Cage Excerpts – 7pm to 8pm
Philippe Manoury Dickinson Studies
Feldman The Viola In My Life 3
Thomas Adès Darknesse Visible
Gregor Riddell new work (world premiere, LCO commission)
Øyvind Torvund Neon Forest Space (UK premiere)
Cage Imaginary Landscape No. 1
Harvey The Angels
Vivier Glaubst du an die Unsterblichkeit der Seele
(London premiere)
Brothers Quay/Stockhausen In Absentia

Hugh Brunt (conductor)

Tickets (booking fees apply):
£35 / £15 concessions SOLD OUT

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Gerald Barry Triorchic Blues (solo violin)
Jonathan Harvey Chant (solo viola)
György Kurtág Signs, Games and Messages (solo cello)
Oliver Knussen Secret Psalm (solo violin)
Benedict Mason String Quartet No. 1

Post-concert screening: Andrzej Krauze The Flying Lesson

Daniel Pioro & Galya Bisengalieva (violins)
Robert Ames (viola)
Oliver Coates (cello)

We are pleased to announce Edmund Finnis as the LCO’s new Composer-in-Association. Edmund has written music for the London Symphony Orchestra, Spitalfields Music and Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, amongst others. He studied with Julian Anderson and Rozalie Hirs, and worked as an amanuensis for the late Jonathan Harvey. In November 2012, Edmund was named as a recipient of a Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award for Artists.

Edmund’s first work for the LCO will form part of the second Imagined Occasions performance, taking place at Primrose Hill and the Roundhouse on Thursday 22 August.

www.edmundfinnis.com

Friday 24 May – Aldwych Underground
Thursday 22 August – Primrose Hill / Roundhouse
Thursday 3 October – Oval Space

LCO’s Imagined Occasions Series presents three site-responsive, immersive performances focusing on the music of Claude Vivier (1948–1983). The series seeks to engage the audience in a participatory narrative, in which the audience are observers, creators, protagonists and the observed.

The series begins in the abandoned Aldwych Underground station in May with a performance of Vivier’s Glaubst du an die Unsterblichkeit der Seele (‘Do You Believe in the Immortality of the Soul?’), his last, unfinished work: a dramatised monologue in which Vivier describes a journey on the Paris Metro during which he becomes attracted to a young man. The programme also features works by Jonathan Harvey, Cage, Philippe Manoury, Feldman, a new commission from Gregor Riddell, and a screening of the Brothers Quay’s collaboration with Stockhausen, In Absentia.

August’s performance at the Roundhouse continues with Stockhausen and a number of works from his epic KLANG – Die 24 Stunden des Tages (‘Sound – The 24 Hours of the Day’), a cycle of compositions each representing one hour of the day. The evening will be prefaced with a performance on Primrose Hill at sunset of Vivier’s Zipangu, referencing the island that Kubla Khan sought to conquer, and to which the composer represented “the symbol of immeasurable wealth, lying just out of reach”. A sound-walk from Primrose Hill to the Roundhouse will be accompanied by an electro-acoustic score from Edmund Finnis.

The concluding programme takes place at Oval Space in October with performances in the venue itself and outside in the surrounding derelict structures. The concert includes the final world premiere in the series, from Alastair Putt, alongside works by Varèse, George Benjamin, Thomas Adès and Pousseur, as well as a new film commissioned to accompany Vivier’s Variation I for electronics.

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Primrose Hill
Vivier Zipangu*
Edmund Finnis new work (world premiere, LCO commission)

Roundhouse
Stockhausen KLANG – Die 24 Stunden des Tages
21st Hour: Paradies (world premiere, 8-track version)
9th Hour: Hoffnung (London premiere)
7th Hour: Balance (UK premiere)
13th Hour: Cosmic Pulses

*Hugh Brunt (conductor)
Kathinka Pasveer (sound projection)
Igor Kavulek (sound projection)

Tickets (booking fees apply):
£25–£35 (Primrose Hill and Roundhouse)
£15–£25 (Roundhouse only)
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Co-production with the Roundhouse.
Part of a new major installation by Conrad Shawcross.

Music by Howard Skempton, Purcell and Jonathan Harvey

LCO’s strings feature on Foals’s third album Holy Fire. Produced by Flood and Alan Moulder (U2, The Killers, PJ Harvey), Holy Fire includes the single Inhaler, currently nominated for Best Track at the NME Awards 2013.

Click here to preview and buy the album from the iTunes Store.

“Holy Fire brings new words to mind. Sharp. Emotive. Massive.” — NME

“On this voodoo-inspired record of unfettered ambition, Foals have achieved a rare magic.” — Q Magazine

Twitter: #HolyFire

Tom Hodge’s Capriccio for Carolina, recorded by the LCO at Abbey Road Studios, was played at the launch of Carolina Herrera’s Fall Collection 2013 today.

Click here to read The New York Times’ write-up of the show.

“Let the little guys fuss over pop hits and designer DJs. Herrera required the full symphonic talents of the London Contemporary Orchestra.” — Style.com

Saturday 27 April 2013, 7:30pm
The Victorian Vaults, Great Eastern Street

LCO Soloists perform works by Gerald Barry, Jonathan Harvey, György Kurtág, Oliver Knussen and Benedict Mason, followed by a screening of Andrzej Krauze’s The Flying Lesson.

Tickets: £10 (plus booking fee)
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Performances from Kwes, Sam Lee, LCO, Ayanna and Hatcham Social (DJ set)