Jerwood Hall
Anselm McDonnell: The Expanded Violin
Jerwood Composer+ Showcase
Saturday 12 October 2024 • 7pm
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Jerwood Hall, LSO St Luke’s
Anselm McDonnell Rusted Sugar
Kaija Saariaho Nocturne
Kalevi Aho Lamento
Leo Chadburn De La Salle (Violins)
Interval
Ian Wilson Primavera from ‘Quattro Stagioni’
Chiyoko Szlavnics Quick Figure (for Marc Sabat)
Chiyoko Szlavnics This is Only Here. This is Only Now.
Judith Ring Swept Through the Floods
Anselm McDonnell Genesis Cradle (world premiere)
Mira Benjamin violin
Larissa O’Grady violin
Chihiro Ono violin
Amalia Young violin
Tickets
£8 (£6 concessions, £5 under-18s)
+ £1.50 booking fee per online/phone transaction
The Concert
A deep dive into the potential of the violin, expanding and enhancing the instrument through microtonality, electronics, and the sound of multiple violins.
Rusted Sugar enters the world of intervals smaller than a semitone, taking traditional tonal chord progressions and setting them into a landscape of quartertones, sweet synthesisers, and funk rhythms. Swept Through the Floods and Lamento present powerful emotional journeys, Judith Ring following the turbulent ebbs and flows of environmental flooding disasters in the former, and the latter Kalevi Aho’s soulful tribute to the young Finnish violinist Sakari Laukola. Leo Chadburn’s De La Salle (Violins) occupies a calmer environment: a drifting soundscape that merges four violins into one united voice.
Ian Wilson’s Primavera takes the violin quartet in a different direction, creating a texture of agile and nervous echoes in response to paintings by the American artist Cy Twombly. Also responding to visual stimuli but turning again to the world of detail and small intervals and Saariaho’s Nocturne is an intimate tribute to Lutosławski. McDonnell’s new work Genesis Cradle closes the concert, this time exploring alternative tunings through Just Intonation – intervals that are tuned to fit with the naturally occurring relationships in the harmonic series.
Presented by LSO Discovery.
LSO Jerwood Composer+ is generously supported by Jerwood Foundation. The Expanded Violin is generously supported by Marchus Trust, the Hinrichsen Foundation and the Vaughan Williams Foundation.
Dive Deeper
The Crypt Bar
Open for hot and cold drinks from one hour before the performance, and during the interval (where applicable).
Card payments only.
Presented by LSO Discovery
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Booking and Discounts
Booking Your Tickets
Online at lso.co.uk
By phone on +44 20 7870 2500 (Monday to Friday 12–5.30pm)
In person at the Barbican Centre
£1.50 booking fee per transaction when booking online or by phone
Refunds and Exchanges
If you can no longer use your tickets, you can exchange them for another LSO St Luke’s concert or Barbican credit voucher (valid for six months). Please ensure that you inform the Box Office at least 24 hours before the performance (two weeks for group bookings). A per-ticket administration fee applies for all exchange services.
Questions About Your Booking?
Contact the Box Office at tickets@barbican.org.uk.
Visit the Barbican website for conditions of sale and further information.
The LSO reserves the right to change artists or programmes if necessary. If the event is cancelled, all bookers will receive a refund. All discounts are subject to availability and may not be combined. Box office calls may be monitored or recorded for quality assurance or training purposes
Concessions
£6 tickets for over-60s, full-time students and unwaged/unemployed people.
Under-18s
£5 tickets for under-18s.
Access Members
Members of the Barbican’s Access Scheme can book wheelchair places priced at the lowest price for that event and book a free companion seat. Join the Barbican Access Scheme.
Your Visit and Access
Getting to LSO St Luke's
The main entrance to LSO St Luke’s is through the gates from Old Street. Please check the doors open time for your chosen concert.
What to Expect
From the concert experience to venue facilities and The Crypt café and bar, find out what to expect at LSO St Luke’s.
Accessibility
LSO St Luke’s is a fully accessible venue. Barbican Access Scheme members can book free companion tickets.
