London Sinfonietta in Southampton

Concert, Tuesday 20 April 2010 8:00PM, Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton

Claude Debussy Syrinx

Edgard Varèse Poème électronique (with film by Le Corbusier)

Edgard Varèse Density 21.5

Igor Stravinsky Octet

Edgard Varèse Octandre

Salvatore Sciarrino Quintettino No. 2

Igor Stravinsky Three pieces for clarinet

Edgard Varèse Intégrales

Described by Henry Miller as 'the stratospheric colossus of sound', Edgard Varèse (1883-1965) was writing music 50 years ahead of his time. Tonight in an event specially created for Turner Sims the London Sinfonietta presents some of his key works alongside music by composers who influenced him and music that places his work in context.

The London Sinfonietta is joined by American music expert Professor David Nicholls who will introduce a programme which includes Density 21.5, in which a solo flute seems to call out to the universe, and Octandre and Intégrales, works which pack a huge world of expression and vast sonic spaces into just a few minutes.

London Sinfonietta
David Atherton conductor
Professor David Nicholls presenter