Impossible Brilliance: the music of Conlon Nancarrow

Concert, Saturday 21 April 2012 7:30PM, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

Conlon Nancarrow Study No.21 (arr. Murcott)

Conlon Nancarrow Piece No.2 for chamber ensemble

Conlon Nancarrow Study No.5 (arr. Mikhashoff)

Conlon Nancarrow Study No.26 (arr. Rogers)

Conlon Nancarrow Study No.12 (arr. Mikhashoff)

Conlon Nancarrow Tango? (arr. Mikhashoff)

Conlon Nancarrow Study No.6 (arr. Mikhashoff)

Conlon Nancarrow Toccata for violin & player piano

Conlon Nancarrow Concerto for player piano & ensemble (arr. Thomas)

The London Sinfonietta celebrates the works of 20th-century musical maverick Conlon Nancarrow. A former soldier in the Spanish Civil War, Nancarrow spent most of his life in Mexico exploring intricate rhythmic designs only playable by mechanical instruments. This event highlights existing and new arrangements of his jazzy and hyperkinetically energetic music.

Concert curated and presented by the London Sinfonietta in association with Southbank Centre as part of Impossible Brilliance: the music of Conlon Nancarrow.

Baldur Brönnimann conductor
Rex Lawson pianola
Sound Intermedia electronics