Event overview
Afternoon Concert, performed by the Goldsmiths Chamber Choir and Contemporary Music Ensemble
As part of the '(M)other Russia: Revolution or Evolution?' festival/symposium commemorating the 20th anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union and the fall of communism within Europe, the Goldsmiths Chamber Choir and Contemporary Music Ensemble, conducted by Alexander Ivashkin, present an afternoon concert.
Arvo Pärt: L’Abbé Agathon, text by Isaac of Syria (for soprano and eight cellos)
Alexander Radvilovich: Big Brother, Anti-utopia, texts by George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, Hermann Hesse and Evgeny Zamiatin (for baritone, invisible bass, narrators, women’s choir and ensemble)
Sofia Gubaidulina: Sonnengesang [Canticle of the Sun], text by St Francis of Assisi (for solo cello, chamber choir and percussion)
Alexander Raskatov: Ritual, text by Velimir Khlebnikov (for soprano and percussion instruments) introduced by the composer
A Special Guest of the Festival, Alexander Raskatov talks about his music and ideas and about his opera ‘A Dogs Heart’ staged in Amsterdam, London and to be shown in La Scala and in the Metropolitan Opera next season.
Performed by Goldsmiths Chamber Choir; Goldsmiths Contemporary Music Ensemble; The Trinity Gold Cello Ensemble (directed by Natalia Pavlutskaya), with Elena Vassilieva (soprano, percussion instruments); Minna Nygren (soprano); James Schouten (baritone); Valerie Welbanks (cello); Deborah Kent (narrator); Georgia Matthews (narrator); James Hurst (narrator)
Alexander Ivashkin (conductor)
Mariano Nuñez-West (sound engineer)
Centre for Russian Music M(o)ther Russia Symposium
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Apr 2012 | 1:30pm - 3:00pm |
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