Music of Today: Anna Clyne Curates II by Various, Musgrave, Od (2023/2023), Dirigent Delyana Lazarova, SBC Purcell Room, London, United Kingdom

Programme Clarice Assad The Book of Spells Nathalie Joachim Seen Anna Clyne Overflow Grace-Evangeline Mason New work (World premiere, Philharmonia commission) Anna Clyne, our Featured Composer this season, has selected four captivating pieces for this free concert. In Clarice Assad’s The Book of Spells, harp, woodwinds and viola conjure love, prosperity and healing, in music replete with a sense of ritual. Nathalie Joachim’s Seen has five movements, each telling a personal story through an object that holds important memories for its original quintet of players. Anna Clyne’s own “irresistible” (The Guardian) work Overflow, vivid with the sounds of wind and waves, is inspired by Emily Dickinson’s poem By the Sea. The world premiere of a new piece by British composer Grace-Evangeline Mason, commissioned by the Philharmonia, completes the programme.