Venue: Milton Court, London

Kaija Saariaho’s Terra Memoria reflects on memory and change, evoking landscapes both personal and physical, while Wadada Leo Smith’s String Quartet No. 5 (In the Diaspora: Earthquakes and Sunrise Missions) conjures the forces of upheaval and renewal. In Warblework, Cassandra Miller transforms the intricate songs of North American thrushes into layered, weaving lines that blur the boundaries between human and avian voices. John Luther Adams’ The Wind in High Places turns string instruments into an aeolian harp, evoking vast, windswept landscapes.

Ligeti Quartet plays works by Guildhall undergraduate composers.

Ligeti Quartet plays works by Guildhall undergraduate composers.

Erkki-Sven Tüür
The Wanderer's Evening Song

Olivier Messiaen
Cinq rechants

Judith Weir
blue hills beyond blue hills (BBC commission, world première)