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Christ Church Bells Brothers Quay:
6.15pm – 6.45pm
Street of Crocodiles
The Royal Society of Cumberland
8.30pm – 9.30pm
Youths ring out the last of our events
at Christ Church.
Village Underground
£12
Saul London Contemporary Orchestra
7.00pm – 9.30pm
Hugh Brunt conductor
Christ Church Spitalfields Vivier Zipangu
A: £32 B: £22 C: £16 D: £10 E: £5 Schnittke Concerto Grosso No.1
Brothers Quay / Lech Jankowski
Royal Academy of Music Baroque Street of Crocodiles world premiere
SATURDAY 26 JUNE
Orchestra & Chorus (revised version)
Laurence Cummings director
London Contemporary Orchestra
Handel Saul HWV 53 showcases three unique musical
mavericks. Radical filmmakers the
Laurence Cummings leads some of Brothers Quay’s Street of Crocodiles
the future luminaries of classical music is accompanied by Lech Jankowski’s An Opera in Pieces:
in a concert performance of Handel’s score. Parallel worlds are also the
spectacular Saul. The timeless story theme of Claude Vivier’s Zipangu,
Summer Festival 2011
of Saul and his eventual successor referencing the island that Kubla Khan
commission launch
David explores the political and sought to conquer, and which to the
2.00pm – 4.00pm
personal relationship between two composer represents ‘the symbol of
powerful men alongside a chorus immeasurable wealth, lying just out of Village Underground
which electrifyingly captures the spirit reach.’ Schnittke’s Concerto Grosso
Learning & Participation animateur, Tim,
Free, booking required
of a people in turmoil. A non-stop No.1 skilfully fuses the disparate styles
waits at Commercial Street bus stop
demonstration of oratorical fireworks, of baroque, modern and the banal Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch
this piece is considered among into an essay on the subversion of John Barber, Hazel Gould composers
Handel’s finest. conventions, constantly wrong-footing Featured artists: The Sixteen,
the listener. Women sing East,
Insight: 1.00pm Spitalfields Singers
Open rehearsal with students from the Insight: 7.30pm
Royal Academy of Music Pre concert talk with the Brothers Quay. Spitalfields Music invites you to an
Hear Laurence Cummings and Royal exclusive event launching our Festival
Academy of Music performers commission for Summer 2011. An
make their final preparations for the Save 15% now when you book for Opera in Pieces is being developed
evening’s event. two or more concerts. with our local neighbourhood of
singers and musicians, of all ages and
Insight: 6.00pm musical backgrounds. This unique
Laurence Cummings in conversation window into the devising process will
with music critic Tim Ashley. introduce you to the creative team
behind the piece, with a performance
Supported by an anonymous donor and the from our brand new community choir,
Phillimore Charitable Trust Spitalfields Singers.
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