Venice Biennale Musicale 2021
The latest in new music including performances from the Venice Biennale Musicale 2021.
New Music Show: Tom Service introduces the latest in new music including performances from the Biennale Musicale, a city-wide celebration of choral music which took place in Venice a couple of weeks ago. Tonight's show includes world premieres of Christina Kubisch's 'Il viaggio della voce,' and George Lewis's 'Amo,' to texts from the 18th century philosopher Anton Wilhelm Amo who was brought to Germany as a small child from Axim in present-day Ghana.There's also a string quartet by Gerald Resch which took as its starting point a quartet by Beethoven and Britta Bystr枚m's 'A Room of One's Own,' inspired by Virginia Woolf.
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Britta Bystr枚m
A Room of One's Own
Performer: Malin Broman. -
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George Lewis
'Amo' (for six voices and electronics)
Performer: Alex Nadjarov. Choir: Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart. -
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Kaija Saariaho
Bon Vent
Performer: Aliisa Neige Barri猫re. -
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Edu Haubensak
Coro Nuovo
Performer: Stefan Wirth. -
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Gerald Resch
String Quartet No. 3 'Attacca'
Ensemble: Aris String Quartet. -
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Kenneth Maue
Reality
Performer: John Lely. -
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Christina Kubisch
Il viaggio della voce: Viaggio 1
Choir: Cappella Marciana. Conductor: Marco Germani.
Broadcast
- Sat 16 Oct 2021 22:00蜜芽传媒 Radio 3
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