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Kaleidoscopes

Britten Sinfonia

Part of the Britten Sinfonia 2014–2015

Add to my Calendar 29-09-2014 19:30 29-09-2014 21:30 36 Kaleidoscopes Gyorgy Kurtag arr. Thomas Adès - In Memoriam Andras Mihaly That ‘most inexplicable’ of composers is how John Tavener once described his great hero Mozart whose poignant Adagio opens a concert which explores sounds and spaces to great theatrical effect. Tavener’s own oboe concerto, Kaleidoscopes (written for Britten Sinfonia and Nicholas Daniel in 2006) places the soloist in the heart of four string quartets (North, South, East and West) and percussion including the haunting sound of temple bowls. Lutoslawski’s playful Preludes and Fugue for 13 solo strings conjures up an intriguing and compelling sound world, and Thomas Ades’s arrangement of Kurtag’s tribute to Hungarian composer Andras Mihaly experiments with space and communication, sending the musicians out into the different parts of the auditorium. Milton Court Concert Hall, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Milton Court Concert Hall
Silk St
Barbican
London
EC2Y 9BH
England

Programme

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Adagio for cor anglais and string trio, K.580a
György Kurtág – In memoriam Andras Mihaly
John Adams – Shaker Loops
John Tavener – Kaleidoscopes

Performers

Nicholas Daniel – oboe / director
Jacqueline Shave – violin / director

Britten Sinfonia

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Programme Note

Gyorgy Kurtag arr. Thomas Adès - In Memoriam Andras Mihaly

That ‘most inexplicable’ of composers is how John Tavener once described his great hero Mozart whose poignant Adagio opens a concert which explores sounds and spaces to great theatrical effect. Tavener’s own oboe concerto, Kaleidoscopes (written for Britten Sinfonia and Nicholas Daniel in 2006) places the soloist in the heart of four string quartets (North, South, East and West) and percussion including the haunting sound of temple bowls. Lutoslawski’s playful Preludes and Fugue for 13 solo strings conjures up an intriguing and compelling sound world, and Thomas Ades’s arrangement of Kurtag’s tribute to Hungarian composer Andras Mihaly experiments with space and communication, sending the musicians out into the different parts of the auditorium.

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