10/11/2007
Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces the premiere of a new work by Heiner Goebbels, Songs of Wars I Have Seen, which reflects on the everyday experiences of life during wartime.
Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces the premiere of a new work by German composer Heiner Goebbels, Songs of Wars I Have Seen, a setting of texts by Gertrude Stein reflecting on the everyday experiences of life during wartime. The concert also includes Heinrich Biber's vivid Battalia, and another war-related piece by Goebbels, based on Leonardo da Vinci's notes on how to paint a battle scene.
Biber: Battalia a 10 in D
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Goebbels: Schlachtenbeschreibung (UK premiere)
Roderick Williams (baritone)
London Sinfonietta
Sian Edwards (conductor)
Goebbels: Songs of Wars I Have Seen (world premiere)
Matthew Locke: The Tempest (excerpts)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
London Sinfonietta
Sian Edwards (conductor).
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