Date(s) - 24/11/2023
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Huddersfield Town Hall
Tickets £31 // Concession £25 // Under 30 £5
Advance booking required
London Sinfonietta
Christian Karlsen conductor
Carina Vinke mezzo-soprano
Peter Tantsits tenor
Mariam Rezaei turntables
Auclair voice
Jonathan Green sound projection
Hans Werner Henze (Germany, 1926)
Henze Song 1: Los poetas cubanos ya no sueñan (1973) 5’
Anna Korsun (Ukraine, 1986)
Haamu (2023) 6’ UK Premiere
Hans Werner Henze (Germany, 1926)
Henze Song 4: Electric Cop (1973) 4’
Charles Uzor (Nigeria / Switzerland, 1961)
Parmenides Prooimion (2023) 7’ UK Premiere
Hans Werner Henze (Germany, 1926)
Henze Song 6: 42 Schulkinder (1973) 5’
Riikka Talvitie (Finland, 1970)
Green Tress (2023) 5’ UK Premiere
Hans Werner Henze (Germany, 1926)
Henze Song 13: Das wirkliche Messer (1973) 3’
Tyshawn Sorey (US, 1980)
Requiem for a Plague: Coda (2023) 5’ UK Premiere
Hans Werner Henze (Germany, 1926)
Henze Song 14: Recht und billig (1973) 3’
Auclair (Rwanda/UK)
In Solidarity with Striking Workers (2023) 5’ UK Premiere
Hans Werner Henze (Germany, 1926)
Henze Song 16: Screams (1973) 2’
Mariam Rezaei (Iran/UK, 1984)
Azadi / Freedom (2023) 5’ UK Premiere
Hans Werner Henze (Germany, 1926)
Henze Song 19: Roses (1973) 8’
Taking inspiration from Hans Werner Henze’s classic post-war masterpiece Voices (commissioned by the London Sinfonietta), six composers have now been commissioned to create new protest songs for the 21st century. Addressing subjects as diverse as climate change, misogyny, the impact of the pandemic and the power of personal enlightenment, these new songs will be set against some of the movements of Henze’s original work which contain messages from 1973 – many of which are still vividly relevant today.