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Oeuvre: In Broken Images after the antiphonal music of Gabrieli, for ensemble

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CompositeurBirtwistle, Sir Harrison (1934-2022)
ÉpoqueModerne
Type d'œuvreOrchestrale
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Birtwistle tribute: singing the praises of a modernist giant

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The London Sinfonietta and Martyn Brabbins pay tribute to Sir Harrison Birtwistle with a programme of very fine music-making at London's Southbank Centre.

In Portrait: Sir Harrison Birtwistle with the London Sinfonietta

The work of Sir Harrison Birtwistle isn't necessarily the sunniest music in the world, and coming into the Queen Elizabeth Hall last night for a serious-minded evening of discussion and performances of his intricate, modernist-style music by the London Sinfonietta, I confess to having felt a little reluctant to be leaving behind the sweltering heat of the South Bank.