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Fireworks
A blazing display of musical cultures
Part of the London Sinfonietta 2022/23 Series
Add to my Calendar 25-05-2023 19:30 25-05-2023 21:30 36 Fireworks A night of virtuosic fireworks from different musical and cultural traditions. The sounds of the far East in Dai Fujikura’s Shamisen Concerto are tempered by “a cadenza-like solo of dizzying rapidity that evokes prog-rock guitar as much as Paganini” (New York Times), while Tania León’s Rítmicas is based on “a rainbow of polyrhythmic inventions emerging from the Son and Guaguancó clave” of Cuba. The micropolyphonic textures of the oldest piece in tonight’s programme, György Ligeti’s Chamber Concerto, still sound as new as at its premiere in 1970. Queen Elizabeth Hall, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Southbank Centre
Belvedere Rd
South Bank
London
SE1 8XX
England
Programme
Augusta Read Thomas – New work (UK Premiere)
György Ligeti – Chamber Concerto for 13 Instrumentalists (1969/70)
Tania Leon – Rítmicas
Dai Fujikura – Shamisen Concerto (UK Premiere)
Performers
Hidejiro Honjoh – shamisen
Vimbayi Kaziboni – Conductor
London Sinfonietta
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Programme Note
A night of virtuosic fireworks from different musical and cultural traditions. The sounds of the far East in Dai Fujikura’s Shamisen Concerto are tempered by “a cadenza-like solo of dizzying rapidity that evokes prog-rock guitar as much as Paganini” (New York Times), while Tania León’s Rítmicas is based on “a rainbow of polyrhythmic inventions emerging from the Son and Guaguancó clave” of Cuba. The micropolyphonic textures of the oldest piece in tonight’s programme, György Ligeti’s Chamber Concerto, still sound as new as at its premiere in 1970.
