Listen, London

A performance by a classical pianist, and the people and places of London.

Listen, London depicts the multiple facets of life in metropolitan London as heard by a classical pianist. The performance combines the traditional framework of classical recital with sound design constructed from recorded and sampled sounds captured in London. Sounds and music are integrated carefully to connote various narratives, providing the audience a unique aural experience of the big city and its occupants—from bustling streets to subdued offices, the morning commute to vibrant nightclubs in Soho, businessmen in city parks to immigrants in China Town.

This performance features the works of composers such as Poulenc, Liszt, Sibelius, Scriabin, and contemporaries John Cage, Shiu-Long Ma, Nikolai Kapustin, Alberto Ginastera, and a commission from Breffni O’Byrne.