London Sinfonietta

Georg Friedrich Haas: in vain for 24 instruments
There is no interval in this performance which ends at approx. 8.45pm

Don't miss this rare chance to hear George Haas' in vain - an extraordinary work where darkness and light collide.

Written in protest to the rise of the far-right Freedom Party in the 1999 Austrian elections, premiered in 2000 and receiving its first UK performance from the London Sinfonietta in 2013, in vain hints at a heightened sensory world where dark, unnatural forces are at work. As familiar harmonies meet microtonal systems, Haas evokes an otherworldly realm that oscillates between the past and the present, between clarity and dystopia. Performed partly in complete darkness, in vain transforms the concert hall into a mysterious new landscape, where you must trust your ears and relinquish your sight.