Surprise Interlude with Joe Duddell

Recently, audiences of the London Symphony Orchestra are getting a little more than their money's worth. In a unique and innovative series sponsored by UBS, the LSO has commissioned a select group of young composers to write five minute orchestral works, each of which is to be premiered completely unbeknownst to an unsuspecting audience within an evening's scheduled performance. On June 1, Pavel Kotla led the LSO through the surprise premiere performance of Joe Duddell's Azalea Fragments at London's Barbican Hall. Azalea Fragments was the subject of a workshop with Pierre Boulez and is inspired by the English artist Patrick Heron, an artist heavily influenced by Matisse and Braque.

For more information on Joe Duddell's music, go to www.schott-music.com.

Joe Duddell
Azalea Fragments (2007)
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