A Journey of the Soul:
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 Friday 12 January
5.00pm Film, Cinema 1, Level -2
A Life's Passion - The Composer Sofia Gubaidulina
David Finkernagel and Alexander Lück's film follows Gubaidulina as she undertakes a pilgrimage to the island of Valaam. It traces her life-story and musical development with interviews with the composer and her friends and excerpts from performances of her music.
In Russian and German with English subtitles.
Ger 2003 Dir. David Finkernagel and Alexander Lück, 60mins
7.00pm Concert, Barbican Hall
Triptych "Nadeyka"
GUBAIDULINA Triptych "Nadeyka"
- The Lyre Of Orpheus
- "... The Deceitful Face of Hope and of Despair"
- Feast During a Plague
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Kremerata Baltica
Martyn Brabbins conductor
Sharon Bezaly flute
Gidon Kremer violin
The Weekend opens with the the world premiere of the complete Triptych "Nadeyka", which was written in memory of the composer's daughter who died in 2004. Gubaidulina's latest works contemplate the nature of existence and the cathartic experience of religious ritual. The Triptych opens with a violin concerto composed for tonight's soloist Gidon Kremer. "... The Deceitful Face of Hope and Of Despair" taps into the orthodox soundworld of Russian Orthodox music, while the Pushkin-inspired Feast During a Plague seizes the listener's imagination with its raw energy and visceral, ecstatic orchestral outbursts.
Sharon Bezaly is a member of BBC Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme supported by Aviva plc
 Listen to an extract from "..The Deceitful Face of Hope and of Despair"
9.30pm Concert, St Giles Cripplegate
Gubaidulina and Schütz
SCHÜTZ The Seven Last Worlds
GUBAIDULINA The Canticle of the Sun
BBC Singers
Fretwork
Stephen Cleobury conductor
Alexander Ivashkin cello
Richard Benjafield percussion
Chris Brannick percussion
Iain Farrington organ
The Canticle of the Sun, explains Gubaidulina, concerns "the glorification of the Creator and His Creation by a very humble, simple Christian friar". The work's radiant mix of solo cello, percussion and choir was directly inspired by its dedicatee, Mstislav Rostropovich, described by the composer as a character "perpetually lit up by the sun, by sunlight, by sunny energy". Heinrich Schütz's emotionally charged The Seven Last Words dates from the bloody close of the Thirty Years War.
 Listen to an extract fromThe Canticle of the Sun.
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