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Keyboard Music
Iveta Apkalna & State Choir LATVIJA
Performers
State Choir LATVIJA
Iveta Apkalna organ
Repertoire
Arvo Pärt: Pari intervallo for organ; Nunc dimittis for chorus
Rihards Dubra: Herr, bleib bei uns! for chorus
Pēteris Vasks: Zīles ziņa (The tomtit's message) for chorus; Dona nobis pacem for chorus & organ
Interval
Bach: Fantasia in G (Pièce d'orgue), BWV.572
Elgar: Lux aeterna (Nimrod) from Enigma Variations arr. John Cameron for chorus
Purcell: Hear my prayer, O Lord for chorus arr. Sven-David Sandström
Thierry Escaich: Evocation No.2 for organ; 3 Motets for chorus & organ
Gardiner: Evening hymn for chorus & organ
Contemporary Edit
Sean Shibe & Aidan O'Rourke: Lùban
Performers
Sean Shibe guitar, lute
Aidan O'Rourke violin
Repertoire
Interval
Time Entwined: Birtwistle, Gerber & Mason
Performers
London Sinfonietta
Geoffrey Paterson conductor
Mark van de Wiel clarinet
Students from the Royal College of Music
Young Musicians from the North London Music Hub
Repertoire
Gerber: Duet for clarinet
Florence Anna Maunders: Duet for 6 instruments (World premiere)
Christian Mason: In time entwined, in space enlaced for ensemble & 36 audience harmonicas
James B Wilson: These sounds don't belong here (World premiere)
Interval
Birtwistle: Secret Theatre
Manchester Collective: Patterns in Repeat
Performers
Manchester Collective string quartet, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, piano, electronics
Repertoire
Meredith Monk: Phantom strings from Stringsongs *
Cassandra Miller: Perfect Offering
Clarice Assad: Continuum from Sonic Landscapes
Interval
Cassie Kinoshi: ARTEFACT/AUTOMATON (London premiere)
Meredith Monk: Backlight
Chamber Music
Tamsin Waley-Cohen & Cordelia Williams: Lullabies
Performers
Tamsin Waley-Cohen violin
Cordelia Williams piano
Repertoire
Arvo Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in the mirror)
Brahms: Wiegenlied (Lullaby), Op.49 No.4 arr. Williams & Waley-Cohen for violin & piano
Dvořák: Songs my mother taught me, Op.55 No.4 arr. Kreisler for violin & piano
Freya Waley-Cohen: Sweet as plum wine (World premiere)
Scriabin: Nocturne in F sharp minor, Op.5 No.1 arr. Mogilevsky for violin & piano
Cage: Nocturne
Schubert: Wiegenlied (Lullaby), D.498 arr. Elman for violin & piano; Fantasie in C, D.934
Resident Orchestras
Chineke! Orchestra: Coleridge-Taylor Violin Concerto
Performers
Chineke! Orchestra
Joseph Young conductor
Njioma Chinyere Grevious violin
Repertoire
Carlos Simon: 4 Black American Dances for orchestra
Coleridge-Taylor: Violin Concerto in G minor, Op.80
Interval
Price: Symphony No.1 in E minor
Symphonie Fantastique
Performers
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Sir Simon Rattle conductor
Timothy Ridout viola
Repertoire
Berlioz: Harold en Italie
Interval
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Time Entwined: Birtwistle, Gerber & Mason
Performers
London Sinfonietta
Geoffrey Paterson conductor
Mark van de Wiel clarinet
Students from the Royal College of Music
Young Musicians from the North London Music Hub
Repertoire
Gerber: Duet for clarinet
Florence Anna Maunders: Duet for 6 instruments (World premiere)
Christian Mason: In time entwined, in space enlaced for ensemble & 36 audience harmonicas
James B Wilson: These sounds don't belong here (World premiere)
Interval
Birtwistle: Secret Theatre
Mozart’s Jupiter by Heart
Performers
Aurora Orchestra
Nicholas Collon conductor
Repertoire
Mozart: Symphony No.41 (Jupiter) (performed from memory)
Artist Residencies
Sean Shibe & Aidan O'Rourke: Lùban
Performers
Sean Shibe guitar, lute
Aidan O'Rourke violin
Repertoire
Interval
Manchester Collective: Patterns in Repeat
Performers
Manchester Collective string quartet, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, piano, electronics
Repertoire
Meredith Monk: Phantom strings from Stringsongs *
Cassandra Miller: Perfect Offering
Clarice Assad: Continuum from Sonic Landscapes
Interval
Cassie Kinoshi: ARTEFACT/AUTOMATON (London premiere)
Meredith Monk: Backlight
Alternative Experiences
Mozart’s Jupiter by Heart
Performers
Aurora Orchestra
Nicholas Collon conductor
Repertoire
Mozart: Symphony No.41 (Jupiter) (performed from memory)
Family Classical Concerts
Mozart’s Jupiter by Heart: Family Edit
Performers
Aurora Orchestra
Nicholas Collon conductor
Repertoire
Mozart: Symphony No.41 (Jupiter) (performed from memory)
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