Michael Finnissy's Andersen Liederkreis
The latest in new music: Explore Ensemble give the world premiere of Alex Paxton鈥檚 Spit Crystal Yeast-rack, dripping and Mimi Doulton sings Michael Finnissy's Andersen Liederkreis.
Kate Molleson explores some of the latest sounds in New Music.
Explore Ensemble gives the world premiere of Alex Paxton鈥檚 Spit Crystal Yeast-rack, dripping (脕 l鈥檕range), a roller coaster ride at constant risk of coming off the rails. As the title suggests, the piece isn鈥檛 about anything in particular, but creates its own paradoxical world of teeming multicolour life, absurdity, Boschian sarcasm, and exuberance. Also tonight, Mimi Doulton sings Michael Finnissy's Andersen Liederkreis at the Spitalfields Festival. Written in the wake of a visit to Hans Christian Andersen's house, Michael Finnissy says that this forty-five minute work "reclaims some of the poems, travelogues and surreal paper cut-outs he saw there and reworks them into a set of Lieder in which the dominant themes are song, clothes, appearances and death." There's also a new track - Death is Standing Above the Skies' from Cedrik Fermont's latest album, a new track from Julia Reidy and the show ends with one of Eliane Radigue's ongoing cycle of OCCAM pieces; this one for the Breton piper Erwan Kervec.
Michael Finnissy: Andersen Liederkreis
I The Bird Incarnating Song
II Hjertets Melodier 鈥� Melodies of the Heart
III For the album of Madame Grove, nee Fenger
IV Sp酶rg Amagermo鈥檈r 1871 鈥� Ask Old Mother Tot!
V Hjertesuk af en udtjent Damekjole / Heartfelt sighs from thrown-out ladies鈥� clothing
VI Martsviolerne 鈥� Maerzveilchen 鈥� March-violets
VII Tyveknaegten 鈥� Muttertraum 鈥� A mother鈥檚 dream
VIII Soldaten 鈥� The soldier
IX Keiserens nye Klaeder 鈥� The emperor鈥檚 new clothes
X Rosenknoppen 1836 鈥� The rose-bud
XI Recension 1830 鈥� Critique
XII Da jeg saa hende igjen 1844 鈥� When I saw you again
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Ali Aghili
Death is Standing Above the Skies
Performer: Ali Aghili.- Death is Standing Above the Skies.
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Andreas Borregaard
Quiet Autumn
Performer: Andreas Borregaard. Performer: Mikkel Sorensen.- Across.
- Gateway Music.
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Alex Paxton
Spit Crystal Yeast-rack, dripping (脕 l'orange)
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Julia Reidy
Neutral Star - Endless 鈮� Limitless
Performer: Julia Reidy. Ensemble: The Pitch.- Neutral Star.
- Miasmah.
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Michael Finnissy
Andersen Liederkreis
Performer: Ben Smith. Singer: Mimi Doulton. -
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脡liane Radigue
OCCAM XXVII
Performer: Erwan Keravec.
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- Sat 9 Sep 2023 23:00麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 3
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