London Sinfonietta

With its second concert in the course of this year’s MaerzMusik the London Sinfonietta will honour two fundamentally different composers: Pierre Boulez, who in 2005 will celebrate his 80th birthday, with his composition Derive I for 8 instruments, a piece that was first performed by London Sinfonietta in 1985 under the baton of Oliver Knussen. Giacinto Scelsi, controversial and belatedly recognised artist, a composer who negated the existence of an individual creative genius. Natalia Pschenitschnikova (vocals) will interpret his composition Khoom for vocals and 7 instruments (1962). Scelsi would have celebrated his 100th birthday in 2005.

Moreover, the London Sinfonietta will present two works by English composers. Jonathan Harvey, a composer of the older generation, will be represented with two of his works: a classic from his complex work Mortuos Plangos, Vivos Voco (1980), composed in response to and reflection of the spectral movement in France, and Two Interludes from an Opera, parts from his recent project for music theatre. The younger generation of British composers will be represented by Sam Hayden with the German first performance of his piece Relative Autonomy (2004).