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Rolf Hind
piano
Loré Lixenberg
voice
Sasha Balmazi-Owen
sound and vision

Works by Rolf Hind, Hindley, Chris Hutchins, Koechlin, György Kurtág, Loré LixenbergElaine Mitchener, Per Nørgård, OliverosNiels Rønsholdt, Schumann, Ravel & Alison Wills.

In this concert, designed as a taster and prelude to a full iteration of the Occupy The Pianos Festival next year, Hind, Lixenberg and Balmazi-Owen, design and describe a personal journey through some of the preoccupations the future festival will dwell on: migrations - of humans, of birds and animals.

The time and mood of lockdown is also reflected in fierce and angry music, ruminative music, and especially the increased awareness of our relationship with nature (Schumann and Hindley.) In an uninterrupted 90 minute sequence these moods are examined and played out, with sound and film to complement and comment on the journey.

As ever with Occupy there’s a bracing mix of brand new, with premieres from Hind and Mitchener; little-performed - Koechlin’s astonishing piano pieces from the 1910s, for example - and classics in a new context: songs from Schumann whose direct yet mysterious Eichendorff texts encapsulate Man’s age old fascination, horror and intoxication with the natural world.

Come and join us for this cathartic sequence that opens with the sound of a mythical bird, and ends with the audience creating the sounds, as we remind ourselves of the beauty, outrage, and outrageous beauty of music.

NB. SJSS will be implementing a socially distanced and safe environment. Practical details will be forwarded to ticket holders prior to the event. Should circumstances prevent the concerts from going ahead then full refunds will be provided.

Concert Programme available to read or download >>HERE<<

http://www.rolfhind.com/
http://lorelixenberg.net/

DIGITAL VERSION AVAILABLE at www.sjss.org.uk from 25th October 2020