Refracted Sound
Enter the mysterious world of giant of American minimalism Morton Feldman’s expansive For Samuel Beckett with the London Sinfonietta.
Written shortly before the composer’s death, For Samuel Beckett is a meditatively shifting work, in which tiny differences between endless rhythmic and harmonic permutations suspend space and time.
Feldman’s experiments with scale and entropy led him to an obsession with quietly powerful music: this evocative and mysterious work seems to appear from nowhere and float on elsewhere after its end.
The Royal Academy of Music’s talented Manson Ensemble joins the London Sinfonietta’s players side by side on stage to perform this beautiful piece.
Performers
London Sinfonietta
Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble
Jack Sheen conductor, co-director
Roland Hill co-director
Kaya Blumenthal-Rothchild dancer
Sandy Hoi Shan Yip dancer
Mary Sweetnam dancer
Timea Szalontayova dancer
Repertoire
Beckett: Quad
Feldman: For Samuel Beckett
Need to know
Queen Elizabeth Hall at 6.15pm: pre-concert talk with conductor and co-director Jack Sheen, co-director Rowland Hill and author Tim Rutherford-Johnson. Admission free.
Haze is used during this performance.
For your visit
This event is held at the Queen Elizabeth Hall Southbank Centre
The Queen Elizabeth Hall is open from 90 minutes before events start until they finish. It’s closed at all other times.
Plan your visit
The Queen Elizabeth Hall is home to both our second-largest auditorium and the Purcell Room.
Getting here
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