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London Sinfonietta, George Benjamin

Tom Service introduces a concert of new music performed by the London Sinfoneitta as part of the Southbank Centre's The Rest is Noise festival from December 2013.

Tom Service introduces a concert of new music performed by the London Sinfoneitta as part of the Southbank Centre's Rest is Noise festival last December. Plus an excerpt from a conversation between Tom Service and composer George Benjamin about the future of composition.

Marko Nikodijevic: music box / self portrait with Ligeti and Stravinsky (and Messiaen is also present)
Simon Steen-Anderson: Chambered Music
Mark Simpson: Straw Dogs
Rebecca Saunders: Stirrings
Edmund Finnis: Seeing is Flux
Francisco Coll: Ad Marginem

London Sinfonietta
Baldur Bronnimann (conductor).

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Sat 15 Feb 2014 22:30

Music Played

  • Edmund Finnis

    Seeing is Flux

    Conductor: Baldur Brönnimann. Performer: London Sinfonietta.
  • Francisco Coll

    Ad Marginem

    Conductor: Baldur Brönnimann. Performer: London Sinfonietta.
  • Mark Simpson

    Straw Dogs

    Performer: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: Baldur Brönnimann.
  • Marko Nikodijevic

    music box / self portrait with Ligeti and Stravinsky

    Performer: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: Baldur Brönnimann.
  • Rebecca Saunders

    Stirrings

    Performer: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: Baldur Brönnimann.
  • Simon Steen-Anderson

    Chambered Music

    Performer: London Sinfonietta. Performer: Baldur Brönnimann.

Broadcast

  • Sat 15 Feb 2014 22:30

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