist master Steve Reich. • p.4
Adès and Barry
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Adès conducts a quirky Gerald Barry world premiere plus music by himself, Berio and Nørgård.
Pavilions
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Celebration of the Festival of Britain. New London Sinfonietta commissions and opportunities to get involved.
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Xenakis: Architect of Sound
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Three Xenakis pieces for ensemble plus his blend of organic and electronic in La legénde d’Eer. • p.13
Chopped and Screwed
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Experimental pop rising stars Micachu and the Shapes and the London Sinfonietta in a unique 21st-century collaboration. • p.5
Louis Andriessen: Anaïs Nin/De Staat
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UK premiere of Anaïs Nin for singer, ensemble and film plus the large-scale De Staat. Dissonance, jazz and minimalism combined. 1
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Adès and Reich: A landmark tour of landmark music
Adès and Reich: London
Journey with us through the music of Thomas Adès, Louis Andriessen and Steve Reich in concerts at Southbank Centre and around the UK. Showcasing works that combine music, video and film projection, expect shimmering harmonies, percussive rhythms and virtuosic musical landscapes.
The London Sinfonietta and renowned musician Thomas Adès present concerts of Visionary Music at London’s Southbank Centre, Glasgow and Birmingham. From Adès through to Steve Reich, Gerald Barry and Luciano Berio, experience and get absorbed by captivating works from the leading lights of contemporary music.
Friday 18 February 2011, 7.30pm Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall
A London Sinfonietta production in collaboration with Sound and Music and Southbank Centre.
Thomas Adès’s In Seven Days was commissioned by Southbank Centre for the London Sinfonietta as part of celebrations to mark the reopening of Royal Festival Hall in 2007.
Steve Reich Tehillim Thomas Adès In Seven Days – Concerto for Piano with Moving Image Thomas Adès conductor Nicolas Hodges piano Synergy Vocals chorus Tal Rosner visuals (In Seven Days) Thomas Adès has long been at the forefront of contemporary classical music. This concert with the London Sinfonietta highlights not only his skill as a classical composer but as a collaborator. The piano concerto and video-ballet In Seven Days, based on the story of creation, is performed with visuals from Tal Rosner. The concert begins with Steve Reich’s rhythmic and pulsating setting of four psalms, Tehillim. Tickets £28, £22, £16, £12, £9 Phone 0844 847 9940 Online southbankcentre.co.uk
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Adès and Barry
Louis Andriessen: Anaïs Nin/De Staat
The London Sinfonietta is proud to be performing In Seven Days in two of the UK’s most important cities, extending its large-scale work to audiences beyond London.
Thursday 10 March 2011, 7.30pm Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall
Thursday 14 April 2011, 7.30pm Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall
Luciano Berio Chamber Music Per Nørgård Harp Concerto No. 2: through thorns* (UK premiere) Thomas Adès The Origin of the Harp Gerald Barry Feldman’s Six Penny Editions (world premiere)
Louis Andriessen Anaïs Nin (UK premiere) Louis Andriessen De Staat*
Thomas Adès conductor Nicolas Hodges piano Synergy Vocals chorus Tal Rosner visuals (In Seven Days)
Traditional kora music will be performed between items in the programme
City Halls, Glasgow Sunday 13 February 2011, 7.00pm
Thomas Adès conductor Tunde Jegede kora player Allison Bell soprano Helen Tunstall harp*
Dutch composer Louis Andriessen’s music combines unusual orchestral instrumentations, dissonance and amplification with influences from jazz to minimalism. The UK premiere of Anaïs Nin, his new work for singer, ensemble and film, is paired with De Staat, a large-scale musical tour-de-force influenced by the energy of big band music and minimalistic rhythms.
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Adès and Reich: across the UK
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Thomas Adès In Seven Days – Concerto for Piano with Moving Image Steve Reich Music for 18 Musicians
Tickets £15 (£13 concessions) Phone 0141 353 8000 Online glasgowconcerthalls.com
Symphony Hall, Birmingham Friday 11 March 2011, 7.30pm
The world premiere of Feldman’s Six Penny Editions, Gerald Barry’s new work based on the 19th and early 20th-century popular music published in London’s The Strand forms the centrepiece of Thomas Adès’s March concert. Barry’s own brand of witty contemporary music sits alongside Thomas Adès’s The Origin of the Harp, works by Berio, Nørgård and traditional music for the kora, the traditional African harp-lute.
Tickets £30, £22.50, £15, £10, £5 * (Concessions available) Phone 0121 780 3333 Online thsh.co.uk
Tickets £22, £15, £9 Phone 0844 847 9940 Online southbankcentre.co.uk
* A £2 fee per transaction will be charged on all bookings except purchases made in person at the Town Hall or Symphony Hall Box Office.
Feldman’s Six Penny Editions is a London Sinfonietta co-commission with the St Paul Chamber Orchestra. Supported by the London Sinfonietta Commissioning Circle.
David Atherton conductor* Cristina Zavalloni soprano Synergy Vocals chorus
Tickets £22, £15, £9 Phone 0844 847 9940 Online southbankcentre.co.uk Anaïs Nin is a London Sinfonietta co-commission with Accademia Musicale Chigiana. Supported by the London Sinfonietta Commissioning Circle. Part of Southbank Centre’s Ether. For up-to-date information go to www.southbankcentre.co.uk.
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Striking Soundworlds
Helmut Lachenmann Weekend
Lachenmann Chamber Music Day
Striking Soundworlds is a collection of adventures into worlds of new instrumental techniques and unconventional writing. Through the music of Helmut Lachenmann, Beat Furrer and Iannis Xenakis expect to hear distinctive sounds and marvel at the London Sinfonietta’s extraordinary playing.
The London Sinfonietta and Southbank Centre celebrate German composer Helmut Lachenmann’s 75th birthday with a weekend of performances by the world’s leading contemporary musicians. Lachenmann has re-imagined the nature of musical sound, distilling the traditions of Western classical music, electronic music and the avant-garde into new sounds of extreme originality.
Saturday 23 October 2010 Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall 3.00pm String Quartets No. 1 (Gran Torso) & No. 3 (Grido) 4.15pm Ivan Hewett in conversation with Helmut Lachenmann 5.30pm Toccatina for solo violin Pression for solo cello Got Lost for voice and piano Arditti String Quartet Sarah Leonard soprano Rolf Hind piano Clio Gould violin Oliver Coates cello Tickets for chamber music day (for all three parts) £15, £12, £9 Phone 0844 847 9940 For more information see southbankcentre.co.uk Presented by Southbank Centre and Intermusica as part of International Chamber Music Series. Information on the Helmut Lachenmann Weekend continues overleaf.
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Lachenmann Orchestral Music
In Portrait: Beat Furrer
Xenakis – Architect of Sound
Sunday 24 October 2010, 7.30pm Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall
Tuesday 18 January 2011, 7.30pm Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall
Saturday 2 April 2011, 7.30pm Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall
Helmut Lachenmann Ausklang Helmut Lachenmann Schreiben
Beat Furrer Presto Naomi Pinnock Words* (world premiere of LS Blue Touch Paper work) Beat Furrer Xenos (UK premiere) Beat Furrer Nuun + (UK premiere)
Iannis Xenakis Eonta Iannis Xenakis Kottos Iannis Xenakis Phlegra Iannis Xenakis La legénde d’Eer
Brad Lubman conductor Rolf Hind piano
Presented by Southbank Centre and the London Sinfonietta.
This concert showcases the unique and groundbreaking musical voice of Beat Furrer, Swiss composer and co-founder of Klangforum Wien, one of Europe’s leading contemporary music ensembles. Xenos, with its focus on transforming the elements of melody, sits alongside one of his most performed works for two pianos and ensemble Nuun. The programme is complemented by the world premiere of Words, a new work from Blue Touch Paper composer Naomi Pinnock, former student of Harrison Birtwistle and Wolfgang Rihm, who was mentored on the composition of this work by Beat Furrer himself. Talented students from the Royal Academy of Music join the ensemble for Nuun.
André de Ridder conductor Sound Intermedia sound projection Explore the music of Xenakis, whose pioneering compositions integrated the worlds of sound and architecture. From the computer-calculated piano solo in Eonta, to the architecturally organised sound structures in Phlegra, the unique polyphony created by a solo cello in Kottos and the chaotic blend of organic and electronic in La legénde d’Eer, this is the opportunity to explore Xenakis’s varied musical styles.
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Beat Furrer conductor Rolf Hind, Zubin Kanga pianos + Omar Ebrahim baritone* Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble +
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The London Sinfonietta’s landmark concert in the Helmut Lachenmann Weekend focuses on the soundworld of his music for large orchestral forces. Ausklang, for piano and orchestra, and Schreiben form the programme showcasing the unconventional writing that demands new techniques from traditional instruments.
Tickets £22, £15, £9 Phone 0844 847 9940 Online southbankcentre.co.uk Presented by Southbank Centre in association with the London Sinfonietta as part of Ether. This concert forms part of the Iannis Xenakis International Conference London 2011. For up-to-date information go to www.southbankcentre.co.uk.
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Collisions
REMIX
London Sinfonietta’s Cover Versions
Discover collaborations and collisions that produce unique art and music. From Chopped and Screwed, the London Sinfonietta’s project with experimental pop band Micachu and the Shapes, to a major new collaboration with Matthew Herbert in One Day and the London Sinfonietta’s REMIX project with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. This is your tour of the unexpected.
Thursday 14 – Saturday 16 October 2010 Kings Place
Friday 15 October 2010, 7.30pm
The London Sinfonietta and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment join forces for three concerts at Kings Place, exploring the finest musical remixes from the baroque to the present day. Produced in collaboration with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and in association with Kings Place.
Bringing a contemporary twist to existing classics, this event combines arrangements of music inspired by older compositions with new works. The programme includes Couperin arranged by Thomas Adès, Purcell by George Benjamin and Machaut by Harrison Birtwistle, as well as the world premiere of a new work by Anna Clyne, based on Britten’s Hymn to a Virgin. Tickets £12.50, £14.50, £19.50 Premium Seats £24.50 Saver Seats £9.50 (online prices)
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Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment’s Baroque Reinventions
Music as Theft
Thursday 14 October 2010, 7.30pm
Saturday 16 October 2010, 7.30pm
Proving that imitation is sometimes the sincerest form of flattery, this concert showcases several original pieces by Gottlieb Muffat re-worked by Handel and an arrangement by Bach of Pergolesi’s Stabat mater.
The London Sinfonietta and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment join forces in a concert showcasing works based on older musical ideas. Stravinsky’s Pulcinella takes centre stage with its modern, neo-classical take on Pergolesi’s 18th-century classic. The programme also includes a new commission from Richard Causton based on Pergolesi’s material.
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One Day
Chopped and Screwed
Matthew Herbert and the London Sinfonietta
Also featuring Matthew Herbert:
Saturday 20 November 2010, 7.30pm Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall
One Trick at Friday Tonic
Baldur Brönnimann conductor Matthew Herbert and special guests Sound Intermedia Renowned for his unique brand of experimental music, Matthew Herbert and some of his favourite musicians join forces with the London Sinfonietta for an event inspired by 21st-century life. Based on content from a single newspaper edition, One Day will include new pieces and songs based on the stories contained within.
Friday 1 October, 5.30pm The Front Room at Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall Finn Peters (saxes and flute), Tom Skinner (drums), Robin Mullarkey (bass) and special guests play music from each other’s catalogues as well as new work by composer, producer and musical innovator Matthew Herbert, in anticipation of One Day, his London Sinfonietta project as part of the London Jazz Festival. Admission free
Tickets £20, £15, £10 Phone 0844 847 9940 Online southbankcentre.co.uk
Micachu and the Shapes and London Sinfonietta Tuesday 5 April 2011, 7.30pm Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall “…the set whorled and wriggled, argued and blazed.” Guardian First performed in May 2010, rising stars of experimental pop Micachu and the Shapes collaborate once again with the London Sinfonietta for Chopped and Screwed. With new music and interludes that blend the organic, the digital and the analogue you can hear homemade instruments, glass bottles and the London Sinfonietta in a concert of truly unique 21st-century experimentalism.
“[In Time] … was the most brilliant and moving performance I’ve been to in years. Just amazing. Lifeimproving, even. Haven’t been able to get it out of my head and the friend I took has also been buzzing ever since.”
Audience member at In Time, April 2010, London Sinfonietta’s site-specific performance.
Chopped and Screwed is the London Sinfonietta’s collaboration with Micachu and the Shapes. Presented in association with Southbank Centre as part of Ether. For up-to-date information go to www.southbankcentre.co.uk.
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Members of the London Sinfonietta Michael Cox (flute), John Constable (piano), Alistair Mackie (trumpet), Paul Silverthorne (viola), Helen Tunstall (harp), Gareth Hulse (oboe), John Orford (bassoon), Mark van de Wiel (clarinet), Clio Gould (violin 1), Joan Atherton (violin 2), David Hockings (percussion) Photo: Š Suki Dhanda www.sukidhanda.com
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Intersections
Strange News
Pavilions
Contemporary music meets contemporary culture in events which engage with the wider issues of our world, and reflect on the cultural history of the country. Harnessing the combined energy of multiple artists and audience involvement, these events will intrigue and challenge. From the combined forces of actor, film, news projections and ensemble in Rolf Wallin’s Strange News to opportunities to re-experience the spirit of the Festival of Britain in Pavilions, this is your chance to see and hear contemporary classical music in context and get involved with our work.
Sunday 3 October 2010, 7.30pm Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall
Sunday 29 May 2011 Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall
6.15pm Take Note: Pre-concert discussion Rolf Wallin joins a panel to discuss the place of music in developing our awareness of world issues.
London Sinfonietta’s Pavilions celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Festival of Britain with a day that re-explores the public and performance spaces of Southbank Centre. Across the afternoon and evening a series of concert performances, promenade events, installations, talks and participation projects will create a festival atmosphere of musical discovery. The programme will include new works by major figures of the British scene including Colin Matthews*, as well as a piece from one of its emerging voices, Martin Suckling.
7.30pm Iannis Xenakis Nuits* Michael Finnissy Maldon* Rolf Wallin Strange News # Baldur Brönnimann conductor James Weeks conductor* Leigh Melrose baritone* Arthur Kisenyi narrator # Exaudi* Sound Intermedia sound projection Contemporary music engages with the wider issues of our world in the launch event of the London Sinfonietta’s 2010/11 concert series. Rolf Wallin’s Strange News, a powerful story of healing and redemption in war-torn Africa, fuses contemporary classical music with acting, film and surround sound to heighten the impact of news footage featuring child soldiers in Africa. Music motivated by conflict also features through Iannis Xenakis’s Nuits, dedicated to political prisoners, and Maldon, Michael Finnissy’s setting of Anglo-Saxon text written following the Battle of Maldon.
Presented by the London Sinfonietta as part of Southbank Centre’s celebrations around the Festival of Britain. For up-to-date information go to www.southbankcentre.co.uk. * Supported by the London Sinfonietta Commissioning Circle and Vernon and Hazel Ellis. Full programme and tickets onsale from early 2011.
Tickets £12 (Students £4.50, under 26s £6.50) Phone 0844 847 9940 Online southbankcentre.co.uk
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LS LAB: Sparking and Sustaining New Music londonsinfonietta.org.uk/ls-lab LS Lab is the London Sinfonietta’s space to experiment, invent and nurture new work and support new talent. From commissioning new works, curating collaborations between music and other artforms and schemes to support the best new composing and performing talent, LS Lab pushes the boundaries of contemporary classical music.
“There’s an energy about LS performances that often makes them unforgettable. It’s a pleasure to be able to work with these formidable players: immaculate precision combined with sensitive musicality.”
Programmes for composers and artists Writing the Future To be launched in Autumn 2010/11, Writing the Future is the London Sinfonietta’s new scheme for composers to create new work in partnership with the ensemble. Selected through an open call, composers will be asked to develop a working relationship with the ensemble’s players through writing a Sinfonietta Short and a small chamber ensemble piece. All works will be recorded and shared online with the public. Full details will be announced in October 2010 so sign up to our e-Zine and keep up-to-date with the latest information. londonsinfonietta.org.uk/ls-lab. Supported by The Boltini Trust. Blue Touch Paper With past luminaries such as Tansy Davies, Dai Fujikura, Larry Goves, Anna Meredith and Naomi Pinnock, Blue Touch Paper offers established young composers the chance to make the most of their composing talent. Blue Touch Paper composers are given extensive time and space to develop new work and are encouraged to collaborate with players and artists from other disciplines. For more information about the scheme see londonsinfonietta.org.uk/ls-lab.
Major Commissions Continuing its long track record of commissioning new work from the world’s renowned composers, the 2010/11 Music Programme will see premieres of a number of the London Sinfonietta’s commissions and co-commissions. The season will include works by Anna Clyne, Bryn Harrison, Colin Matthews, Martin Suckling, Louis Andriessen (co-commission with Accademia Musicale Chigiana), Gerald Barry (co-commission with St Paul Chamber Orchestra), Richard Causton (co-commission with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment) and Georges Aperghis (BBC commission). The season will also see premieres by Haris Kittos and Naomi Pinnock (both Blue Touch Paper premieres). Collaborations The London Sinfonietta’s past collaborations have reached huge new audiences and inspired spin-offs around the world. New collaborations in the 2010/11 Music Programme promise to be no exception. On 20 November London Sinfonietta will perform with experimental jazz artist Matthew Herbert, whilst April 2011 witnesses a re-run of Chopped and Screwed, the exhilarating collaboration between experimental pop stars Micachu and the Shapes which the London Sinfonietta first performed in May 2010. Follow the development of these projects online londonsinfonietta.org.uk/ls-lab.
Programmes for musicians and conductors The London Sinfonietta Academy Training the musicians of tomorrow to play the music of today. The London Sinfonietta Academy nurtures the skills needed to perform world-class contemporary classical music. Musicians and conductors are selected from UK-wide open auditions with the ensemble’s Principal Players, and following this process, up to 25 of the UK’s finest young musicians and three conductors come together at Kings Place, London Sinfonietta’s headquarters, to further their performing experience and training. More details on London Sinfonietta Academy 2011 will be available online in September. Visit londonsinfonietta.org.uk/ls-lab for more information. The London Sinfonietta Academy is generously supported by Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Fenton Arts Trust, The Garrick Charitable Trust, Leo and Regina Hepner, Musicians Benevolent Fund and The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation.
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GET INVOLVED: Creating Your London Sinfonietta Get involved in projects with the London Sinfonietta in which you can compose, curate, perform and learn. The Collective The Collective is the London Sinfonietta’s scheme offering young artists the chance to create, produce and perform in projects at the cutting edge of contemporary classical music. There are different groups in The Collective – representing different parts of the UK and different age groups with opportunities for all young artists to be involved both in person and online.
London Sinfonietta Collective gives young London-based artists (aged 18 to 30) the opportunity to create events in the London Sinfonietta Music Programme, such as 2009/10’s Shadoworks at Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall. The KX Collective is a group of young musicians and producers (aged 14 to 19) from the King’s Cross area, who create their own contemporary music events such as their successful project at London Sinfonietta’s Experiment! festival at Kings Place. The UK Collective unites the UK in the ethos of The Collective with future events in Birmingham and Glasgow inspired by the music of Thomas Adès and Steve Reich.
Resources for Schools and Concert-goers In tandem with performances of Steve Reich and Louis Andriessen’s music at Southbank Centre, February 2011 will see the launch of a new online resource exploring a key trend in contemporary classical music: minimalism. Focussing on a genre that has become hugely popular, this resource will satisfy both adults and students. Produced by London Sinfonietta, Sound and Music and Southbank Centre.
Public Participation Get fully involved with the work of the London Sinfonietta as we invite members of the public to join us for a Public Participation event at Pavilions on 29 May 2011 (see page 17). The event is part of Southbank Centre’s celebrations around the Festival of Britain and will give you the chance to take part in a London Sinfonietta performance. Sign up to our e-Zine and keep an eye on londonsinfonietta.org.uk, twitter.com/ Ldn_Sinfonietta and facebook.com/ londonsinfonietta for the latest info.
The KX Collective is generously supported by Cripplegate Foundation, The Marple Charitable Trust and Youth Music. For more information about joining The Collective please call London Sinfonietta’s Participation and Learning department on 020 7239 9340.
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LS Online: Contemporary Classical Music In Your Time With a whole host of digital content for you to explore, londonsinfonietta.org.uk is your destination for all the latest from the London Sinfonietta. e-Zine Log on to londonsinfonietta.org.uk and sign up for our monthly e-Zine. Get all the latest information direct to your inbox, including links to videos, trailers and podcasts plus exclusive news and ticket offers.
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Listen to the London Sinfonietta in the comfort of your own home or on the move. LS label brings you the finest new music from landmark London Sinfonietta events. Including recordings of works by Elliott Carter, Steve Reich, John Cage and Dai Fujikura, you can explore and discover something new, or just re-live your favourite London Sinfonietta concerts any time you want. LS Label Catalogue The LS Label brings the finest new music to a worldwide audience, through recordings of seminal performances by the London Sinfonietta. Critically acclaimed recordings include:
Podcasts and Video The London Sinfonietta’s Digital Media library is your portal to in-depth information on contemporary classical music. At londonsinfonietta.org.uk/digital-media you can: – Catch-up with the latest podcasts and indepth interviews with major composers such as George Benjamin, Frederic Rzewski and Harrison Birtwistle. – Watch videos from our international tours and recent projects such as the London Sinfonietta Academy.
Snapshots: Fiftieth Birthday tributes for Oliver Knussen 13 musical tributes from composers including Elliott Carter, Louis Andriessen and Magnus Lindberg. Takemitsu: ARC & Green Takemitsu’s ambitious two-part work for large ensemble and piano, ARC, is paired with Green.
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LS Label: Putting today’s music on record
The Jerwood Series Six discs featuring a vibrant collection of new music from the best of young British-based composers including rising stars Luke Bedford, Dai Fujikura and Anna Meredith. Supported by the Jerwood Charitable Foundation.
Also available: WarpWorks & Twentieth Century Masters A 19-track double CD celebrating the collaboration between the London Sinfonietta and the Warp label. New instrumental versions of tracks by electronic experimenters sit alongside avant-garde classics. Includes music by Steve Reich, John Cage, Aphex Twin and Stockhausen. LS Label Online LS Label recordings are available for you to download straight to your desktop. A selection of tracks is available on iTunes and the NMC website (www.nmcrec.co.uk). The complete London Sinfonietta Label back catalogue is available online from NMC Recordings and in all good record shops. For more information on all recordings visit londonsinfonietta.org.uk/lslabel
Wuorinen: Cyclops 2000/A Reliquary for Igor Stravinsky Wuorinen’s Cyclops 2000 uses the idea of a single entity created from many tiny sections.
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Support Us The London Sinfonietta burst on the contemporary music scene in 1968 and has been bringing together the world’s most virtuosic performers and the finest music of our time ever since. This has been made possible thanks to the generous support of many individuals, companies, trusts, foundations and other grantmaking bodies. Our supporters enable us to commission new music from the world’s finest composers, and perform music that other orchestras and ensembles shy away from. They help us discover and nurture the next generation of talented young performers and composers, and create the most ambitious and inspiring performances in London, across the UK and around the world. The London Sinfonietta forges the paths that others follow but this can only continue with ongoing support. There are many different ways to support the London Sinfonietta and in return you will gain an exclusive insight to the ensemble’s work, with access to rehearsals and events and opportunities to rub shoulders with the leading composers of our time.
Find out how you can support London Sinfonietta by contacting our Development Department on 020 7239 9340 or info@ londonsinfonietta.org.uk. For more information visit londonsinfonietta.org.uk/ support-us. The London Sinfonietta is immensely grateful to the following companies, trusts, foundations and other grantmaking bodies for their invaluable support: Arts & Business Arts Council England The Boltini Trust British Council Cripplegate Foundation Esmée Fairbairn Foundation Fenton Arts Trust The Garrick Charitable Trust Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation HGIS, Dutch Culture Fund The Holst Foundation Jerwood Charitable Foundation The Lynn Foundation The Marple Charitable Trust Musicians Benevolent Fund Orchestras Live PRS for Music Foundation Royal Netherlands Embassy The RVW Trust Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation Société Gavigniès The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation Youth Music With special thanks to the many individuals who support our work.
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London Sinfonietta On Tour
London Sinfonietta Principal Players
London Sinfonietta Staff
Booking Information
Michael Cox flute
Andrew Burke Chief Executive
Southbank Centre Queen Elizabeth Hall, Royal Festival Hall Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX
The London Sinfonietta 2010/11 Music Programme sees the ensemble touring not only the UK but also internationally. Sign up to our e-Zine and keep up-to-date with our concerts abroad.
Simon Haram saxophone
Emma Kraemer Participation and Learning Officer (temporary)
Michael Thompson horn
Mark Lewis Marketing Manager
Alistair Mackie trumpet
Hannah Plummer Development Officer
15 September 2010 Sacrum Profanum Festival, Krakow, Poland Programme of music by Danish composer Pelle GudmundsenHolmgreen, with Theatre of Voices conducted by Paul Hillier.
(Supported by Michael & Patricia McLaren-Turner)
Gareth Hulse oboe Mark van de Wiel clarinet John Orford bassoon
Byron Fulcher trombone
Hannah Bujic Concerts & Touring Administrator
Clio Gould violin 1
Ali Fletcher Marketing & Development Assistant
Joan Atherton violin 2
Elizabeth Davies Head of Administration & Finance
(Supported by Christoph & Marion Trestler)
Paul Silverthorne viola
(Supported by Nick & Claire Prettejohn)
Tim Gill cello
(Supported by Sir Stephen Oliver QC)
Enno Senft double bass
(Supported by Anthony Mackintosh)
2 & 3 December 2010 Benjamin’s Into the Little Hill, Barcelona, Spain Further performances of Benjamin’s masterpiece in the co-production with The Opera Group and ROH2.
Helen Tunstall harp
29 January 2011 Palace of the Arts, Budapest, Hungary A mixed programme of music from the UK and Hungary.
(Supported by Penny Jonas)
18 March 2011 Heiner Goebbels – Songs of Wars I Have Seen – Lincoln Center, New York, USA A New York premiere for this extraordinary piece based on the diaries of Gertrude Stein. The London Sinfonietta will perform with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
Sarah Tennant Artistic Projects Manager
David Hockings percussion John Constable piano
(Supported by Michael Conroy)
Ian Dearden Sound Intermedia David Sheppard Sound Intermedia
(Supported by Penny Jonas)
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Kings Place 90 York Way, London, N1 9AG
Freelance and Consultant Staff
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London Sinfonietta
and initiated collaborations with jazz and world musicians, poets, actors, comedians and pop acts.
Conductor Laureate Oliver Knussen CBE Honorary Patrons John Bird Sir Harrison Birtwistle Alfred Brendel KBE Sir George Christie CH The Earl of Harewood KB
April 2011 Alexandrina Contemporary Music Biennale 2011, Egypt The London Sinfonietta will feature in this new contemporary music festival with performances in Alexandria and Cairo. Supported by the British Council.
London Sinfonietta Board of Directors
“There are two notable features about London Sinfonietta. One is the egoless way in which it goes about its business. …Coupled with this is the precision of their delivery. No matter how fiercely difficult the music, the players resolve every tiny, flashing detail with pin-sharp accuracy.” The Australian (February 2010), review of visit to the Adelaide Festival.
Tim Joss
Anthony Mackintosh (Chairman) Andrew Burke Ian Dearden David Hockings Penny Jonas Robert McFarland Philip Meaden Sir Stephen Oliver QC Paul Silverthorne Christoph Trestler Elizabeth Davies (Company Secretary)
Resident at Southbank Centre The London Sinfonietta is proud of its Residency at Southbank Centre. From the world-class platform of events and festivals at Southbank Centre, the London Sinfonietta takes major performance projects around the UK and the world, creates new work through commissions and collaborations with major composers and artists, and involves the public from across London in contemporary performance events with the ensemble.
For full details of the Kings Place programme go to kingsplace.co.uk
For full details of Southbank Centre’s programme go to southbankcentre.co.uk
Sinfonietta Productions Ltd Registered in London No. 926551 Registered Charity No. 255095
Headquarters at Kings Place Since moving into its new administrative headquarters at this beautiful office development and arts centre at King’s Cross in 2008, the London Sinfonietta has promoted more work for London audiences,
Contact us London Sinfonietta Kings Place, 90 York Way London, N1 9AG info@londonsinfonietta.org.uk Tel. 020 7239 9340 Fax. 020 7239 9369
London Sinfonietta is grateful to its accountants: Martin Greene Ravden LLP and its auditors MGR Audit Limited for their ongoing support.
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“The London Sinfonietta is, I believe, the linchpin of contemporary music in this country, and its magnificent players are a galvanizing source of inspiration to composers – and audiences – across the world. I also feel great gratitude and affection towards them for our innumerable collaborations over the years.” George Benjamin CBE
London Sinfonietta 2010/2011 Sunday 3 October 2010, 7.30pm Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall Strange News Intersections
Tuesday 18 January 2011, 7.30pm Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall In Portrait: Beat Furrer Striking Soundworlds
Thursday 14 – Saturday 16 October 2010, 7.30pm Kings Place REMIX Collisions
Sunday 13 February 2011, 7.00pm City Halls, Glasgow Adès and Reich: across the UK Visionary Music
Saturday 23 – Sunday 24 October 2010, Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall Helmut Lachenmann Weekend Striking Soundworlds
Friday 18 February 2011, 7.30pm Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall Adès and Reich: London Visionary Music
Saturday 20 November 2010, 7.30pm Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall Matthew Herbert’s One Day Collisions
Thursday 10 March 2011, 7.30pm Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall Adès and Barry Visionary Music Friday 11 March 2011, 7.30pm Symphony Hall, Birmingham Adès and Reich: across the UK Visionary Music Saturday 2 April 2011, 7.30pm Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall Xenakis: Architect of Sound Striking Soundworlds Tuesday 5 April 2011, 7.30pm Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall Chopped and Screwed Collisions Thursday 14 April 2011, 7.30pm Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall Louis Andriessen: Anaïs Nin/De Staat Visionary Music Sunday 29 May 2011 Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall Pavilions Intersections London Sinfonietta: Winner RPS Music Award for Ensemble
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