A Scream and an Outrage: Session One

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A Scream and an Outrage: Session One with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers and So Percussion 10 May 2013 / 19:30 Hall
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The A Scream and an Outrage weekend kicks off with two world premieres of specially-commissioned new pieces by Nico Muhly and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang. Unrivalled interpreters of the contemporary repertoire, the BBC Singers will open the evening with Muhly’s latest composition, An Outrage; followed by Lang’s new percussion concerto titled man made, performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra with Brooklyn-based innovators So Percussion. The second half will feature the European premiere concert performance of Italian-American composer Paola Prestini’s new multimedia cantata, Oceanic Verses - in a new version for the Barbican stage. BBC Singers BBC Symphony Orchestra Jayce Ogren conductor Claudio Prima Sailor (folksinger) Helga Davis Scholar (improviser and vocalist) Hila Plitmann Peasant (soprano) Chris Burchett Soldier (baritone) RSVP to this event on Facebook now! Part of A Scream and an Outrage Part of A Scream and an Outrage multibuy Part of Contemporary Music events Produced by the Barbican and the BBC Symphony Orchestra Oceanic Verses was commissioned by VisionIntoArt Barbican Contemporary Music London’s home to the boldest new jazz, world, folk, contemporary classical, rock, pop & electronic music from across the globe.