Spirit of Delight: Iannis Xenakis celebrated at the Southbank Centre

Mark van de Wiel

The London Sinfonietta and Geoffrey Paterson

Geoffrey Paterson

By Christopher Woodley, 09 October 2022

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“the polyrhythmic heroics that conjure up a star cluster is not for the faint-hearted”

Reviewed at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London on 8 October 2022

Xenakis, O-mega

Xenakis, Palimpsest

Xenakis, Echange

Xenakis, Thallein

Xenakis, Psappha

Xenakis, Ikhoor

Xenakis, Tetras

Xenakis, Mikka for violin

Xenakis, Mikka S

Xenakis, Pleiades

Mark van de Wiel, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet

Geoffrey Paterson, Conductor

London Sinfonietta

Colin Currie Group, Percussion

JACK Quartet

Philip Howard, Piano

Oliver Lowe, Percussion

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Reviewed at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London on 8 October 2022

Programme to include:

Xenakis, Psappha

Xenakis, Tetras

Xenakis, Pleiades

Colin Currie, Percussion

Colin Currie Group, Percussion

JACK Quartet

London Sinfonietta explodes fixed views of Boulez

Roy Westbrook, 5th October

Pierre Boulez died in 2016, but on this evidence of this exploration into …explosante-fixe…, his music will live on.

*****

Patterns in motion: Sasha Waltz & Guests dance Riley’s In C

Marat Ingeldeev, 29th April

An evening of thrilling choreography and seamless synergy between dance and music, as Sasha Waltz & Guests and the London Sinfonietta bring Terry Riley’s legendary In C to life.

****1

London Sinfonietta's ‘Hidden Voices’ lack a narrative strand

Susannah Moody, 3rd April

The London Sinfonietta blends premieres and poetry in a confusing evening at the Southbank Centre.

**111

London Sinfonietta’s spectacular exploration of Cage and Boulez

Marat Ingeldeev, 9th March

Musical cross-pollination came to life in London Sinfonietta’s electrifying performance, in a seamless blend of theatre, history and virtuosic playing.

*****

London Sinfonietta weave Love Lines with passion and drama

Christopher Woodley, 6th December

Engaging performances, including two world premieres, are served up by one of Kings Place's partners in the ‘Scotland Unwrapped’ season.

****1

Failing better, sounding again: Beckett and Feldman at the Southbank

Marat Ingeldeev, 29th November

Beckett’s theatrical precision and Feldman’s fragile soundscapes cross paths at the Southbank Centre, creating a fleeting beauty in a profound artistic dialogue.

****1

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Christopher Woodley

Christopher’s professional background is in the public sector, and includes a spell in music librarianship. A composer, he is a keen follower of contemporary music and has attended all but four editions of the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, including the first concert in 1978. Other musical passions include a fascination with the “bad boys” of the New Complexity fixation, particularly the god-like Brian Ferneyhough – arguably the best thing to have come out of Coventry. When not listening to Boulez, Christopher relaxes by frequenting the fields, orchards, woodlands and pubs on the Weald of Kent, where he lives.