London Sinfonietta: 2015/16 SEASON BROCHURE

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We bring together amateur and professional musicians in one of London’s landmark chamber music venues.

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London Sinfonietta’s new music movement began in 1968, with our first ever concert at Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall. Now, as that hall undergoes a two-year renovation, we venture out across South London as part of our Southbank Centre residency, whilst continuing our longstanding relationship with Kings Place. We’ll be making powerful experiences where the space, too, is part of the event. Divert from the ordinary – hear new music, within new places and set your mind on a different course. Whether you were at our first concert or haven’t heard us yet, join the movement.

Sat 10 Oct 2015 Wed 1 Jun 2016

Brand new music reverberates within 300-yearold walls. Two concerts overflowing with world premieres take place at the Baroque architectural masterpiece St John’s Smith Square.

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Sun 5 Dec 2015

Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall is a fitting venue for our performance of 20th century masters Stockhausen and Boulez.

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There could be no better place for an intimate night of storytelling and new music than Southwark Playhouse, a haven for the local Elephant & Castle community. We will base ourselves here for a string of events during the week commencing Monday 8 February 2016 and hope you can drop by to meet us in the theatre or its café.

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Wed 24 & Thu 25 Feb 2016 Thu 10 Mar 2016 Sun 3 Apr 2016

The Coronet Theatre has been the beating heart of Southwark’s cultural scene since 1872.

This cavernous multi-purpose space has seen so much of London’s vibrant life within its walls, and will be the site of our most adventurous and theatrical events in the spring.

PRINCIPAL PLAYERS Michael Cox flute (supported by Michael & Patricia McLaren-Turner) Gareth Hulse oboe Mark van de Wiel clarinet (supported by RĂŠgis Cochefert) John Orford bassoon Simon Haram saxophone Michael Thompson horn (supported by Belinda Matthews) Byron Fulcher trombone Alistair Mackie trumpet Jonathan Morton violin 1 (supported by Paul & Sybella Zisman) Joan Atherton violin 2 Paul Silverthorne viola (supported by Nick & Claire Prettejohn) Tim Gill cello (supported by Sir Stephen Oliver QC) Enno Senft double bass (supported by Anthony Mackintosh) Helen Tunstall harp David Hockings percussion John Constable piano Ian Dearden Sound Intermedia (supported by Penny Jonas) David Sheppard Sound Intermedia (supported by Penny Jonas)

EMERGING ARTISTS Joshua Batty flute Nicolas Fleury horn Christian Barraclough trumpet Bas Treub violin Geoffrey Paterson conductor Through our Emerging Artist programme, brilliant musicians at the start of promising careers are selected by our Principal Players and given professional opportunities alongside them on stage, over a two-year period. Supported

by EsmĂŠe Fairbairn Foundation and Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation.

Images: Eric Richmond photography.

COMPOSERS from a diverse range of backgrounds and styles were commissioned

FOLLOWERS have become part of our social media community

EARLY CAREER MUSICIANS were professionally employed on stage or trained at our annual Academy

SCHOOL CHILDREN attended our concerts

MILES travelled on tour

PEOPLE heard us live or on the radio

THIS IS US

A night of difficult music from @andrederidder, Mica Levi and more. @Ldn_Sinfonietta really is the most diverse, brilliant ensemble in London. @antimega

Superb performance of Birtwistle’s Theseus Game by @Ldn_Sinfonietta at their virtuosic best, playing a very tough work brilliantly well. @chaconato

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WHAT DO YOU HEAR? Tell us in a tweet: @Ldn_Sinfonietta Find us on Facebook: facebook.com/londonsinfonietta Comment on our blog: londonsinfonietta.wordpress.com Tag us on Instagram: london.sinfonietta Follow Jonathan Morton Principal First Violin @jon_morton Andrew Burke Chief Executive @ab2102 (views expressed are personal, not those of the London Sinfonietta)

The young capacity audience clearly infected the players with their open-eared enthusiasm. Indeed, this was one of the best played London Sinfonietta performances I’ve heard in years.**** The Guardian

I’ve just seen by @Ldn_Sinfonietta, but We do much more than the concerts you see I’m not sure what to say. In the best on stage. As apossible charity we rely on investment sense. @DanCJeffries from Arts Council England and support from many other individuals, businesses and trusts who enable us to realise our ambitions.

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The atmosphere was refreshing. For the people in the auditorium, Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s music is not to be dismissed for being too difficult. Its very complexity is what makes it worth engaging with.

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OF OUR ANNUAL TURNOVER has to be earned from touring and box office or raised from businesses, trusts and individuals, in addition to the 33% invested in us by Arts Council England each year.

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By choosing to support the London Sinfonietta, you too can play a vital role. Commission a work David Hockings and his ofWatching your own for £500, partner a Principal Player London Sinfonietta colleagues weaving for £1,000, or help us break new ground as an round the vibraphones, marimbas, Entrepreneur from £2,000 per year. Share your pianos and synthesizers in Steve passion for contemporary music Reich’s Sextet was like watching with us.

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LONDON SINFONIETTA TRAVELS Globetrot with our players by following their international tour diaries.

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VIDEOS Cox flute Michael Get under the of a composer hearing their work. (supported by skin Michael & Patriciabefore McLaren-Turner) Gareth Hulse oboe (UN)EASY LISTENING Mark van de Wiel clarinet Gain an insight into the unique, and sometimes (supported Régis challenging,by style thatCochefert) characterises the music we’re John OrfordAudio-illustrated bassoon performing. articles will come Simon courtesyHaram of Philipsaxophone Cashian (Head of Composition at the Royal Thompson Academy of Music) Michael horn before each event. (supported by Belinda Matthews) PLAYLISTS Byron Fulcher trombone Hear what’s in the head of composers writing today.

Alistair Mackie trumpet Jonathan EMERGING ARTISTS THIS IS _ Morton violin 1 (supported Paul & Sybella Their highs,by their lows and theirZisman) best musical joke. Discover Joan Atherton 2 in our quick-fire artist Q&As. Joshua Batty flute the people behindviolin the music Nicolas Fleury horn Paul Silverthorne viola @Ldn_Sinfonietta Christian Barraclough trumpet (supported

by Nick & Claire Prettejohn) facebook.com/londonsinfonietta Bas Treub violin Tim Gill cello londonsinfonietta.wordpress.com Geoffrey Paterson conductor (supported

by Sir Stephen Oliver QC) youtube.com/londonsinfonietta/videos Enno Senft double bass instagram.com/london.sinfonietta Through our Emerging Artist programme, (supported by Anthony Mackintosh) brilliant musicians at the start of promising Helen Tunstall harp careers are selected by our Principal Players David Hockings percussion and given professional opportunities alongside John Constable piano them on stage, over a two-year period. Supported Ian Dearden Sound Intermedia

by Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and Harold Hyam (supported by Penny Jonas) Wingate Foundation.

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(supported by Penny Jonas)

Images: Eric Richmond photography.

COMPOSERS from a diverse range of backgrounds and styles were commissioned

FOLLOWERS have become part of our social media community

EARLY CAREER MUSICIANS were professionally employed on stage or trained at our annual Academy

MILES travelled on tour

SCHOOL CHILDREN attended our concerts

PEOPLE heard us live or on the radio

THIS IS US

We do much more than the concerts you see on stage. As a charity we rely on investment from Arts Council England and support from many other individuals, businesses and trusts who enable us to realise our ambitions.

By choosing to support the London Sinfonietta, you too can play a vital role. Commission a work of your own for £500, partner a Principal Player for £1,000, or help us break new ground as an Entrepreneur from £2,000 per year. Share your passion for contemporary music with us.

Join our growing circle of supporters today, and get closer to the life of the London Sinfonietta.

OF OUR ANNUAL TURNOVER has to be earned from touring and box office or raised from businesses, trusts and individuals, in addition to the 33% invested in us by Arts Council England each year.

FELDMAN: FOR SAMUEL BECKETT LOSE YOURSELF The soaring 300-year-old arches of St John’s Smith Square are the backdrop for this absorbing opening to the season: an evening of immersive music as broad and compelling as Rothko’s grand canvases. Two world premieres form the centre of the programme, with a new work by Mexican composer Marisol Jiménez bristling against Laurence Crane’s understated style. Morton Feldman’s intimate portrait For Samuel Beckett, much admired and rarely performed, completes the bill. Sit back, soak up the atmosphere and lose yourself. #SeasonOpener

Saturday 10 October 2015 at 7.30pm St John’s Smith Square £15 (+ concessions) (unreserved seating) Transaction fees apply (see back cover) Laurence Crane Chamber Symphony No. 2 (world premiere of a London Sinfonietta commission) Marisol Jiménez New Work (world premiere) Morton Feldman For Samuel Beckett Garry Walker conductor London Sinfonietta

PIONEERS We make new music. You make new music happen.

Did you know the London Sinfonietta is a registered MUSIC OF THE MODERNISTS charitySunday (no. 255095)?

Great discoveries rely on the 5 December 2015 at 7.30pm commitment, generosity and vision of a passionate Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall Now celebrating his 90th year, Pierre Boulez group of supporters.

Our imagination is unlimited, but £25, £15 (+ concessions) are not, and generated by ticket sales remains an indomitable force in contemporary our funds Transaction feesincome apply (see back cover) music – a true legend in his own lifetime. His can only cover a portion of the costs associated with the many projects we works project an image of a brave new world, our concerts Pierreand Boulez Dériveother 1; Anthèmes 2 run each PioneersStockhausen give invaluableRegion support purged of historical clutter: music that breaks year. Our Karlheinz III for frombrand Hymnen new commissions, world premiere performances and the rules, in his words, ‘for the pleasure of ground-breaking programmes, ensuring that the London conductor Wolfgang Lischke breaking them’. Facing off against two of Boulez’s Sinfonietta at the forefront of new music.

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iconic chamber works is Region III of Karlheinz Intermedia sound projection Stockhausen’s masterpiece Hymnen – whose Enjoy aSound close relationship with the London Sinfonietta Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble survey of national anthems presents a powerful as a Pioneer, whilst helping us achieve our ambitions London Sinfonietta from just £35 per year, less than £3 per month. portrait of a collective human spirit. #MusicalModernists

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For more information contact harriet.findlay@londonsinfonietta.org.uk or visit londonsinfonietta.org.uk/support

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FELDMAN: FOR SAMUEL BECKETT CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS LOSE YOURSELF “Both Lark and the London Sinfonietta are in the

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#SeasonOpener INSURANCE MADE TO MEASURE

Saturday 10 October 2015 at 7.30pm St John’s Smith Square £15 (+ concessions) (unreserved seating) Transaction fees apply (see back cover) Laurence Crane Chamber Symphony No. 2 (world premiere of a London Sinfonietta commission) Marisol Jiménez New Work (world premiere) Morton Feldman For Samuel Beckett Garry Walker conductor London Sinfonietta

STOCKHAUSEN & BOULEZ

MUSIC OF THE MODERNISTS Now celebrating his 90 year, Pierre Boulez remains an indomitable force in contemporary music – a true legend in his own lifetime. His works project an image of a brave new world, purged of historical clutter: music that breaks the rules, in his words, ‘for the pleasure of breaking them’. Facing off against two of Boulez’s iconic chamber works is Region III of Karlheinz Stockhausen’s masterpiece Hymnen – whose survey of national anthems presents a powerful portrait of a collective human spirit. th

#MusicalModernists

Sunday 5 December 2015 at 7.30pm Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall £25, £15 (+ concessions) Transaction fees apply (see back cover) Pierre Boulez Dérive 1; Anthèmes 2 Karlheinz Stockhausen Region III from Hymnen Wolfgang Lischke conductor Clio Gould solo violin Sound Intermedia sound projection Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble London Sinfonietta Supported by:

THE JOURNEY BETWEEN US Thursday 11 & Friday 12 February 2016 at 7.30pm Southwark Playhouse ÂŁ15 (+ concessions) (unreserved seating) Transaction fees apply (see back cover)

A BLUE TOUCH PAPER EVENT Join us as we take up a week-long residency at Southwark Playhouse and explore the intricate links between music and storytelling. Personal, compelling and deeply powerful, five short stories traverse the challenges of personal relationships in modern life. A new work by RPS award-winning composer Samantha Fernando intersperses the words, giving space for a different kind of listening. Retreat inside your own world and let the musical interludes add depths of meaning to the stories. #BlueTouchPaper

Samantha Fernando New Work (world premiere of a London Sinfonietta commission) Short stories: Raymond Carver What we Talk About When we Talk About Love Jhumpa Lahiri A Temporary Matter Sarah Hall Mrs Fox Lydia Davis The Silence of Mrs Iln Lydia Davis Lost Things Geoffrey Paterson conductor Lisa Dwan reader London Sinfonietta Samantha Fernando’s work has been commissioned by London Sinfonietta Entrepreneurs Michael & Patricia McLaren-Turner and an Elliott Carter legacy.

Blue Touch Paper projects are supported by London Sinfonietta Entrepreneur Anthony Mackintosh and the Garrick Charitable Trust.

IN SEARCH OF THE EVER-ELUSIVE SELF

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VAN DER AA: THE BOOK OF DISQUIET ENTREPRENEURS

In the lead up to our 50th anniversary in 2018, the London Sinfonietta is seeking to partner with 50 ambitious When Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa died in individuals or groups to initiate a series of inspirational 24 & Thursday 25 February 2016 1935 he left behind a trunk filled with unfinishedprojectsWednesday across the organisation. Entrepreneurs enjoy an at 7.30pm and unpublished writings – a tantalising treasureopen dialogue and close involvement with the ensemble as The Coronet Theatre trove of scribbled anecdotes and idle thoughts. their chosen project is realised. Areas of support include: £20 (+ concessions) (unreserved seating) Among these were the pages that make up his Transaction fees apply (see back cover) Performance and touring

posthumous masterpiece The Book of Disquiet, Commissioning an autobiography of his alter ego Bernando Michel van der Aa The Book of Disquiet (UK premiere) Soares. Michael van der Aa’s score transforms Young talent and community Digital and audiences Pessoa’s collection of dream vignettes into a Joana Carneiro core conductor Foundation (supporting running costs) hypnotic work that mixes spoken word, performed Michel van der Aa director

by British actor Samuel West, with music, Samuel West actor Individual Entrepreneur membership starts at £10,000 projection electronics and video, probing the true nature payableSound over aIntermedia maximum ofsound five years (£2,000 per year), Sinfonietta of the ever-elusive self. and weLondon also welcome corporate and syndicate members. #BookOfDisquiet

Supported by The London Community Foundation Find out how to join the growing family of Entrepreneurs and Cockayne – Grants for the Arts. by contacting harriet.findlay@londonsinfonietta.org.uk or visiting londonsinfonietta.org.uk/entrepreneurs

THE JOURNEY BETWEEN US SCHOOLS CONCERTS

“One of the most valuable trips I have attended with our students. They were buzzing about it on the train home and even treated the commuters to a rendition of Steve Reich’s Clapping Music!”

Claire Marris, Thamesmead School

This season our primary and secondary school concerts will inspire pupils and teachers with the creativity of composers in the 20th and 21st centuries. Using repertoire on the curriculum and exciting new works, we will explore the Thursday 11 & Friday 12 February 2016 limitless source of musical ideas from mathematical systems, at 7.30pm literature, historical events and personal experiences.

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TEACHER TRAINING Focussing on creative composition in the classroom, our new training programmes will provide primary and secondary teachers with the Atools BLUE TOUCH PAPER EVENT to deliver high quality music education.

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Join us as we take up ora week-long residency For further information to register your interest,at Southwark Playhouse and explore the intricate contact takepart@londonsinfonietta.org.uk or visit londonsinfonietta.org.uk/schools-concerts links between music and storytelling. Personal, compelling and deeply powerful, five short stories traverse the challenges of personal relationships in modern life. A new work by RPS award-winning composer Samantha Fernando intersperses the words, giving space for a different kind of listening. Retreat inside your own world and let the musical interludes add depths of meaning to the stories. #BlueTouchPaper

£15 (+ concessions) (unreserved seating) Transaction fees apply (see back cover)

Samantha Fernando New Work (world premiere of a London Sinfonietta commission) Short stories: Raymond Carver What we Talk About When we Talk About Love Jhumpa Lahiri A Temporary Matter Sarah Hall Mrs Fox Lydia Davis The Silence of Mrs Iln Lydia Davis Lost Things Geoffrey Paterson conductor Lisa Dwan reader London Sinfonietta Samantha Fernando’s work has been commissioned by London Sinfonietta Entrepreneurs Michael & Patricia McLaren-Turner and an Elliott Carter legacy.

Blue Touch Paper projects are supported by London Sinfonietta Entrepreneur Anthony Mackintosh and the Garrick Charitable Trust.

VAN DER AA: THE BOOK OF DISQUIET IN SEARCH OF THE EVER-ELUSIVE SELF When Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa died in 1935 he left behind a trunk filled with unfinished and unpublished writings – a tantalising treasure trove of scribbled anecdotes and idle thoughts.

Among these were the pages that make up his posthumous masterpiece The Book of Disquiet, an autobiography of his alter ego Bernando Soares. Michael van der Aa’s score transforms Pessoa’s collection of dream vignettes into a hypnotic work that mixes spoken word, performed

by British actor Samuel West, with music, electronics and video, probing the true nature of the ever-elusive self. #BookOfDisquiet

Wednesday 24 & Thursday 25 February 2016 at 7.30pm The Coronet Theatre £20 (+ concessions) (unreserved seating) Transaction fees apply (see back cover) Michel van der Aa The Book of Disquiet (UK premiere) Joana Carneiro conductor Michel van der Aa director Samuel West actor Sound Intermedia sound projection London Sinfonietta Supported by The London Community Foundation and Cockayne – Grants for the Arts.

CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FOR ALL Friday 4 March 2016 at 7.30pm Kings Place £19.50, £14.50 (+ concessions) Transaction fees apply (see back cover)

A NATIONWIDE CELEBRATION For over a decade, Contemporary Music for All’s ground-breaking Open Score project has been at the forefront of a movement to help contemporary music reach new audiences – creating innovative, flexibly-scored works playable by ensembles of all shapes and sizes. Join us for the start of a nationwide weekend of celebration featuring five ensembles, as we partner with CoMA to perform some of the organisation’s most iconic creations, and premiere a new commission by Hannah Kendall. #CoMA

Philip Cashian Braggadocio Donnacha Dennehy A Fatal Optimist Gabriel Jackson Melancholy Processional Tansy Davies Feather and Groove Michael Nyman In C Interlude Roxanna Panufnik CoMAchord Michael Finnissy Plain Harmony Jonathan Harvey Climbing Frame Hannah Kendall New Work (world premiere) Philip Cashian Mechanik Gregory Rose conductor Players from CoMA Sussex and CoMA London London Sinfonietta

POPPE: SPEICHER CURIOUS? 16-25 SCHEME

Be inquisitive and discover new music for £5.

Join the London Sinfonietta’s Curious? 16-25 scheme and experience new music with open ears. If you’re aged between 16 and 25, you’ll get bargain £5 tickets to our events, access to post-concert bars and other membership benefits. Plus we’ll keep you up to date in our Curious? e-newsletter.

Sign up for free at londonsinfonietta.org.uk/curious?

MUSIC IS ALIVE

#MusicIsAlive

Thursday 10 March 2016 at 7.30pm The Coronet Theatre £15 (+ concessions) (unreserved seating) Transaction fees apply (see back cover) Enno Poppe Speicher (UK premiere) Susanna Mälkki conductor London Sinfonietta We are proud to host the opening night of London Ear’s 2016 festival of contemporary music at this concert.

Supported by The London Community Foundation and Cockayne – Grants for the Arts.

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Much more than just a piece of music, Enno Poppe’s Speicher is a complex structure of variations and repetitions that pushes its 22 players to their interpretative and technical extremes. But it is just as immersive for its audience as it is for those on stage. Speicher is an adventure in active listening – gradually revealing clues as to what might be coming next through an unpredictable network of derivations.

As we, too, become part of the unfolding music, so it truly comes alive. Developed over five years and premiered in Europe in 2013, this will be its landmark UK premiere.

CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FOR ALL WORK MADE THROUGH HIGHER EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPS

CO-CURATE We’ve built an innovative online platform with Kingston University – www.co-curate.co.uk – where performances can be inspired and made by their audience.

Supported by Creativeworks London’s Creative Voucher Scheme.

STEVE REICH’S CLAPPING MUSIC APP With Touchpress and Queen Mary University of London we’ve released a free gaming app based on Steve Reich’s Clapping Music. High scorers will have the opportunity to perform it with us live.

Friday 4 March 2016 at 7.30pm Kings Place Supported by the Digital R&D Fund for the Arts - Nesta, Arts & Humanities Research £19.50, £14.50 (+ concessions) Council and public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

Transaction fees apply (see back cover) PERFORMANCE RESEARCH We also continue our partnerships with the Royal Academy Philip Cashian Braggadocio AofNATIONWIDE CELEBRATION Music, and Southampton University who are working on aDonnacha Dennehy A Fatal Optimist motion capture project that will extend live performance. Gabriel Jackson Melancholy Processional For over a decade, Contemporary Music for All’s Tansy Davies Feather and Groove ground-breaking Open Score project has been at Michael Nyman In C Interlude the forefront of a movement to help contemporary Roxanna Panufnik CoMAchord music reach new audiences – creating innovative, Michael Finnissy Plain Harmony Jonathan Harvey Climbing Frame flexibly-scored works playable by ensembles Hannah Kendall New Work (world premiere) of all shapes and sizes. Join us for the start of Philip Cashian Mechanik a nationwide weekend of celebration featuring

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five ensembles, as we partner with CoMA to perform some of the organisation’s most iconic creations, and premiere a new commission by Hannah Kendall. #CoMA

Gregory Rose conductor Players from CoMA Sussex and CoMA London London Sinfonietta

POPPE: SPEICHER

MUSIC IS ALIVE Much more than just a piece of music, Enno Poppe’s Speicher is a complex structure of variations and repetitions that pushes its 22 players to their interpretative and technical extremes. But it is just as immersive for its audience as it is for those on stage. Speicher is an adventure in active listening – gradually revealing clues as to what might be coming next through an unpredictable network of derivations.

As we, too, become part of the unfolding music, so it truly comes alive. Developed over five years and premiered in Europe in 2013, this will be its landmark UK premiere. #MusicIsAlive

Thursday 10 March 2016 at 7.30pm The Coronet Theatre £15 (+ concessions) (unreserved seating) Transaction fees apply (see back cover) Enno Poppe Speicher (UK premiere) Susanna Mälkki conductor London Sinfonietta We are proud to host the opening night of London Ear’s 2016 festival of contemporary music at this concert.

Supported by The London Community Foundation and Cockayne – Grants for the Arts.

MIX: LONDON SINFONIETTA & ILAN VOLKOV A BLUE TOUCH PAPER EVENT Pioneering festival curator Ilan Volkov is renowned for his experimental collaborations and unique approach to programming – both of which feature in this special London Sinfonietta Mix, with Volkov at its helm. Combining the music of maverick Italian composer Fausto Romitelli with collaborations, DJ sets and sound installations, this mini-festival explores the fascinating possibilities that can arise when different genres collide. #BlueTouchPaper

Sunday 3 April 2016 from 6pm The Coronet Theatre £15 (+ concessions) (unreserved seating) Transaction fees apply (see back cover) Programme to include: Music by Fausto Romitelli and new works made in collaboration with artists Full line-up to be announced in Autumn 2015 Ilan Volkov conductor London Sinfonietta Supported by The London Community Foundation and Cockayne – Grants for the Arts.

Blue Touch Paper projects are supported by London Sinfonietta Entrepreneur Anthony Mackintosh and the Garrick Charitable Trust.

ART ON THE UNDERGROUND: UNDERLINE Through Spring 2016 Victoria Line Full details to be announced in Autumn 2015

A BLUE TOUCH PAPER EVENT The Victoria line carries 200 million of us across London each year. Art on the Underground is presenting Underline, a project that draws its inspiration from this fast, subterranean line, the people who use it and those communities connected by it. Matt Rogers will create new works that express the line’s operational flow, both automated and human, bringing music to thousands of commuters in a series of live performances on the Underground. #Underline

Matt Rogers New Work for Underline (world premiere) London Sinfonietta Matt Rogers was commissioned by Art on the Underground in collaboration with London Sinfonietta.

Art on the Underground, London’s largest art programme lets everyone experience art, everyday through unique collaborations with world-class artists.

Underline: Art & Music for the Victoria line takes places from July 2015 to December 2016, supported through public funding by Arts Council England. art.tfl.gov.uk Blue Touch Paper projects are supported by London Sinfonietta Entrepreneur Anthony Mackintosh and the Garrick Charitable Trust.

Player image: Eric Richmond photography.

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NEW MUSIC FULL OF LIFE With an open brief to conceive new works with public participation at their very heart, two composers engage audiences in the creative process, through a ‘living sketchbook’. Exploring the implications of space, timbre and identity in music inspired by our interactions with each other, these new commissions create a soundworld that is at once rich, complex and full of life. Part of a two-year programme funded by Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne, with these commissions also performed in Porto, Amsterdam and Frankfurt. #Connect

Full details to be announced in January 2016 Follow us on social media for the opportunity to be part of these performances Christian Mason New Work (world premiere) Huang Ruo New Work (world premiere) London Sinfonietta Supported by Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne.

CREATING PARTNERSHIPS OLD AND NEW

NEW MUSIC

DUETS IN A FRAME DEVELOPING NEW WORK

Wednesday 1 June 2016 at 7.30pm Follow our experiments with music and other art forms, St John’s Smith Square extending across the season and resulting in Blue £15 (+ concessions) London Sinfonietta has been in an extended duetTouch £20, Paper events. This year our journeys include: Transaction fees apply (see back cover) with Sir Harrison Birtwistle for over 45 years,

Behind the Screen – working with UK agency a relationship that has been reflected in an Francisco Liquid Symmetries Animate to create Coll an animated film version(UK premiere) evolving series of commissions for pairs of TomBenjamin’s Coult NewInto Work (world premiere of a London of George the Little Hill.

Principal Players. This journey reaches its peak Sinfonietta commission) with the world premiere of Duets in a Frame, SupportedTansy

by London SinfoniettaFalling Entrepreneur Sir Vernon Ellis and Animate with Davies Angel (London premiere) from the National Lottery through Arts Council England. in which five of these duets are linked by a new their publicSirfunding Harrison Birtwistle Duets in a Frame (world chorale. As relationships with Tansy Davies and premiere of a London Sinfonietta commission) Mobile New Music Festival – a day experimenting Francisco Coll also continue, so a new one begins with new music and mobile technology.

– with a commission from Tom Coult, one of the Martyn Brabbins conductor London Sinfonietta most promising young voices of his generation, Underline – working throughout the season on praised for his iridescent timbres and clear, our commission from Art on the Underground, Tom Coult’s work has been commissioned by London Sinfonietta Entrepreneurs which Michael will express story of and theanVictoria articulate gestures. & Patricia the McLaren-Turner Elliott Carter legacy.

#DuetsInAFrame

line and its commuters through sound.

Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s work has been commissioned by London Sinfonietta Entrepreneurs Robert McFarland and Nick & Claire Prettejohn.

Follow our experiments at londonsinfonietta.org.uk/newmusic

NEW MUSIC

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NEW MUSIC FULL OF LIFE COMMISSIONS

With an open brief to conceive new works with public participation at continues their verythe heart, two The London Sinfonietta important work of commissioning new pieces fromcreative composers engage audiences in the both established emerging voices. Exploring process, throughand a ‘living sketchbook’. the implications of space, timbre and identity in Full details to be announced in January 2016 Highlights of the season include new pieces by two music inspired by our interactions with each other, Follow us on social media for the opportunity to composers showing huge promise for the future: Samantha these new and commissions soundworld Laurencebe part of these performances Fernando Tom Coult. create We are acommissioning that is at once rich, complex and full of life.

Part Crane for the first time – a composer whose alternative Christian Mason New Work (world premiere) ofaesthetic a two-year programme funded by Art Mentor has a dedicated following in the UK and Europe.

Huang Ruo New Work (world premiere) Foundation Lucerne, with thesewith commissions And we continue our relationship Sir Harrisonalso performed in Porto, Amsterdam Frankfurt.

Birtwistle whose piece Duets in a and Frame has evolved out of London Sinfonietta a series of duets composed for us across the past few years.

#Connect

For news about our commissions and how you can support them visit londonsinfonietta.org.uk/newmusic

Supported by Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne.

DUETS IN A FRAME CREATING PARTNERSHIPS OLD AND NEW London Sinfonietta has been in an extended duet with Sir Harrison Birtwistle for over 45 years, a relationship that has been reflected in an evolving series of commissions for pairs of Principal Players. This journey reaches its peak with the world premiere of Duets in a Frame, in which five of these duets are linked by a new chorale. As relationships with Tansy Davies and Francisco Coll also continue, so a new one begins – with a commission from Tom Coult, one of the most promising young voices of his generation, praised for his iridescent timbres and clear, articulate gestures. #DuetsInAFrame

Wednesday 1 June 2016 at 7.30pm St John’s Smith Square £20, £15 (+ concessions) Transaction fees apply (see back cover) Francisco Coll Liquid Symmetries (UK premiere) Tom Coult New Work (world premiere of a London Sinfonietta commission) Tansy Davies Falling Angel (London premiere) Sir Harrison Birtwistle Duets in a Frame (world premiere of a London Sinfonietta commission) Martyn Brabbins conductor London Sinfonietta Tom Coult’s work has been commissioned by London Sinfonietta Entrepreneurs Michael & Patricia McLaren-Turner and an Elliott Carter legacy.

Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s work has been commissioned by London Sinfonietta Entrepreneurs Robert McFarland and Nick & Claire Prettejohn.

MUSICIANS OF TOMORROW

LONDON SINFONIETTA ACADEMY FINAL PERFORMANCE After an extraordinary week of exploration and discovery alongside our Principal Players, the young musicians of our London Sinfonietta Academy present the fruits of their labours: a captivating performance of the best of contemporary music, showing just how much the next generation has to offer. The 2016 Academy and its final performance will be led by internationally renowned conductor Thierry Fischer. #LSAcademy

Sunday 10 July 2016 More details to be announced in Spring 2016 Thierry Fischer conductor London Sinfonietta Academy players

ON TOUR

LONDON SINFONIETTA ACADEMY The London Sinfonietta Academy is a unique opportunity for talented players at the start of their professional careers to perform new music with the guidance of London Sinfonietta Principal Players.

The eighth edition, led by internationally renowned conductor Thierry Fischer, will take place over a week in July 2016 and culminate in a public performance.

Auditions take place in early 2016. For more information contact academy@londonsinfonietta.org.uk or visit londonsinfonietta.org.uk/london-sinfonietta-academy Supported by the Leverhulme Trust’s Arts Scholarships Grant and Help Musicians UK.

The London Sinfonietta’s touring work continues with appearances at important national and international festivals and venues, including:

Two performances in October 2015 in Mexico City and the Festival Cervantino in Guanajuato, as part of the Mexico/UK year of cultural exchanges.

LITHUANIA AND LATVIA

Performances in Vilnius and Riga featuring the music of Edmund Finnis, Michael Nyman and Steve Reich in October 2015.

UK

Performance of Laurence Crane’s Chamber Symphony No. 2 at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival in November 2015, following its premiere at St John’s Smith Square.

UK

Public, school and family events around Nottingham and Bradford upon Avon in March 2016.

SINGAPORE

Music for 18 Musicians and other works by Steve Reich performed in March 2016 at the Esplanade in Singapore, during his 80th birthday year.

HOLLAND

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MEXICO

Performance of Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s The Cure in June 2016, premiered in Aldeburgh and London last season.

NEW MUSIC

MUSICIANS OF TOMORROW ON RECORD Our recordings continue to offer world-class performances on disc and digital download, in partnership with different labels. Recent and forthcoming releases include: Eleven vinyl records made in partnership with Christian Marclay, White Cube, The Vinyl Factory and Coriander Studio News works by John Butcher, Steve Beresford, Mica Levi, Elliott Sharp, OkkyungACADEMY Lee, Thurston Moore LONDON SINFONIETTA

FINAL PERFORMANCE Sir Harrison Birtwistle | NMC Recordings Angel Fighter, In Broken Images, Virelai

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To see our releases visit londonsinfonietta.org.uk/recordings

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We’re also proud to be supported and broadcast by BBC Radio 3.

Thierry Fischer conductor London Sinfonietta Academy players

ON TOUR The London Sinfonietta’s touring work continues with appearances at important national and international festivals and venues, including:

MEXICO

Two performances in October 2015 in Mexico City and the Festival Cervantino in Guanajuato, as part of the Mexico/UK year of cultural exchanges.

LITHUANIA AND LATVIA

Performances in Vilnius and Riga featuring the music of Edmund Finnis, Michael Nyman and Steve Reich in October 2015.

UK

Performance of Laurence Crane’s Chamber Symphony No. 2 at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival in November 2015, following its premiere at St John’s Smith Square.

UK

Public, school and family events around Nottingham and Bradford upon Avon in March 2016.

SINGAPORE

Music for 18 Musicians and other works by Steve Reich performed in March 2016 at the Esplanade in Singapore, during his 80th birthday year.

HOLLAND

Performance of Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s The Cure in June 2016, premiered in Aldeburgh and London last season.

London Sinfonietta would like to thank the following organisations and individuals for their support: TRUSTS AND FOUNDATIONS Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne Arts Council England The Boltini Trust British Council Cochemé Charitable Trust Cockayne - Grants for the Arts Esmée Fairbairn Foundation The Fenton Arts Trust The Garrick Charitable Trust Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation Help Musicians UK The Leverhulme Trust The London Community Foundation PRS for Music Foundation Royal Philharmonic Society CORPORATE PARTNERS Lark Insurance Saatchi & Saatchi

ENTREPRENEURS Sir Vernon Ellis Annabel Graham Paul Penny Jonas1 Nicholas Lyons Anthony Mackintosh2 Robert McFarland Michael & Patricia McLaren-Turner3 Sir Stephen Oliver QC4 Matthew Pike Nick & Claire Prettejohn5 Paul & Sybella Zisman6 The London Sinfonietta Council LEAD PIONEERS Sir Richard Arnold Régis Cochefert7 Trevor Cook Susan Grollet in memory of Mark Grollet Anthony Mackintosh Belinda Matthews8 Andrew Mitchell Andrew Rosner PRINCIPAL PLAYER PARTNERS 1 Ian Dearden and David Sheppard Sound Intermedia 2 Enno Senft double bass 3 Michael Cox flute 4 Tim Gill cello 5 Paul Silverthorne viola 6 Jonathan Morton violin 7 Mark van de Wiel clarinet 8 Michael Thompson horn

CREATIVE PIONEERS Ian Baker Andrew Burke Jeremy & Yvonne Clarke Rachel Coldicutt Robert Clark & Susan Costello Anton Cox Dennis Davis Patrick Hall Nicholas Hodgson Andrew Hunt Frank & Linda Jeffs Walter A. Marlowe Stephen Morris Julie Nicholls Simon Osborne Alana Petraske Ruth Rattenbury Iain Stewart Anne Stoddart Barry Tennison Antonia Till David & Jenni Wake-Walker Fenella Warden Estela Welldon Jane Williams Stephen Williamson Michelle Wright Plus those generous Lead and Creative Pioneers who prefer to remain anonymous, as well as our loyal group of Pioneers.

HONORARY PATRONS John Bird Sir Harrison Birtwistle Alfred Brendel KBE

COUNCIL Paul Zisman chairman Andrew Burke RÊgis Cochefert Ian Dearden Penny Jonas Richard Lewis Jones Belinda Matthews Alana Petraske Matthew Pike Sally Taylor STAFF Andrew Burke Chief Executive Natalie Marchant Concerts & Projects Manager Ed Marsh Participation & Learning Manager Claire Barton Head of Development Harriet Findlay Development Manager Amy Forshaw Marketing Manager Siân Bateman Marketing Assistant Elizabeth Davies General Manager Jean Nicholson Operations Manager (maternity cover) Sean Watson Administration and Recordings Officer Hannah Bache Projects Intern (Surrey University Professional Training Placement) FREELANCE AND CONSULTANT STAFF Hal Hutchison Concert Manager Lesley Wynne Orchestra Personnel Manager Tony Simpson Lighting Designer Maija Handover for sounduk Public Relations Julie Nicholls Consultant Accountant London Sinfonietta is grateful to its accountants Martin Greene Ravden LLP and its auditors MGR Audit Limited.

2015/16 EVENTS BOOKING INFORMATION Southbank Centre Residency You can book for our events at Southbank Centre, The Coronet Theatre, Southwark Playhouse and St John’s Smith Square through the Southbank Centre Ticket Office: 0844 847 9940 / southbankcentre.co.uk No transaction fees for Southbank Centre Members or Supporters Circles, or in-person bookings.

FELDMAN: FOR SAMUEL BECKETT Saturday 10 October 2015, St John’s Smith Square STOCKHAUSEN & BOULEZ Sunday 5 December 2015, Royal Festival Hall THE JOURNEY BETWEEN US Thursday 11 & Friday 12 February 2016, Southwark Playhouse VAN DER AA: THE BOOK OF DISQUIET Wednesday 24 & Thursday 25 February 2016, The Coronet Theatre CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FOR ALL Friday 4 March 2016, Kings Place POPPE: SPEICHER Thursday 10 March 2016, The Coronet Theatre MIX: LONDON SINFONIETTA & ILAN VOLKOV Sunday 3 April 2016, The Coronet Theatre ART ON THE UNDERGROUND: UNDERLINE Spring 2016, Victoria Line CONNECT Spring 2016 DUETS IN A FRAME Wednesday 1 June 2016, St John’s Smith Square MUSICIANS OF TOMORROW Sunday 10 July 2016

For online bookings: £1.75.

For phone bookings: £2.75. £5 16-25 tickets are available for all our Southbank Centre events.

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For in-person or phone bookings: £2 per ticket.

On Tour Tickets can be booked through the venues.

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