Psappha: Garden of Joy and Sorrow tickets

This concert will begin at 7:30pm and will last around 75 minutes with no interval, ending around 8.45pm.

Programme

John Cage – Seven

Sofia Gubaidulina – Garden of Joy and Sorrow

Sadie Harrison – …it will pass… (Migozorad)

Luigi Dallapiccola – Piccola Musica Notturna

Overview

Sofia Gubaidulina’s Garden of Joy and Sorrow provides the centrepiece for this concert, with a particular focus on works featuring flute and harp, including a world premiere from our Composing For scheme 2021-22. Alongside this Luigi Dallapiccola’s “Piccola musica notturna” evokes the quiet solitude of night-time, taking its cue from Antonio Machado’s poem “Noche de Verrano”. Sadie Harrison is a composer who draws inspiration from across the globe and has a particular affinity with the peoples and culture of Afghanistan, having worked closely with the Afghanistan National Institute of Music: “…and it will pass…” veers between beauty and despair and references the folk music of Western Iraq and Northern Afghanistan, with a nod to the Star Spangled Banner.