Sound Unbound 2017 Sat 29 Apr at a glance
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All sessions subject to change
Barbican Hall 12pm, 2.15pm
The Curve 3.30pm, 6.30pm
1pm
1pm, 6.45pm, Freestage
BBC Symphony Orchestra Ben Gernon conductor Lucas van Woerkum director Stravinsky’s magical ballet score is brought to life with a specially created film on the big screen, parental guidance advised
BBC Young Musician 2016 winner Sheku Kanneh-Mason on cello is joined by his talented siblings on violin and piano, for music by Rachmaninov and Shostakovich
Bill Leslie & Stephen Cornford artists A sound installation in the Curve: soaring chords from helium-filled balloons exhaling through harmonicas as they descend
Guildhall School Electronic Music Department The Toy Symphony gets hacked and reinvented, with electronic kids’ toys and a little help from the audience
5.30pm
3.15pm, 4.15pm
4.30pm
Jean Rondeau harpsichord French prodigy Jean Rondeau is on a mission to reinvent the harpsichord with a programme of Rameau, Couperin and Bach
Symphonic Cinema: The Firebird
An hour with Angel Angel Blue soprano James Baillieu piano Talented, charismatic and a protégé of Placido Domingo – Angel Blue’s star quality wins hearts and minds 9pm
Chilly Gonzales: The Young-ish Person’s Guide to the Orchestra Britten Sinfonia Chilly Gonzales piano Jules Buckley conductor The all-round entertainer and piano virtuoso headlines Saturday night with a brand-new piece for Sound Unbound
Next Generation: Kanneh-Mason Trio
Shock of the Baroque
8pm
Psycho Suite Calder Quartet Bernard Herrmann’s suite from Hitchcock’s Psycho takes centre stage alongside string quartet classics old and new
LSO St Luke’s 2.30pm
Goldberg Variations
Milton Court Concert Hall
Scottish Ensemble The timeless beauty of Bach’s masterwork is revealed afresh in this intimate version for string trio
6.45pm
5.15pm
Academy of Ancient Music Richard Egarr conductor Robert Levin fortepiano Robert Levin brings his inimitable musicianship and improvisatory brilliance to this all-Mozart programme featuring Piano Concerto No.19 and Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Laurent Quénelle director/violin Strings of Orchestral Artistry & LSO Strings Musicians from the Guildhall School and LSO players directed by Laurent Quénelle perform Tchaikovsky’s exhilarating homage to Mozart and Arvo Pärt’s Summa
8pm
Symphony for Winds
Mozart at Milton Court
Iconoclassic: The Rite of Spring Timo Andres & David Kaplan piano Still shocking 100 years on, Stravinsky’s iconic ballet is reworked for two pianos
St Giles’ Cripplegate 1.15pm
Iestyn Davies & Thomas Dunford Iestyn Davies countertenor Thomas Dunford lute Get up-close and intimate with the ethereal voice of Iestyn Davies, one of the world’s most glorious countertenors, performing songs by John Dowland alongside lutenist Thomas Dunford
Serenade for Strings
7.30pm
Winds of Orchestral Artistry Andrew Marriner director Richard Strauss at his most cheerful, in the Wind Symphony inspired by his love of Mozart, directed by LSO Principal Clarinettist Andrew Marriner
Conservatory 2.15pm, 6pm
Silent Opera: Carmen Remastered Grab a set of headphones and enter the world of Bizet’s Carmen while strolling around London’s most iconic greenhouse 3.45pm, 7.45pm
Timber: Music for Planks of Wood Guildhall Musicians Six people, six planks of wood, six pairs of sticks: a minimalist masterpiece in the Barbican Conservatory 5.30pm
Wandering Minstrels of the AAM A band of merry minstrels serenade you with Renaissance fayre Artistic partners
Tuning Up
Choral in the Curve BBC Singers A stunning programme of choral music from Byrd and Tallis through to Pärt, Górecki and Chilcott 8pm
Wandering Minstrels of the AAM A band of merry minstrels serenade you with Renaissance fayre
Classical Hacking: Toy Symphony
2pm, 3.30pm, 5pm Level G Foyer
Classical Hacking Unpacked Electronic musician Tasos Stamou demonstrates some of the hacking wizardry behind the day’s sessions on the Toy Symphony 2pm, 3.45pm, 5.45pm, 6.30pm Freestage & Lakeside
Street Orchestra of London
Look out for the Street Orchestra of London popping up around the Centre across the weekend
The Pit Theatre 1.15pm
3.15pm, Clubstage
Ensemble Nevermind: the French barock stars
Wandering Minstrels of the AAM
Ensemble Nevermind Baroque with a difference from Jean Rondeau and his ensemble
A band of merry minstrels serenade you with Renaissance fayre 10.30pm, Clubstage
5.30pm
Nonclassical Sound Unbound Club Night
Psycho Suite Calder Quartet Bernard Herrmann’s suite from Hitchcock’s Psycho takes centre stage alongside string quartet classics old and new
Gabriel Prokofiev & Nonclassical The club night featuring the best in contemporary classical, experimental and electronic music closes Saturday night
6.45pm
The Harp Revolution Remy van Kesteren harp Banish your preconceptions about the harp with one of the most adventurous young musicians working today 7.45pm
Old strings: New sounds Liam Byrne viol Mixing both early and contemporary music from Marais to Muhly, Liam Byrne combines electronics with the viol to create a unique sound Pit sessions in association with Boiler Room
Foyers and Lakeside 12pm onwards, Lakeside
Revolution 360
24 gramophones and five centuries of classical music: a Lakeside installation by the Guildhall School Electronic Music Department 12pm, 2.30pm, 4,30pm Fountain Room
Inspired by Britten
Armchair Puppets Anaïs Laugenie cello Britten’s Cello Suites provide the inspiration for a captivating show for all ages, including the chance for kids to produce their own shadow puppet performance In partnership with
Sound Unbound 2017 Sun 30 Apr at a glance
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All sessions subject to change
Barbican Hall
LSO St Luke’s
Conservatory
12pm, 2pm
1.15pm
1.15pm, 5pm
London Symphony Orchestra Frank Strobel conductor The legendary film composer is celebrated by the orchestra who originally recorded many of his scores across two blockbuster sessions
Joby Burgess percussion Nicole Lizée’s confrontational take on censorship in Reagan’s America provides the title for this session of virtuosity, visuals and otherworldly sounds by some of today’s most interesting female composers
5pm
3.15pm
The Film Music of John Williams
The Filthy Fifteen
Handel’s Water Music
Old strings: New sounds
Academy of Ancient Music Richard Egarr director/harpsichord Tim Mead countertenor Handel’s joyous Water Music floods the Barbican Hall with arias from his operas Giulio Cesare, Agrippina and Orlando
Liam Byrne viol Mixing both early and contemporary music from Marais to Muhly, Liam Byrne combines electronics to create a unique sound
8.30pm
Angel Blue soprano James Baillieu piano Talented, charismatic and a protégé of Placido Domingo – Angel Blue’s star quality wins hearts and minds
Alison Balsom: Sketches of Spain / Rhapsody in Blue Alison Balsom trumpet Timo Andres piano Joy Farrall clarinet Britten Sinfonia Clark Rundell conductor Classical meets jazz, featuring Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and the Gil Evans/Miles Davis version of Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez from Sketches of Spain
Milton Court Concert Hall 12.15pm, 2pm
I eat the sun and drink the rain BBC Singers & Sven Helbig Sven Helbig performs his breathtakingly beautiful work for choir, visuals and live electronics, a journey in search of humanity in a world overtaken by technology 3.30pm
Silent Comedy At Your Fingertips Gabriela Montero piano The Venezuelan virtuoso pianist improvises the soundtrack to one of silent comedy’s greatest films 6.15pm, 7.30pm
Nordic Noir
Mari Samuelsen violin Max Ruisi cello The 12 Ensemble Delve into the atmospheric musical world of The Killing, Borgen and The Bridge as Mari Samuelsen launches her new album
5pm
An hour with Angel
6.15pm
Goldberg Variations Scottish Ensemble The timeless beauty of Bach’s masterwork is revealed afresh in this intimate version for string trio
The Pit Theatre 1pm
Shock of the Baroque
2pm, 4pm, 6.15pm, Level G Foyer
Silent Opera: Carmen Remastered
Classical Hacking Unpacked
Grab a set of headphones and enter the world of Bizet’s Carmen while strolling around London’s most iconic greenhouse
Electronic musician Tasos Stamou demonstrates some of the hacking wizardry behind the day’s sessions on the Toy Symphony
3pm, 7pm
Timber: Music for Planks of Wood
3.30pm, Lakeside
Guildhall Musicians Six people, six planks of wood, six pairs of sticks: a minimalist masterpiece in the Barbican Conservatory
Sarah Willis Watch out for impromptu blasts as Sarah Willis is joined by members the London Symphony Orchestra horn section
4.15pm
5.40pm, Clubstage
Look out for the Street Orchestra of London popping up around the Barbican Centre across the weekend
Liam Byrne viol Mixing both early and contemporary music, Liam Byrne combines electronics with the viol to create a unique sound
Pop up Horns
Old strings: New sounds
Street Orchestra of London
The Curve
1pm, 5pm, 6pm, Freestage + Lakeside
1pm
Street Orchestra of London
Tuning Up Bill Leslie & Stephen Cornford artists A sound installation in the Curve: soaring chords from heliumfilled balloons exhaling through harmonicas as they descend
Look out for the Street Orchestra of London popping up around the Barbican Centre across the weekend 9.30pm
Nonclassical Sound Unbound Aftershow
3pm, 3.45pm, 4.30pm
Anna Meredith: Hum
Psycho Suite
Actors and musicians from Junior Guildhall School of Music & Drama A walk-through installation: weave your way through the darkened contours of the Curve amidst an evolving soundworld composed by ‘one of the most innovative minds in modern British music’ (Pitchfork).
Calder Quartet Bernard Herrmann’s suite from Hitchcock’s Psycho takes centre alongside string quartet classics old and new
Foyers and Lakeside
Jean Rondeau harpsichord French prodigy Jean Rondeau is on a mission to reinvent the harpsichord with a programme of Rameau, Couperin and Bach 2.15pm
6pm
Ensemble Nevermind: the French barock stars
12pm onwards, Lakeside
Revolution 360
Ensemble Nevermind Baroque with a difference from Jean Rondeau and his ensemble
Guildhall School musicians 24 gramophones and five centuries of classical music: a Lakeside installation by the Guildhall School Electronic Music Department
7.15pm
1pm, 3pm, Fountain Room
The Harp Revolution Remy van Kesteren harp Banish your preconceptions about the harp with one of the most adventurous young musicians working today Pit sessions in association with Boiler Room
Gabriel Prokofiev & Nonclassical Nonclassical rounds off Sound Unbound with an aftershow party hosted by Gabriel Prokofiev
Inspired by Britten
Armchair Puppets Anaïs Laugenie cello Britten’s Cello Suites provide the inspiration for a captivating show for all ages, including the chance for children to produce their own shadow puppet performance 1pm, 7.30pm, Freestage
Classical Hacking: Toy Symphony
Guildhall School Electronic Music Department The Toy Symphony gets hacked and reinvented, with electronic kids’ toys and a little help from the audience
Artistic partners
In partnership with