GRAND UNION ORCHESTRA: SONG OF AFRICA, Saturday 29 October, 7pm
Celebrating its own 40th Anniversary year, the Grand Union Orchestra presents a specially created show for Black History Month bringing together different generations of musicians and singers, to explore and honour the influence of African traditions on our society today. Led by Claude Deppa (South Africa – trumpet), performers include: Abass Dodoo (Ghana – master-drummer) Dhezy Nakeni (Angola – dikanza) Tawanda Mapanda (Zimbabwe – marimba) Jacqueline Lwanzo (Democratic Republic of the Congo – voice) Francis Fuster (Sierra Leone – talking...
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DAYLIGHT MUSIC, Noon, Saturday 7 May
Ted Barnes, Julia Biel + Me for Queen7 May 2022 at St John on Bethnal Green, midday to 2pm | advance tickets Postcards from the Past: What is a song if not a carefully constructed time capsule made of words, music, sounds, sensations, harmonies and history? This afternoon we enter the lives and experiences of three very different songwriters from different backgrounds. We will get to know them as they share these snapshots in song of their lives and of the musical moments they polished and perfected and now perform for us. Ted Barnes is a songwriter, composer and...
Read MoreJOZEF VAN WISSAM, 10 May, 7.30pm
Jozef van Wissem is a Dutch minimalist composer and lute player based in Brooklyn. In 2013 van Wissem won the Cannes Soundtrack Award for the score of Only Lovers Left Alive at the Cannes Film Festival. Josef is renowned for his unusual approach to the Renaissance lute. Once the most popular of portable instruments, now a couple hundred years on, Van Wissem brings it back to life complimenting its past with a late Renaissance influence while merging his own distinct contemporary folk stamp on it. Tickets...
Read MoreSaturday 28 March – Piano Day 2020: Elliot Galvin, Yshani Perinpanayagam & Kerry Yong, 7pm
Arctic Circle presents an evening of metamorphosis and transmutation as bird song is set free, insects dodge the hitting of a hammer and the shimmering colours of the piano keys combine in strange and addictive configurations.During this evening sit back, close you eyes and listen to a minimalistic masterpiece from Philip Glass (Metamorphosis), extracts from Messiaen’s Catalogue d’oiseaux (‘catalogue of birds’) and the sonic landscapes of jazz pianist and composer Elliot Galvin.On the 88th Day of the year we’d like you to join us to celebrate Piano Day, an evening of...
Read MoreEos Ensemble and Rosie Middleton, Friday 20 March, 7.30pm
Join the eos ensemble for an evening of music making showcasing their usual eclectic programming. Teaming up with the recent runner up in the annual Nonclassical Battle of the Bands, mezzo Rosie Middleton, the evening charts a doleful course through especially arranged songs by John Dowland and Radiohead, as well as several works by composers from eastern Europe including Arvo Pärt and Aleksanrda Vrebalov. Formed at the beginning of 2017 by Paul Evernden and Angela Najaryan and performing initially as a trio with the pianist Jelena Makarova, Eos now exists as an ensemble made up of...
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