SINFONIETTA NOVA

An exciting partnership with Sinfonietta Cracovia, London Sinfonietta musicians will be guest concertmasters to celebrate their 30th anniversary and discover new areas of music for the Krakow audience. 

The first of three Sinfonietta Nova concerts will feature London Sinfonietta's Jonathan Morton. The concert will take you on a journey through the raw and palpable power of Krzysztof Penderecki, the eerie and unsettling undercurrent of the Oscar-winning soundtrack 'There Will Be Blood' to the unistic and deeply layered style of composer Zygmunt Krauze, who will sit at the piano.

The programme will include: 

Witold Lutosławski  Overture
Bryce Dessner  Réponse Lutosławski 
Peter Sculthorpe  Jabiru Dreaming
Edmund Finnis  Between Rain
Krzysztof Penderecki  String Quartet no 1 
Sygmunt Krauze  Penderecki in memoriam
Jonny Greenwood  Three movements from There Will be Blood

Jonathan Morton  violin
Sinfonietta Cracovia

The second Sinfonietta Nova concerts will feature London Sinfonietta's Paul Silverthorne. The concert programme will show the virtuosity of the ensemble and the individual players, while giving you an insight to Paul's personal connection to the music he has chosen.

The programme will include:

Nicholas Maw  Life Studies (III, V, VI)
Toru Takemitsu  A way A lone II
John Woolrich  Ulysses Awakes
Joanna Wnuk-Nazar  Quintetto per archi no. 2

The third and final Sinfonietta Nova concert will feature London Sinfonietta's Tim Gill. The concert programme will spotlight the cello's expressive range and the  rich and diverse textures of contemporary classical music. 

The programme will include:

Mikołaj Piotr Górecki  Sinfonietta concertante na kwintet dęty i orkiestrę smyczkową (world premiere)
David Compper  Cello Concerto (version for strings): solo part
Edmund Finnis  The Centre is Everywhere
 

Each Sinfonietta Nova concert will feature one London Sinfonietta musician who will visit Poland to rehearse and perform with the Sinfonietta Cracovia.

The concerts and players are:

16 February       Jonathan Morton

7 April                 Paul Silverthorne

20 October         Tim Gill