Hay Music are putting on a special series of concerts in honour of the centenary of the Hungarian composer Gyorgy Ligeti - a composer I confess to being unfamiliar with, even though his music featured in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, which I've seen twice, and all I remember is the famous Strauss sequence. I'm always aware of music in the soundtrack of a film, but it doesn't really sink into my brain unless I listen to it separately from the action. Tickets are £5, with under-25's free, available from the website or Hay Tourist Information Bureau, and on the door if there are any tickets left on the night.
On Thursday 18th January, at 7pm, at Richard Booth's Cinema, there will be a screening of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Tickets are £14 with some concessions for children.
So those two events set the scene for the concert in St Mary's Church on Friday 19th January at 7pm. The music will be played by the Ligeti Quartet, and the music will either be by Ligeti, or inspired by him. Before the music starts there will be a 15 minute discussion between Freya Goldmark and Patric Dawkins of the Ligeti Quartet and two people who knew the composer well, Professor Robert Steinitz and Sally Groves. Professor Steinitz wrote the biography of Ligeti, and one of his compositions will be played in the concert, and Sally Groves was Ligeti's agent. Tickets are £20, or £10 for under-25s.
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