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Anthony McGill and Britten Sinfonia

Milton Court Artist-in-Residence

,Milton Court Concert Hall
Anthony McGill smiling at the camera and holding his clarinet

Celebrated clarinettist Anthony McGill embarks on his residency at Milton Court, in an evening of conversation and performance with Britten Sinfonia.

From becoming the first African American musician to hold a principal role in the New York Philharmonic to performing at Obama’s inauguration, Anthony McGill has blazed a trail as one of classical music’s most multifaceted figures. In conversation with composer Anthony Davis and founding member of the Black Police Association, Leroy Logan, McGill explores the piece at the heart of this programme: Davis’s concerto, You Have the Right to Remain Silent. It stems from the moment Davis was pulled over at gunpoint by a police officer during the 70s, over 40 years before he won the Pulitzer Prize. In his powerful musical response, ‘the orchestra is interrogating the clarinet’.

The programme also features Jessie Montgomery’s music – infused with improvisation, energy and gleaming colours – and closes with a deeply poignant elegy by George Walker.

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This performance references incidents of wrongful arrest

This performance will finish at approximately 9.20pm, including a 20-minute interval

Co-produced by the Barbican and Britten Sinfonia

Programme

  • Jessie Montgomery   Starburst (chamber orchestra version)
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor   Nos 3 and 4 from Four Novelletten
  • Panel discussion with Anthony McGill and Anthony Davis  
  • Anthony Davis   You Have the Right to Remain Silent (European premiere)
  • George Walker   Lyric for Strings

Performers

  • Britten Sinfonia  
  • Pablo Urbina   conductor
  • Anthony McGill   clarinet
  • Anthony Davis   speaker
  • Leroy Logan   speaker
  • Earl Howard   synthesizer

Digital programme

Milton Court Concert Hall

Location
Milton Court Concert Hall is located within the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and is approximately a 5 minute walk from the Barbican entrance on Silk Street.  

Address
Milton Court
Silk St, London
EC2Y 9BH

Nearby public transport
We are within walking distance from a number of London Underground stations, the closest being Barbican, Old Street, St Paul’s and Moorgate. The nearest train stations are Liverpool Street and Farringdon. Bus Route 153 runs directly past the Barbican along Chiswell Street

Car and bicycle parking
We have free bicycle spaces and paid car parking spaces available