Sinfonietta Shorts

April 18, 2009

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Sinfonietta Shorts is a series of commissions by some of today's leading composers in celebration of the ensemble's 40th anniversary.

Each piece is scored for a small group of performers or soloist from the London Sinfonietta. One of the most exciting elements of the project will be that the score of most Sinfonietta Shorts will be available to download for free (for a limited period of time after the premiere) giving any musician anywhere the opportunity to have a go at playing the pieces.

The first five Sinfonietta Shorts were premiered on 2 December at Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall and continue throughout our 2008-2009 season.

Sinfonietta Shorts have been supported by generous individual donations. If you would like to find out how you can own your own slice of musical history from just £500 (or £42.50 per month) please contact our Development Department on 020 7239 9340 or friends@londonsinfonietta.org.uk

Composers writing Sinfonietta Shorts are:

Hans Abrahamsen

Richard Barrett

Gerald Barry

Django Bates

Luke Bedford

Harrison Birtwistle

Pierre Boulez

Mira Calix

Phillip Cashian

Tansy Davies

Dai Fujikura

Jonathan Harvey

Tom Jenkinson

David Lang

Colin Matthews

Anna Meredith

John Woolrich

http://www.londonsinfonietta.org.uk/projec...fonietta-shorts

Edited April 18, 2009 by teetime

April 18, 2009

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You can own your own slice of musical history from just £500 (or £42.50 per month) with a Sinfonietta Short, a series of commissions by some of today’s leading composers in celebration of the ensemble's 40th anniversary. The first five Sinfonietta Shorts were premiered on 2 December at Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall and continue throughout our 2008-2009 season.

A limited number of compositions are still available, don’t miss out on your chance to contribute to the advancement of musical history.

Hans Abrahamsen

Available

Gerald Barry

Available

Luke Bedford

Available

Tom Jenkinson (Squarepusher)

Available

David Lang

Available

Colin Matthews

Available

Anna Meredith

Available

Django Bates

Penny Jonas

John Woolrich

Ruth Rattenbury

Harrison Birtwistle

Robert McFarland

Pierre Boulez

John M Woods

Mira Calix

Tony Mackintosh

Philip Cashian

John M Woods

Tansy Davies

Ruth Rattenbury

Dai Fujikura

Robert Clark & Susan Costello

Jonathan Harvey

John and Ann Tusa

To purchase a Sinfonietta Short please contact our Development Department on 020 7239 9340 or friends@londonsinfonietta.org.uk

http://www.londonsinfonietta.org.uk/conten...fonietta-shorts

I dont believe this will be "tundra 4" again.

May 3, 2009

Into the Ether: DiS meets Squarepusher

The Interview

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This set is a fair contrast from your previous Ether appearance in 2004, with the London Sinfonietta...

Yes, entirely different. And in my opinion that's a good thing. It was a fantastic opportunity and a great introduction to the Sinfonietta. Their knowledge and range of repertoire is fantastically broad. It was a tricky one 2004 in the sense that a couple of plans that we had were actually impossible to bring to fruition in the time we had. Thankfully those have led to ongoing projects, which hopefully at some point will be realised. I think this [year's Ether set] will be a much more wholehearted effort from myself.

and the next gig at primevara in may, will likely feature "new material" because...

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DiS: Your Ether set is billed as a 'special' live show...

SP: Yeah. Special in a sense that this is probably one of the last times it's going to be done featuring drummer Alex Thomas. I suppose people's experience of my live shows are very much based on solo-orientated work and I think given the fact I'm using a drummer on this occasion it does lend a degree of novelty.

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qnio · May 4, 2009

nice!

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Has work begun on your next album already?

I don’t tend to work specifically on albums in strictly delineated chunks of time. I tend to have lots of things on the go and then if there’s a group of pieces that seem to have a strong correlation to each other I might switch attention try to develop it as an album. At the moment it’s just a set of ongoing projects which vary from the very overtly harmonically and technically-orientated music right through to projects which really don’t have much to do with at least any conventional notions of harmony.

that sounds interesting

Edited May 4, 2009 by qnio