London Sinfonietta

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London Sinfonietta
Christian Karlsen conductor

Carina Vinke mezzo-soprano
Peter Tantsits tenor
Mariam Rezaei turntables
Auclair voice
Jonathan Green sound projection

Hans Werner Henze (Germany, 1926)
Henze Song 1: Los poetas cubanos ya no sueñan (1973) 5’

Anna Korsun (Ukraine, 1986)
Haamu (2023) 6’ UK Premiere

Hans Werner Henze (Germany, 1926)
Henze Song 4: Electric Cop (1973) 4’

Charles Uzor (Nigeria / Switzerland, 1961)
Parmenides Prooimion (2023) 7’ UK Premiere

Hans Werner Henze (Germany, 1926)
Henze Song 6: 42 Schulkinder (1973) 5’

Riikka Talvitie (Finland, 1970)
Green Tress (2023) 5’ UK Premiere

Hans Werner Henze (Germany, 1926)
Henze Song 13: Das wirkliche Messer (1973) 3’

Tyshawn Sorey (US, 1980)
Requiem for a Plague: Coda (2023) 5’ UK Premiere

Hans Werner Henze (Germany, 1926)
Henze Song 14: Recht und billig (1973) 3’

Auclair (Rwanda/UK)
In Solidarity with Striking Workers (2023) 5’ UK Premiere

Hans Werner Henze (Germany, 1926)
Henze Song 16: Screams (1973) 2’

Mariam Rezaei (Iran/UK, 1984)
Azadi / Freedom (2023) 5’ UK Premiere

Hans Werner Henze (Germany, 1926)
Henze Song 19: Roses (1973) 8’

Taking inspiration from Hans Werner Henze’s classic post-war masterpiece Voices (commissioned by the London Sinfonietta), six composers have now been commissioned to create new protest songs for the 21^st century. Addressing subjects as diverse as climate change, misogyny, the impact of the pandemic and the power of personal enlightenment, these new songs will be set against some of the movements of Henze’s original work which contain messages from 1973 – many of which are still vividly relevant today.

Co-commissioned and co-produced by Time of Music and hcmf// as part of the Sounds Now project cofunded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union; also supported by John Ellerman Foundation, the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia and hcmf// Benefactor Professor Emeritus Richard Steinitz OBE

Photo: © Orlando Gili