Beethoven’s symphony features birdsong melodies he transcribed, while the great 20th-century Finnish composer Rautavaara’s work is a 'Concerto for Birds and Orchestra', with the recorded sounds of curlews, shore larks, whooper swans and others the soloists running throughout.

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Britten Sinfonia: Recycling Concerto

Barbican Centre

Beethoven’s symphony features birdsong melodies he transcribed, while the great 20th-century Finnish composer Rautavaara’s work is a “Concerto for Birds and Orchestra”, with the recorded sounds of curlews, shore larks, whooper swans and others the soloists running throughout. Mayrhofer’s Recycling Concerto was written for the virtuosic percussionist Vivi Vassileva. Together they have collected and tuned an enormous battery of percussion from repurposed rubbish, which Vassileva makes full use of over the course of this powerful and thought-provoking work.

Gregor L Mayrhofer

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Mar 12, 2026

Britten Sinfonia: Recycling Concerto · Barbican Centre

12 - 13 Mar, 2026

Recycling Concerto · Britten Sinfonia

Future and recently performed repertoire

Conductor in Cantus Arcticus by Rautavaara

Barbican Centre

Conductor in Symphony No. 6 by Beethoven

Barbican Centre

Conductor in Recycling Concerto by Mayrhofer

Barbican Centre

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