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Venice Biennale Musicale 2021

The latest in new music including performances from the Venice Biennale Musicale 2021.

New Music Show: Tom Service introduces the latest in new music including performances from the Biennale Musicale, a city-wide celebration of choral music which took place in Venice a couple of weeks ago. Tonight's show includes world premieres of Christina Kubisch's 'Il viaggio della voce,' and George Lewis's 'Amo,' to texts from the 18th century philosopher Anton Wilhelm Amo who was brought to Germany as a small child from Axim in present-day Ghana.There's also a string quartet by Gerald Resch which took as its starting point a quartet by Beethoven and Britta Bystr枚m's 'A Room of One's Own,' inspired by Virginia Woolf.

1 hour, 59 minutes

Last on

Sat 16 Oct 2021 22:00

Music Played

  • Britta Bystr枚m

    A Room of One's Own

    Performer: Malin Broman.
  • George Lewis

    'Amo' (for six voices and electronics)

    Performer: Alex Nadjarov. Choir: Neue Vocalsolisten.
  • Kaija Saariaho

    Bon Vent

    Performer: Aliisa Neige Barri猫re.
  • Edu Haubensak

    Coro Nuovo

    Performer: Stefan Wirth.
  • Gerald Resch

    String Quartet No. 3 'Attacca'

    Ensemble: Aris String Quartet.
  • Kenneth Maue

    Reality

    Performer: John Lely.
  • Christina Kubisch

    Il viaggio della voce: Viaggio 1

    Choir: Cappella Marciana. Conductor: Marco Germani.

Broadcast

  • Sat 16 Oct 2021 22:00

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