Prom 44: London Sinfonietta
Venue: Royal Albert Hall, London
Dates: Tuesday 14 August 2012 22:15
Price: from £5 on the day Tickets
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Ligeti
Poème symphonique (8 mins)
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Berio
Sequenza V (8 mins)
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Xenakis
Phlegra (12 mins)
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Jonathan Harvey
Mortuos plango, vivos voco (9 mins)
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Louis Andriessen
De snelheid (18 mins)
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Cage
4' 33 (4:33 mins)
- Byron Fulcher trombone
- Sound Intermedia
- London Sinfonietta
- London Sinfonietta Academy Ensemble
- André Ridder conductor
A selectio of post-war music reflecting Radio 3’s Fifty Modern Classics. Tonight's concert featres music for 100 metronomes by Ligeti; Berio’s solo trombone extravaganza; Xenakis rigorous patternings; Jonathan Harvey's pioneering electronic soundscape; Andriesson's minmalist musical clock, and Cage, who removes the idea of a sound source altogether.