Organization

Admin

London Sinfonietta

Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival

Conductor

Christian Karlsen

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Carina Vinke

Tenor

Peter Tantsits

Orchestra

Anna Korsun

Contralto

21st Century voices

Huddersfield

United Kingdom

21st Century voices: Voices Henze (+2 More)

Public

Private

Voices

In solidarity with striking workers

Haamu

Requiem for a Plague: Coda

Green Tress

Parmenides Prooimion

Azadi/Freedom

Approved

London Sinfonietta demonstrates the commissioning boldness for which it is known in this unflinching critique of modern society. Contrasting movements from Hans Werner Henze’s “brilliantly colorful” song cycle Voices, originally commissioned by the London Sinfonietta in 1973, with 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 sound as provocatively relevant today as they did in the London Sinfonietta’s early days. Taking this as a starting point, composers living and working today will compare and contrast societal issues around the world in their own original protest songs.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Ensemble

Co-Producer