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Orchestra of Futurist Noise Intoners/Ensemble Klang review – anarchic energy
A very unconventional set of instruments brought a touch of chaos to this esteemed venue as it hosted the London contemporary music festival’s finale
The concert ended with the world premiere of Éliane Radigue and Carol Robinson’s Occam Delta XXIII, a collaborative drone piece for baritone saxophone, trombone and percussion, inspired by the colours and wave patterns of the North sea. Conducted by Luciano Chessa, who was responsible for recreating the instruments, nine short pieces were played by members of the Orchestra of Futurist Noise Intoners (AKA the New Music Society of the Guildhall School), including works by Paolo Buzzi and Russolo written for the original ensemble. The more recent works, all of them receiving world or UK premieres, ranged from the banal (Pauline Oliveros’s Waking the Noise Intoners) to the abstract (Peter Ablinger’s Weiss Weisslich), the witty (Chris Newman’s boozy People) to the idealistic (Jennifer Walshe and Tony Conrad’s Fancy Palaces).
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