Name: Steve Reich: the background to Radio Rewrite by London_Sinfonietta
Duration: 5 min 49 s
Description: In this exclusive interview, Chief Executive of the London Sinfonietta, Andrew Burke, discusses how Steve Reich's new piece 'Radio Rewrite' came into being. A London Sinfonietta co-commission with New York's Alarm Will Sound, 'Radio Rewrite' is inspired by the music of Radiohead and will be premiered at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall on Tuesday 5 March.

Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen: Song

Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen: Company

For flute, clarinet, alto saxophone and cello. Composed on the London Sinfonietta's Writing the Future scheme and given its world premiere performance at The New Music Show on Sunday 8 December at Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall.

Samantha Fernando: Positive/Negative Space

Ian Dearden, one half of Sound Intermedia, introduces Stockhausen's Pole - a 1970 composition for any two combinations of instruments/voice. Sound Intermedia will be releasing a full binaural recording of Pole as a 50th Birthday present to the London Sinfonietta, available soon.

Stockhausen's Pole - podcast

Find out more about the London Sinfonietta's landmark commission Cave, a bold new opera from Tansy Davies and writer Nick Drake which takes over the Printworks in Canada Water from 20–23 June 2018. 

Recorded at The Groucho Club on 14th November 2017 with Mark Padmore, Tansy Davies and Nick Drake. Interview conducted by London Sinfonietta Chief Executive & Artistic Director Andrew Burke.

Cave is produced by the London Sinfonietta in association with The Royal Opera. 

Tickets are available on the London Sinfonietta's website: http://www.londonsinfonietta.org.uk/whats-on/cave

Tansy Davies, Nick Drake and Mark Padmore discuss Cave

In this exclusive interview, Chief Executive of the London Sinfonietta, Andrew Burke, discusses how Steve Reich's new piece 'Radio Rewrite' came into being. A London Sinfonietta co-commission with New York's Alarm Will Sound, 'Radio Rewrite' is inspired by the music of Radiohead and will be premiered at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall on Tuesday 5 March. 

Steve Reich: the background to Radio Rewrite

Guess the Instrument - Instrument 3

Guess the Instrument - Instrument 4

Guess the Instrument - Instrument 5

Guess the Instrument - Instrument 6

A clip of 'At the World's Edge', a work originally developed as part of the London Sinfonietta's Blue Touch Paper programme and which is now being taken on tour across the UK in 2013 at Norfolk and Norwich Festival, Salisbury International Arts Festival and Spitalfields Music Summer Festival. 

Monday 3 June 7pm - Salisbury International Arts Festival
http://www.londonsinfonietta.org.uk/event/world039s-edge-3

Wednesday 19 June 6.30pm and 8.30pm - Spitalfields Music Summer Festival
http://www.londonsinfonietta.org.uk/event/world039s-edge

At the World's Edge - Fall into the Underworld

The London Sinfonietta is one of the world’s leading contemporary music ensembles with a reputation built on the virtuosity of its performances and its ambitious programming. It is committed to placing new music at the heart of contemporary culture and continually pushing boundaries, regularly undertaking projects with choreographers, video artists, film-makers, electronica artists, jazz and folk musicians. 

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Steve Reich: the background to Radio Rewrite

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