The Mornington Trust presents

The Third London Festival of American Music

Lontano's Biennial Festival - created in 2006 - explores and celebrates the work of major American composers and reflects the diversity of style that is so characteristic of contemporary American music today. The festival programme was put together by Lontano's Music Director Odaline de la Martinez, one of the most enterprising musical personalities on the British music scene and the first woman to conduct a complete BBC Prom at the Royal Albert Hall.

With a wide selection of well-known and successful composers, the festival reflects new music in America today, as well as diversity of gender, generation and geography. Some of the composers Aaron Copland, Charles Ives and John Harbison are Deans of American music. Others, though well known in the States are rarely heard outside their native North America, and were selected specifically to treat UK audiences to a broader spectrum of the best of American composers today. Many of the composers featured will be attending the festival.

The festival opens with an "Open Recording" on 30th September with Lontano and the BBC Singers at St. Giles Cripplegate, to launch a new CD of choral music by Daniel Asia. The disc is to be released by the American label, Summit Records in the UK and subsequently in the States. The concert also includes a new work by the Boston composer Peter Child. An additional CD of Peter Child's chamber music will be launched by LORELT (Lontano Records Ltd) on 7th October during the last concert.

Pieces by highly respected composers like Roberto Sierra and Marjorie Merryman will be performed in the concerts alongside works by emerging composers such as Carlos Sanchez Gutierrez, Arlene Elizabeth Sierra and Kati Agócs. Most of the pieces presented will be UK or European premieres.

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Most of the composers' names in the listing below are in red - click on them to visit their web sites.

Booking

For programmes II to V, book here by selecting the ticket quantities you require for each concert and clicking the Order button at the bottom. Alternatively you can contact the Warehouse Box Office on 0208 521 8075. Ticket prices include VAT.

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