Organization

Conductor

Christian Karlsen

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Carina Vinke

Tenor

Peter Tantsits

London Sinfonietta

Orchestra

Southbank Centre

21st Century Voices

London

United Kingdom

Queen Elizabeth Hall

21st Century Voices: Poster

Public

Voices

Composition

Approved

South Bank Centre

This is an unflinching critique of modern society, with the London Sinfonietta picking Hans Werner Henze’s song-cycle, originally commissioned by the London Sinfonietta in 1973, as the source for a group of contemporary responses illustrating the frustrations and injustices of life 50 years on.

Henze’s seminal work sets a range of poems from across the globe with a common theme of oppression and resistance, and still sounds as provocatively relevant today as it did in the London Sinfonietta’s early days.

Taking this as a starting point, composers living and working today compare and contrast societal issues around the world in their own original protest songs.

English

21st Century Voices by Henze, Various, From (2023/2023), Conductor Christian Karlsen, South Bank Centre, London, United Kingdom

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Cast

Ensemble

Co-Producer

Program, About & Synopsis

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