Total Immersion: Spotlight on Kaija Saariaho with Guildhall Musicians

7 May 2023, Barbican, London

13:00 Sun 7 May 2023 Next Event

成人快手 Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2022-23 Season Total Immersion: Spotlight on Kaija Saariaho with Guildhall Musicians

13:00 Sun 7 May 2023 Milton Court Concert Hall

Our day of Total Immersion in the music of Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho begins with music of gentle (but limitless) power.

Programme

- - Kaija Saariaho
  - Calices for violin and piano
  - Changing Light for soprano and flute
  - Spins & Spells for solo cello
  - Miranda's Lament for soprano, clarinet, harp, violin and double bass
  - Terra Memoria for string quartet

Performers

Guildhall School Musicians

Composers

Kaija Saariaho

About This Event

Kaiija Saariaho is one of the most original and influential figures in 21st century music, a composer who used Finland鈥檚 buoyant musical traditions as a launchpad for a journey that has transformed our very perception of musical space and time. Few living composers are more deserving of a day of total immersion; and none occupies such a striking position between intellectual enquiry and pure, wondrous beauty.

鈥淚 hope the music can open all kinds of minds鈥� she says. 鈥淚t鈥檚 like eating a cake, you just enjoy it or you do not.鈥� And so we begin in the intimate space of Milton Court with a taster selection of her chamber music 鈥� performed by musicians from Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

This day of events will now take place on Sunday 7 May, previously scheduled for Saturday 6 May, in respect of His Majesty King Charles III's Coronation.

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成人快手 Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2022-23 Season Total Immersion: Spotlight on Kaija Saariaho

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