SOUTHBANK CENTRE

Iannis Xenakis

Queen Elizabeth Hall

Philharmonia Orchestra

Resident at Southbank Centre

Tuesday 21 October 2008, 7.30pm

Iannis Xenakis Pithoprakta
Olivier Messiaen Chronochromie
INTERVAL
Gyorgy Ligeti Atmospheres
George Benjamin Sudden Time

George Benjaminconductor

Both George Benjamin and Iannis Xenakis were pupils of Messiaen in Paris. Ligeti, however, remained aloof and suspicious of the systemised composition techniques of Messiaen and others, and instead focussed on palpable melodies and the evocativeness of sounds.

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