Philharmonia Chamber Players: Transfigured Night

This free 45-minute concert showcases the skills of six Philharmonia string players. It’s not often that classically trained musicians are encouraged to ‘break away’ from the notation and improvise, but Jessie Montgomery’s piece Break Away asks them to do just that. She writes phrases that can be repeated, riffed on, overlap and interrupt one another, and her instructions to the players include the crucial words ‘Have fun!’. The passionate ...