WIGMORE HALL – VOICES OF TODAY

Programme

PATRICIA ALESSANDRINI (b. 1970) A place no one lives for soprano and ensemble (an extended version for live performance) (world première) [1]

BEAT FURRER (b. 1954) Aria for soprano and six instruments

EDA ER (b. 1989) Happily Ever After

PATRICIA ALESSANDRINI New commission (for 2 sopranos and ensemble) (world première) [1]

[1] Commissioned by Wigmore Hall (with the generous support of the Marchus Trust and the Wigmore Hall Endowment Fund)

Overview

Patricia Alessandrini’s intricate sound sculptures encompass a seemingly unlimited range of tonal colours and textures, both acoustic and electronic. The American composer and sound artist, whose teachers include Tristan Murail and Thea Musgrave, received praise from Gramophone for ‘her formidably disciplined manipulation of febrile emotions’. Her captivating art, including a major new composition, is complemented by the restless energy of Beat Furrer’s Aria from 1998-9.