Indies and Idols: Australian Chamber Orchestra
- 7.30pm
Tickets
About this event:
- Category:
- Classical Music
- Event type:
- Booking required | In-person
- Admission:
- £15-40
- Location:
- Milton Court Concert Hall
Event information
Discover how the kaleidoscopic dissonances and pioneering textures of 20th-century Polish classical music inspired some of the boldest sounds in 21st-century culture, as the two worlds collide.
Richard Tognetti and his Australian Chamber Orchestra are joined by musicians from Guildhall School to bring music by pop-cultural icons Jonny Greenwood and Bryce Dessner face-to-face with the sounds of post-World War Two Poland – Szymanowski, Penderecki and Lutosławski – in an evening that’s been described as ‘a mind-bending, ear twisting, richly rewarding musical experience like few others’ (The Australian).
No music exists in a vacuum – so prepare for the worlds of neo-classicism, Polish folk and the avant garde to collide with contemporary cult classics in a dizzying, mesmerising and energising concert experience typical of our International Associate Ensemble.
Programme & performers
Witold Lutosławski Musique funèbre: Prologue
Bryce Dessner Réponse
Wojciech Kilar Orawa
Krzysztof Penderecki Aria from Three Pieces in Baroque Style
Krzysztof Penderecki String Quartet No 1
Jonny Greenwood Suite from There Will be Blood
Karol Szymanowski String Quartet No 2 (arr. Richard Tognetti)
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Richard Tognetti director, violin
Guildhall School musicians
Venue information
Milton Court, based across the road from our Silk Street building, provides the School with world-class performance and training spaces, including a state of the art concert hall, a lyric theatre, a studio theatre and several major rehearsal rooms.
- Milton Court, 1 Milton Street, London, EC2Y 9BH