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| Wednesday 29-May-13 07:30pm |
 Cadogan Hall, LondonThe Tallis Scholars - Tallis Scholars at 40: Gesualdo at 400 |
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| Cadogan Hall, London, 5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1X 9DQ, United Kingdom Wednesday 29-May-13 07:30pm The Tallis Scholars - Tallis Scholars at 40: Gesualdo at 400 ‘In this anniversary year of Carlo Gesualdo’s death, it is a pleasure to perform again his astonishing Responsories for Holy Saturday. When our recording of this set first came out in the late ’80s the Gramophone critic wrote: ‘Is this great music or merely weird?’ After many more performances I can say quite clearly that it is both. Gesualdo was unique; and whatever one thinks of his behaviour in life, I am convinced he knew exactly what he was doing with his music. To complement Gesualdo’s chromatic style we have put together a second half of music which has similar features – experimental, chromatic, ahead of its time – ending with that much-loved arch-revolutionary, Monteverdi.’ (Peter Phillips) Part of Cadogan Hall's Choral at Cadogan 2012/13 series. | ||
| Wednesday 19-Jun-13 11:00am |
Farnley Hall Morning Concert: Aurora Percussion Duo Northern Aldborough Festival |
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| Farnley Hall, Farnley Park, , Otley, Farnley LS21 2QF, United Kingdom Wednesday 19-Jun-13 11:00am Morning Concert: Aurora Percussion Duo | ||
| Saturday 22-Jun-13 11:00am |
Britten Studio, Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh Piano Century: The Year 1913 Aldeburgh Festival |
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| Britten Studio, Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh, Aldeburgh, United Kingdom Saturday 22-Jun-13 11:00am Piano Century: The Year 1913 Two of the pivotal moments in musical history, from exactly a hundred years ago, thrill in radical and revealing couplings. A mysterious alchemy occurs when orchestral scores are heard played on two pianos. Rhythms become tauter, highly sprung, harmonies crystallise, tiny details of the music’s inner workings emerge with new clarity and focus. Debussy and Stravinsky are heard afresh in piano arrangements by the composers. Zimmerman’s work (itself an arrangement of an orchestral score) teases us with fragments from Beethoven and Bach to Boogie-Woogie and quotes directly from Jeux, with which it shares a fluidity, quicksilver changes of direction and almost improvisatory air. The controlled venom, intricate organisation and relentless impetus of Stravinsky’s infamous Rite fi nd a parallel in Boulez’s innovative Structures – precisely and minutely organised but with a momentum, percussive power and glittering brilliance that makes an explosive, visceral impact. There will be a 30-minute interval. | ||
| Monday 22-Jul-13 01:00pm |
Cadogan Hall, London Proms Chamber Music 2 BBC Proms |
Demantius, Neue liebliche Intraden und frölichen Polnischen Täntzen (Intrada; Chorea polonica; Gaillarde) |
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| Cadogan Hall, London, 5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1X 9DQ, United Kingdom Monday 22-Jul-13 01:00pm Proms Chamber Music 2 Continuing the exploration of Polish music in this year’s Proms, Paul Van Nevel and the Flemish singers and instrumentalists of the Huelgas Ensemble explore the little-known choral music of 15th- and 16th-century Poland. Motets by Polish composers Mikołaj Zieleński and Krzysztof Klabon are contrasted with works by Christoph Demantius and Johannes Wanning in a programme of intriguing polyphonic discoveries from the archives of the University Library of Warsaw that includes the earliest surviving setting of a Polish text: ‘Chwała tobie, Gospodzinie’ (Praise to Thee, O Lord).Tickets £10 - £12. Demantius, Christoph (1567-1643), Neue liebliche Intraden und frölichen Polnischen Täntzen (Intrada; Chorea polonica; Gaillarde) | ||
| Wednesday 31-Jul-13 10:15pm |
Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 25 BBC Proms |
Nancarrow, Player Piano Study no. 7 (arr. YE Mikhashoff) Glass, Symphony no. 10 (UK première) |
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| Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Wednesday 31-Jul-13 10:15pm Prom 25 Trend-mongers, philosophers and hunchmen. A car-chase, a love-in and a replica mahogany desk. A coughing mountain, a choir of stenographers and an exceptional swine-pig called Greggery. Nicholas Collon and the Aurora Orchestra give the first Proms performance of Frank Zappa’s high-energy counter-culture satire The Adventures of Greggery Peccary. An arrangement of a zany Nancarrow study and the UK premiere of Philip Glass’s 10th Symphony complete a far-out late-night happening from one of Britain’s most vivacious young orchestras.Tickets £12 - £16. Nancarrow, Conlon (1912-1997), Player Piano Study no. 7 (arr. YE Mikhashoff) Glass, Philip (b. 1937), Symphony no. 10 (UK première) | ||
| Wednesday 28-Aug-13 08:00pm |
Usher Hall, Edinburgh Ensemble musikFabrik Edinburgh International Festival |
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| Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH1 2EA, United Kingdom Wednesday 28-Aug-13 08:00pm Ensemble musikFabrik A concert of blazing energy, infectious rhythms and big sounds as Cologne-based contemporary music group Ensemble musikFabrik celebrates the sometimes outrageous music of US maverick Frank Zappa. Led from the drumkit by superstar percussionist Dirk Rothbrust, the ensemble explores connections between Zappa’s wild creations, from the vibrant funk of Don’t You Ever Wash That Thing? to the atmospheric t’Mershi Duween, and the classical music that he so admired. Ensemble musikFabrik also performs the remarkable Ionisation for 13 percussionists by Zappa’s lifelong hero Edgard Varèse, a celebration of the sounds of modern city life. John Cage’s classic Credo in Us, written in response to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, supplements the percussion ensemble with turntable and radioreceiver. Image credit: Klaus Rudolph | ||
| Friday 29-Nov-13 07:30pm |
Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall, London LPO: The Genius of Film Music 1980-2000 |
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| Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall, London, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, United Kingdom Friday 29-Nov-13 07:30pm LPO: The Genius of Film Music 1980-2000 | ||
| Wednesday 16-Apr-14 07:30pm |
Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall, London LPO: Mitsuko Uchida plays Beethoven |
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| Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall, London, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, United Kingdom Wednesday 16-Apr-14 07:30pm LPO: Mitsuko Uchida plays Beethoven | ||
