Birthday Composers and Friends
Burgh House, London, NW3 1LT
Friday 30th October 2026 7:30PM
An exciting chamber concert comprising wind quintet and piano music by contemporary composers.
Programme
Chihchun Chi-sun Lee: Return to Origins (for solo flute)
Catherine Pluygers: The Sea, The Sea, The Sea (improvisation for ensemble)
Morton Feldman: Intersection (for tape)
George Nicholson: Chorales in memory of Bernard Rands (1934-2026) (for wind quartet)
Bernard Rands: Memo 8 (for solo oboe)
John Hawkins: Contra (for sextet)
Peter Lawson: Song of the Small Tongue Orchid (for bassoon and piano)
Jane Serter: Trying to keep calm despite increasing menace (for quintet)
Gloria Xia: Gaia (for wind quintet)
Betsy Jolas: O WALL (for wind quintet)
György Kurtág: Játékok - selection from volumes 6 and 10 (for solo piano)
Performers
Simon Desorgher - Flute
Catherine Pluygers - Oboe
Philip Edwards - Clarinet
Miles Chapman - BassoonTrevor Denyer - Horn
Sasha Valeri Millwood - Piano
David Sutton Anderson - Conductor
Instagram: @londonnewwindfestival
Programme
Chihchun Chi-sun Lee: Return to Origins (for solo flute)
Catherine Pluygers: The Sea, The Sea, The Sea (improvisation for ensemble)
Morton Feldman: Intersection (for tape)
George Nicholson: Chorales in memory of Bernard Rands (1934-2026) (for wind quartet)
Bernard Rands: Memo 8 (for solo oboe)
John Hawkins: Contra (for sextet)
Peter Lawson: Song of the Small Tongue Orchid (for bassoon and piano)
Jane Serter: Trying to keep calm despite increasing menace (for quintet)
Gloria Xia: Gaia (for wind quintet)
Betsy Jolas: O WALL (for wind quintet)
György Kurtág: Játékok - selection from volumes 6 and 10 (for solo piano)
Performers
Simon Desorgher - Flute
Catherine Pluygers - Oboe
Philip Edwards - Clarinet
Miles Chapman - BassoonTrevor Denyer - Horn
Sasha Valeri Millwood - Piano
David Sutton Anderson - Conductor
Instagram: @londonnewwindfestival
Event Details
From 7:30PM to 9:30PM
