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BBC Open Ear / The Hermes Experiment

Joseph Havlat, Apartment House & Séverine Ballon

,LSO St Luke's
The Hermes Experiment

Innovative, disruptive and altogether without apology, Open Ear presents music from the leading edge.

In this instalment, we rotate around four boundary-pushing artists from the contemporary classical scene. The Hermes Experiment dives fearlessly into adventurous works by Meredith Monk, Joel Rust and Josephine Stephenson, while Joseph Havlat explores the dark colours of the piano (and toy piano). Then Apartment House bring their avant-garde experimentalism to bear on two UK premieres by Julius Aglinskas and Adrian Demoč, alongside the sparse hypnoticism of Oliver C Leith’s Grinding bust turning. Séverine Ballon completes the programme with spacious music for cello and electronics. 

Performers

  • The Hermes Experiment  
  • Apartment House  
  • Joseph Havlat   piano
  • Séverine Ballon   cello & electronics
  • Sara Mohr-Pietsch   presenter

Programme

  • Meredith Monk   Double Fiesta
  • Joel Rust   Pack of Orders
  • Josephine Stephenson   tanka
  • Seán Clancy   Four Pieces of Music Lasting Thirty Seconds Each
  • William Marsey   selections from 'Dutch Interior Subjects'
  • Gerald Barry   Triorchic Blues
  • Julius Aglinskas   ,,..." (UK premiere)
  • Adrian Demoč   Modré kvety (UK premiere)
  • Oliver C Leith   Grinding bust turning

Watch: Hermes Experiment

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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.