Sounds and Visions FreeStage

12 Ensemble: Whitley, Woolrich, Lutosławski

Fri 11 May 2018, 18:30 ,Barbican Foyers

The first of three free performances from the string ensemble as part of Max Richter’s Sounds and Visions weekend.

Here they perform three contemporary works which reflect both their influences and those of Max; Kate Whitley’s graceful Autumn Songs; John Woolrich’s lyrical evocation of the hero’s homecoming Ulysses Awakes; and Witold Lutosławski’s tribute to Béla Bartók, Musique funèbre.

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Barbican Foyers

Location
Level G,
Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London
EC2Y 8DS

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