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Summary:THE LAST IN A SERIES OF SIX PROGRAMMES WHICH TAKE A BOLD AND ORIGINAL APPROACH TO CLASSICAL CONTEMPORARY MUSIC, AIMING TO ATTRACT NEW AUDIENCES TO AN OFTEN UNFAMILIAR WORLD OF SOUND. EDGARD VARESE (1883-1965) COMPOSED MUSIC IN WHICH TIME AS WE UNDERSTAND IT PLAYS NO PART. "AT TWENTY", HE WROTE, "I BEGAN TO FEEL SOUND AS A LIVING MATERIAL, TO BE FORMED WITHOUT WILFUL LIMITATIONS. FROM THIS TIME ON, I THOUGHT OF MUSIC AS ONLY EXISTING IN SPACE". IN THIS PROGRAMME, NO MUSICIANS ARE SEEN. VARESE'S "INTEGRALES" IS REALISED VISUALLY THROUGH THE DRAMATIC SETTING OF AYERS ROCK IN AUSTRALIA AND THE BURGUNDIAN CHURCH OF HIS CHILDHOOD WHICH INSPIRED SO MUCH OF HIS MUSIC.
Description:A SERIES OF 6 PROGRAMMES WITH THE LONDON SINFONIETTA WHICH TAKE A BOLD AND ORIGINAL APPROACH TO 20TH CENTURY MUSIC