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Rhythm Across Time

Academy of Ancient Music

,Milton Court Concert Hall
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Academy of Ancient Music joins The Wave Quartet in an ingenious, audacious musical voyage across five centuries. 

Centuries pass, but artistry is forever, and whether it’s 1726 or 2026, there’s nothing to match the voltage generated by a virtuoso performer at the absolute peak of their game. In this extraordinary, genre-crossing collaboration the Academy of Ancient Music meets marimba phenomenon Christoph Sietzen and his Wave Quartet. Sparks will fly. 

‘The listener must be gripped and drawn into the flight path of the sounds,’ said Iannis Xenakis, and that’s the idea today: an adventure in musical time and space that ranges from the high baroque to the 1980s avant-garde; from the electrifying sonic patterns of Bach and Handel to the (surprisingly baroque) rhythmic rituals of Xenakis himself. These were composers who smashed boundaries and astonished the senses. We’ll aim for nothing less. 

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Programme

  • Antonio Bertali   Ciaconna in C major
  • Francesco Geminiani   Concerto Grosso Op 5 No 12 ‘La Folia’
  • George Frederic Handel   Chaconne in G major HWV 435
  • Johann Sebastian Bach   Harpsichord Concerto in G minor BWV 1058 (arr for two marimbas and strings)
  • Iannis Xenakis   Reponds B for solo percussion
  • Constanzo Festa   Variations on ‘La Spagna’ - Contrapunto 46, 88, 77 and 108
  • Johann Sebastian Bach   Harpsichord Concerto in C major BWV 1061 (arr for marimbas and strings)

Performers

  • The Wave Quartet  
  • Christoph Sietzen   director & marimba
  • Academy of Ancient Music  
  • Bojan Čičić   director & violin

Ticket prices

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From £15 *
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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

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