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Living Notes

Opus Ones with The University of Cambridge New Music Ensemble

Add to my Calendar 23-02-2019 19:30 23-02-2019 21:30 36 Living Notes Living Notes is a new concert series at Stapleford Granary in which audience, composers and performers meet for an evening of thought-provoking and imaginative dialogue in words and music. Hosted by Radio 3’s Donald Macleod, OPUS ONES focusses on the lightbulb moment in a composer's early development when she or he arrives on the scene with that crucial first piece, or opus 1. This evening of music and conversation features works by Julian Anderson ('amongst the most talented composers of his generation'), Richard Causton ('one of the most courageous and uncompromising artists we have') and Joy Lisney, a cellist and composer at the beginning of her career whose music is refined and exquisitely crafted. The programme is completed by Benjamin Britten's Sinfonietta op.1, composed when he was just 18 years old. Stapleford Granary, Stapleford DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Stapleford Granary
Bury Road
Stapleford
Cambridgeshire
CB22 5BP
England

Programme

Richard Causton – Notturno
Julian Anderson – The Bearded Lady
Julian Anderson – Van Gogh Blues
Joy Lisney – New Work (world premiere)
Benjamin Britten – Sinfonietta, Op.1

Performers

University of Cambridge New Music Ensemble

Programme Note

Living Notes is a new concert series at Stapleford Granary in which audience, composers and performers meet for an evening of thought-provoking and imaginative dialogue in words and music.

Hosted by Radio 3’s Donald Macleod, OPUS ONES focusses on the lightbulb moment in a composer's early development when she or he arrives on the scene with that crucial first piece, or opus 1. This evening of music and conversation features works by Julian Anderson ('amongst the most talented composers of his generation'), Richard Causton ('one of the most courageous and uncompromising artists we have') and Joy Lisney, a cellist and composer at the beginning of her career whose music is refined and exquisitely crafted. The programme is completed by Benjamin Britten's Sinfonietta op.1, composed when he was just 18 years old.

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