BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2017-18 Season Total Immersion: Julian Anderson Chamber Music - BBC Symphony Orchestra

21 Oct 2017, Barbican, London

13:00 Sat 21 Oct 2017 Next Event

Total Immersion: Julian Anderson Chamber Music

13:00 Sat 21 Oct 2017 Milton Court

Anderson’s chamber works here span 21 years of his compositional life, and reveal his characteristically acute ear for texture on a small scale.

Programme

- - Julian Anderson
  - Poetry Nearing Silence
  - Ring Dance
  - The Colour of Pomegranates
  - Van Gogh Blue
  - Alhambra Fantasy

Performers

Musicians from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama
BBC Symphony Orchestra

Composers

Julian Anderson

Concert Information

Guildhall musicians reveal Julian Anderson’s musical voice on a smaller scale, exploring both the breadth as well as the depth of his compositional output.

Four chamber works that span 21 years of Julian Anderson’s compositional output: The Colour of Pomegranates for alto flute and piano is the earliest work here, while Van Gogh Blue (inspired by the exuberance of many of the letters of the Dutch artist) and Ring Dance show Anderson’s most recent musical voice.

Poetry Nearing Silence was inspired by the paintings of Tom Phillips which in turn were created by painting over an obscure Victorian novel: it’s a magical score full of extraordinary sounds and textures.