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16/02/2008

Tom Service looks back at the life and work of Italian composer Luigi Nono. With music from the recent Nono festival and a look ahead to the UK premiere of his opera Prometeo.

As the South Bank's Luigi Nono restropective Fragments of Venice draws to a close, Tom Service, in discussion with Christopher Fox, looks back at the life and work of the Italian composer.

They concentrate on how his work developed and how it has taught us how to re-approach the musical experience. The programme features music recorded at the festival performed by the London Sinfonietta under Diego Masson, as well as a look forward to the UK premiere of Nono's ground-breaking opera Prometeo.

Nono: Variazione canoniche sulla serie dell'op 41 di Arnold Schoenberg; Incontri; No hay caminos, hay que caminar...Andrej Tarkowskij; Prometeo (excerpt)

London Sinfonietta
Diego Masson (conductor).

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Sat 16 Feb 2008 22:30

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  • Sat 16 Feb 2008 22:30

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