ST PAUL'S HALL 1.30PM,
Tickets £12 (£10 concession) Mauricio Kagel Gegenstimmen
Mauricio Kagel Burleske
Karlheinz Stockhausen Chöre für Doris
Karlheinz Stockhausen Litanei 97

New London Chamber Choir
Directed by James Weeks
Jane Chapman harpsichord
Christian Forshaw baritone saxophone

NLCC finds unexpected points of contact between two giants of European modernism in its exciting and theatrical programme.

Kagel's witty Gegenstimmen pits conductor against choir (and harpsichord) to brilliant effect, while his more recent Burleske is an absurd theatre of choral gestures led by a virtuoso baritone saxophone.

Two works by Stockhausen come from either end of his working life: the early Chöre für Doris set texts by Verlaine in a broadly traditional (though highly individual) style; Litanei 97 sets a text from Aus den sieben Tagen and is a mysterious and absorbing ritual for a chanting choir of robed acolytes.

‘One of the most adventurous, polished vocal ensembles performing today'
Classical Music

Produced by HCMF; Supported by Réseau Varèse