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BBC Open Ear / We Spoke: New Music Company

Contemporary Music at LSO St Luke's

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A linguistically disorienting programme of words, words and not words with experimental vocal ensemble Exaudi and percussion collective We Spoke: New Music.

Hear all 1,015 three-letter words in the English language in All Words by Michael Oesterle before We Spoke passes electrical signal through their bodies, electric lights and other objects to produce the sounds of Simon Loeffler’s b. Featuring the UK premieres of Amber Priestly’s Help with Adverbs, Lorenzo Pagliei’s Corpi Celesti alongside Fritz Hauser’s (wordless) intricate work for wood blocks As We Are Speaking.

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LSO St Luke's

Location
161 Old St
London
EC1V 9NG

Nearby public transport
The closest London Underground station is Old Street.The nearest National Rail station is Old Street (for Great Northern services), with Liverpool Street, Farringdon, Blackfriars and City Thameslink all within walking distance. Bus services running to LSO St Luke's are 55, 243 (stop nearest to LSO St Luke's), 43, 76, 141, 205, 214, 271. 

Car and bicycle parking
The nearest paid car parking is at the Barbican. There are occasionally disabled parking spaces available at the venue, but these must be booked in advance by calling LSO St Luke's on 020 7490 3939. The nearest TfL Bicycle Hire docking station is at Old Street tube station.