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New Music for Illuminated River
Guildhall Session Orchestra
New Music for Illuminated River
Join the Guildhall Session Orchestra and director Mike Roberts on a journey of new music inspired by London, Cannon St, Southwark and Millennium bridges in this performance from the Guildhall archives.
From sweeping orchestral scores to minimalist electronic pieces, these innovative new works by Guildhall composers were commissioned by the Illuminated River Foundation to celebrate the first phase of lighting London’s historic bridges in 2019. This concert performance is accompanied by live visuals of the Illuminated River bridges and artwork.
Illuminated River is a public art commission to light up the bridges of the Thames, delivered by architects Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands and artist Leo Villareal, who uses the latest LED technology to ‘paint with light’, producing sequenced patterns that subtly unfold across the bridge structures.
Download the programme (PDF)
Illuminated River Foundation is grateful to the City of London’s Inspiring London Through Culture grant scheme and the Rothschild Foundation for making this performance possible.
This performance will be available to watch from Friday 31 July to Friday 14 August.
Go behind the scenes
Find out more about the Illuminated River project and the inspiration behind our composers' visions for their pieces of music:
- Mark Bowler on composing for the Millenium Bridge
- Sam Dinley outlines his vision for Cannon Street Bridge
- Composers for the London, Cannon Street, Southwark and Millennium bridges share their visions
- Take a virtual tour through the Illuminated River bridges