REICH/RICHTER
WELCOME
Thursday 6 April 2023, 7.30pm Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall
Welcome to tonight’s concert.
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It’s exciting for us to be staging this concert and performing one of Steve Reich’s more recent ensemble compositions with Gerhard Richter’s film. As important to us is the music in the first half with music by Julia Wolfe, the world premiere by Anna Clyne (for which we are grateful to our colleagues Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra in LA who commissioned the piece) and not least Nunu, our tribute in performance to Mira Calix who was a friend of the ensemble and who made work with and for us. We are also very pleased to welcome Manoj Kamps to lead us for the first time, who helped us realise this version of Julius Eastman’s Joy Boy.
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Julius Eastman Joy Boy I Mira Calix Nunu Anna Clyne Fractured Time (world premiere) Julia Wolfe Tell me everything Julius Eastman Joy Boy II Interval Steve Reich Reich/Richter Manoj Kamps conductor Sound Intermedia Simon Hendry visual production London Sinfonietta: Karen Jones flute Helen Keen flute Tom Blomfield oboe Rachel Harwood-White oboe Mark van de Wiel* clarinet/bass clarinet Jordan Black clarinet Jonathan Davies bassoon Simon Haram* soprano/alto saxophone Timothy Ellis horn Holly Clark trumpet Ryan Hume trombone
Jonathan Morton* violin Hilaryjane Parker violin Paul Silverthorne* viola Tim Gill* cello Enno Senft* double bass Anne Denholm harp Philip Moore piano Clíodna Shanahan piano David Hockings* percussion Owen Gunnell percussion *London Sinfonietta Principal Player
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The London Sinfonietta is grateful to Arts Council England for its generous support of the ensemble, as well as the many other individuals, trusts and businesses who enable us to realise our ambitions. This event is produced by the London Sinfonietta, and supported by the Southbank Centre, with the friendly support of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation. The work of the London Sinfonietta is supported by Arts Council England and the John Ellerman Foundation Moving Picture (946-3) © Gerhard Richter and Corinna Belz. Film by Gerhard Richter and Corinna Belz, Music: Steve Reich, Montage: Rudi Heinen, Curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Alex Poots
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22/23 SEASON CONCERT PROGRAMME
REICH/RICHTER Thursday 6 April 2023, 7.30pm Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall