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Hear and Now: An Assembly

Saturday - Tom McKinney

10/06/2017

An Assembly

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Tom McKinney presents a concert of new music by new ensemble An Assembly.

Tom McKinney presents a concert of new music by new ensemble An Assembly directed by Jack Sheen. Plus 70 flutes and 70 saxophones wishing Salvatore Sciarrino a happy 70th birthday.

Tom McKinney presents a concert of new music from City, University of London with composer Jack Sheen directing his new ensemble An Assembly. All of the music is written by composers in their twenties - Laurie Tompkins, Maya Verlaak, Oliver Leith, Paul McGuire, Eleanor Cully and Louis D'Heudieres - showcasing the huge range of composition in the UK today. Plus 70 flutes and 70 saxophones wish Salvatore Sciarrino a happy 70th birthday, with a little bit of help from a countertenor, in his amazing Studi per l'intonazione del mare. You'll never have heard anything like it before! 


Full programme:

Laurie Tompkins: Dear Dope (2014)
Maya Verlaak: Dance III (2016/17)
Oliver Leith: Veil, from Hand Coloured (2014)
Paul McGuire: Panels (2014)
Eleanor Cully: Deer Tracks (2016/17, world premiere)
Louis d'Heudieres: Laughter Studies 6 (2017, world premiere)
An Assembly
Jack Sheen (director)

Salvatore Sciarrino: Studi per l'intonazione del mare
Michel van Goethem (countertenor)
Orchestra of flutes, saxophones and percussion
Marco Angius (director).

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