Preoccupation with texture permeates this programme,arising with two arias from J S Bach. Ligeti’s Continuumtests the exhilarating knife-edge between identifyingindividual notes and hearing continuous sound.

ALondon première from Grammy-nominated composer,Anna Clyne, whose music seeks to explore resonantsoundscapes and propelling textures, completes thejourney from the baroque to the present.