Galina Ustvolskaya joined the composition class of Dmitri Shostakovich at Leningrad State Conservatoire in St Petersburg, and immediately won his esteem, with the elder predicting 'world fame'. 

However, the conditions couldn't have been much worse: it was the time of 'Great Terror', the Soviet Union's clamp down on any radical thinkers and artists who veered from the communist line. 

Sound Within Sound: Ustvolskaya 

Southbank Centre

Join us for a journey through Mexico that features striking chamber works, unconventional musical experiences, and the experimental song Preludio a Colón. 

Described by Kate Molleson as a 'confounding mix of absolutist, traditionalist, visionary and shameless revisionist', Carrillo never ceases to surprise, in his music as well as his words. 

Carrillo & Revueltas

Temple Music Foundation

Honourable Society of the Inner Temple

We mark the anniversary of our first-ever concert with a celebration of the eclectic, provocative, surprising and beautiful music we have commissioned and performed throughout our history. Performing a mix of new commissions and classic chamber repertoire written specially for the ensemble over the years, we will be joined by special guests for a festive evening of new music. 

Decades

In a concert filled with thrillingly contrasting landscapes, Geoffrey Paterson makes his eagerly awaited return to Ensemble 10:10 bringing three classic pieces from three giants of the recent past – Takemitsu, Birtwistle and Ligeti (whose 100th anniversary we celebrate this year). Tansy Davies and a new work from Royal Philharmonic Society prize-winner Michael Betteridge bring us up to the minute

Ensemble 10:10

Yoko Ono Lennon Centre

This concert focuses on our perceptions of time, through two very different yet complementary masterpieces. The London Sinfonietta and Daniel Pioro will perform Gérard Grisey’s Vortex Temporum, a work that takes us through three time frames: ‘normal’, human time, the ‘expanded’ time of whales and the ‘compressed’ time of birds, via this pioneering spectralist composer’s virtuoso imagination. This late masterwork fulfilled Grisey’s vision of a music that transfigures our experience of time. On a symphonic scale, revealing dizzying dances and lavish harmonic language, the music carries us on a journey through boundary-breaking sound-worlds.

Vortex Temporum

Here is a unique opportunity to experience star soprano Danielle de Niese in a portrayal of female characters pushed to their extreme limits. In Purcell's tragic baroque opera, Queen Dido must die for her love for Aeneas. In Weill's burlesque, cabaret-inspired satire, two sisters must sacrifice all their principles to get ahead in the world.

EPSG:4326

De Niese & Dido og Æneas

DR Koncerthuset

One of the UK’s leading contemporary ensembles offers a new Wigmore Hall co-commission; the piece by Hungarian composer/conductor Peter Eötvös is a melodrama for narrator and five instruments setting a text adapted by Mari Mezei from Alessandro Baricco’s novel Silk. There’s also the first London performance of a short work by Birtwistle.

Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; Geoffrey Paterson conductor; Alice Rossi soprano; Meg Kubota reciter

Wigmore Hall

### Event Description: Secret Kiss Birmingham

**Event Title:** Secret Kiss Birmingham

**Date and Time:** Wednesday, 27 November 2024, 7:30 PM (Pre-concert talk at 6:30 PM)

**Venue:** CBSO Centre, Berkley Street, Birmingham, B1 2LF

**Ticket Prices:**
- General: £15.00
- Student: £7.50
- Under 12s: FREE with a paying adult

**Event Overview:**
Join the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group (BCMG) for an ethereal performance at the CBSO Centre. The concert, titled "Secret Kiss," explores the theme of intimate communication through music, featuring sensitive stories of connection and self-awareness.

**Program Highlights:**
- **Rebecca Saunders:** *Stirrings* (2001, 16')
- **Julian Anderson:** *Mitternachtslied* (2020, 2023, 6')
- **Peter Eötvös:** *Secret Kiss* (2018/9, 15') - BCMG SI Commission (World première of the English language version)
- **Lisa Illean:** *Cantor* (2017, 9')
- **Harrison Birtwistle:** *The Woman and the Hare* (1999, 15')
- **Harrison Birtwistle:** *.when falling asleep* (2022, 7')

**Featured Artists:**
- **Alice Rossi:** Soprano
- **Meg Kubota:** Reciter
- **Geoffrey Paterson:** Conductor

**About the Main Piece:**
"Secret Kiss" is one of Peter Eötvös' final ensemble works, inspired by Alessandro Baricco's novel *Silk*. The piece transports the audience back to the 19th century, where a young Frenchman travels to Japan to learn about silk production. During his visit, he encounters a young girl, and a tender yet binding connection emerges from a single glance.

**Additional Information:**
- **Co-Commissioners:** Gageego Ensemble Gothenburg, Casa da Música Porto, Plural Ensemble Madrid, Okamura & Company, Inc., Musikfabrik Cologne, MÜPA Budapest, Wigmore Hall, and Birmingham Contemporary Music Group as part of BCMG’s Sound Investment Scheme.
- **Composer Background:** Peter Eötvös (1944 - 2024) was a highly influential figure in the contemporary music scene, known for his operas, instrumental solo concertos, and chamber music pieces.

**Booking Information:**
Tickets are available for purchase online. For more details and to book your place, visit the BCMG website.

**Contact:**
For further inquiries, contact BCMG at 0121 616 2616.

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Join us for an evening of intimate and evocative music that promises to be a memorable experience.

Secret Kiss

Jörg Widmann’s love of Schumann impelled him to reflect, reconsider and then weave his own instrumental tapestry in and around Schumann’s great song cycle Dichterliebe, sung tonight by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra’s Artist in Residence, Benjamin Appl. Geoffrey Paterson returns to Ensemble 10:10 to guide us through this and the contrasting musical landscapes of Alexander Goehr and Pierre Boulez(to honour his 100th anniversary), and introduce new music from Liverpool-born former Rushworth Composition Prize winner, Nneka Cummins.

Geoffrey Paterson

Events

Upcoming events

21 - 22 Nov, 2024

De Niese & Dido og Æneas · DR ­Symfoniorkestret

Nov 26, 2024

Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; Geoffrey Paterson conductor; Alice Rossi soprano; Meg Kubota reciter · Wigmore Hall

26 - 27 Nov, 2024

Secret Kiss · Birmingham Contemporary Music Group

Mar 5, 2025

Ensemble 10:10 · Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Past events

Jul 6, 2024

Sound Within Sound: Ustvolskaya · London Sinfonietta

Jul 5, 2024

Carrillo & Revueltas · London Sinfonietta

Future and recently performed repertoire

Conductor in The Seven Deadly Sins by Weill

DR ­Symfoniorkestret

Conductor in The Four Seasons by Vivaldi

London Sinfonietta

Conductor in Dido and Aeneas by Purcell

DR ­Symfoniorkestret

Conductor in Mitternachtslied by Anderson

Wigmore Hall

Conductor in Stirrings by Saunders

Wigmore Hall

Conductor in Secret Kiss by Eötvös

Wigmore Hall

Conductor in Cantor by Illean

Wigmore Hall

Conductor in The Woman and the Hare by Birtwistle

Wigmore Hall

Conductor in when falling asleep by Birtwistle

Birmingham Contemporary Music Group

Conductor in Flow state by Cummins

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Conductor in Sinfonia by Goehr

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Conductor in Schumannliebe by Schumann

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Conductor in Mémoriale by Boulez

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Conductor in Symphony No. 3 by Ustvolskaya

London Sinfonietta

Conductor in Symphony No. 2 by Ustvolskaya

London Sinfonietta

Conductor in Tree Line by Takemitsu

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Conductor in Vortex temporum by Grisey

London Sinfonietta

Conductor in Inside Out 2 by Davies

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Conductor in Melodien by Ligeti

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Conductor in Ode to Urbanity by Betteridge

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Conductor in Secret Theatre by Birtwistle

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

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