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2021-12-22 07:33:55
[…] also a chance to catch up with Alex Paxton as his new work is being premiered by the London Sinfonietta as part of Tapestries at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on 31 March 2021. Paxton will be the trombone soloist with percussionist Martin France in the premiere of Paxton's new work, and there will be the premiere of a new work by American experimental composer George Lewis. Inspired by large Bruegel and Ody Saben paintings and Grayson Perry’s Walthamstow Tapestry, Paxton’s kaleidoscopic new piece is a busy and sensually colourful tapestry that depicts all aspects of our society. Written to include the sound from a series of improvisatory workshops with local schoolchildren, the piece is promised to be a riot of colour in sound. Full details from the Southbank Centre's website.
2021-10-12 08:30:14
Catalonia, Poland, Canada and more: London Sinfonietta's new season
[…] them to work with the ensemble. Products of the scheme are on display in February 2022 when Sian Edwards conducts Luke Lewis' The Echoes Return Slow and Alicia Jane Turner's Tell me when you get home. This latter is a theatrical and sensory piece for solo soprano (Ella Taylor) and ensemble, exploring gendered experiences of walking home alone at night (6/2/2022). Another Writing the Future composer is Alex Paxton, and his new work inspired by Grayson Perry's Walthamstow Tapestry and including elements from improvisatory workshops with school children will be premiered alongside a new work by George Lewis (31/3/2022). London Sinfonietta will taking part in Contemporary Music For All's (COMA) biennial event in which COMA and partners celebrate the joy of participating in contemporary music making (6/3/2022). And the ensemble's annual concert for young people Sound Out Live returns in March 2022 when Patrick Bailey conducts a participatory concert which […]
2021-07-20 22:54:42
The 25th Anniversary South Bank Sky Arts awards, held in-person at The Savoy this week, saw a divers
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2021-05-10 15:01:19
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