大象传媒

The 大象传媒 Singers give the UK premiere of Reconnaissance conducted by Krista Audere, plus a chance to hear Saariaho's string quartet Terra Memoria performed by Guildhall Musicians.

Reconnaissance sets a text by Kaija Saariaho's son Aleksi Barri猫re and combines the 大象传媒 Singers with the quirky scoring of percussion and double bass. Barri猫re describes the piece as a 'Science Fiction Madrigal', a warning to us on planet Earth, and a work haunted and inspired by NASA images showing Mars, once criss-crossed with rivers and seas, now bone dry. Saariaho's fascination with the vocal writing of the Itkuvirsi tradition found in Karelia is on display in Nuits adieux, and combines voices with electronics in Tag des Jahrs. The Fibonacci Quartet from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama end the sequence with Terra memoria, a work that seems to communicate, often in the softest of whispers, with spirits and those who have left this world.

From two concerts recorded at Milton Court on Sunday 7th May 2023
Presented by Andrew McGregor

Kaija Saariaho: Reconnaissance (Rusty Mirror Madrigal) (UK premi猫re)*

Kaija Saariaho: Nuits (adieux)

Kaija Saariaho: Tag des Jahrs

大象传媒 Singers
Beth Higham-Edwards (percussion)*
Dominic Worsley (double bass)*
Krista Audere (conductor)

21.20
Performances by Guildhall Musicians at Milton Court Concert Hall in the Total Immersion day.

Kaija Saariaho: Terra Memoria
Fibonacci Quartet: Krystof Kohout & Luna De Mol (violins), Elliot Kempton (viola), Kosta Popovic (cello)

Kaija Saariaho: Miranda's Lament
Ana Balestra (soprano)
Jeff Yunzhe Wu (violin)
Be帽at Erro D铆ez (clarinet)
Christopher Clark (harp)
Yat Hei Lee (double bass)