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Beyond chance and control: London Sinfonietta’s spectacular exploration of Cage and Boulez

Francesca Amewudah-Rivers (The Researcher)
© Monika S. Jakubowska
London Sinfonietta
© Monika S Jakubowska
Mark van de Wiel
© Monika S Jakubowska
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“Mark van de Wiel breathed life into the atonal material of Boulez’s solo clarinet writing”
Reviewed at Purcell Room, London on 9 March 2025
Programme to include:
Boulez, Pour le Dr. Kalmus
Boulez, Domaines for solo clarinet
Boulez, Dérive 1
Cage, Credo in US
Cage, Six Melodies, for violin and piano
Cage, Radio Music
Mark van de Wiel, Clarinet
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London Sinfonietta gives eloquent testimony to Schoenberg's greatness
****1
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