Anu Tali conducts London Sinfonietta and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

24.04.2009

Photo: Warner Music Chris Dunlop

Queen Elizabeth Hall
Friday 24 April 2009, 7.30pm

Young Estonian conductor Anu Tali conducts the London Sinfonietta and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

Heiner Goebbels: Sampler Suite (from Surrogate Cities)
Heiner Goebbels: Songs of Wars I Have Seen

The London Sinfonietta and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment revive Heiner Goebbel's theatrical portrait of domestic life during World War Two. Commissioned by Southbank Centre and first performed in July 2007, the work combines texts from Gertrude Stein (spoken by the female members of the ensemble), with type-writer like ostinati, a crackling electronic soundtrack and extracts from baroque composer Matthew Locke. http://www.londonsinfonietta.org.uk/

'A thought-provoking, hauntingly tender work for troubled times' (Times).

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Anu Tali, Music Director of the Nordic Symphony Orchestra, is one of the most intriguing young conductors on the scene today. In the summer of 2006 she made her debut at Finland’s Savonlinna Opera Festival and at the Salzburg Festival. She has conducted orchestras including the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre National de Lyon, the Munich Chamber Orchestra and the Deutsche Symphony Orchestra Berlin. The concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall will be her London debut.