Tim Cape premiere at Cafe Oto
Three sets by two music groups and one soloist of new and recent works for live musicians and multimedia. The programme includes premieres by Neil Luck with a trio Children are Emperors, and Timothy Cape.
Three sets by two music groups and one soloist of new and recent works for live musicians and multimedia. The programme includes premieres by Neil Luck with a trio Children are Emperors, and Timothy Cape.
Johannes Boris Borowski (*1979) Dreh dich nicht um (2022) UA
Rolf Riehm (*1937) Framing Schwarze Pappeln Persephone (2020)
Elias Jurgschat (*1995) so-sein (II) (2020/24) UA
Kate Soper (*1981) Only the Words Themselves Mean What They Say (2010/11)
Johannes Boris Borowski (*1979) Dreh dich nicht um (2022) UA
Rolf Riehm (*1937) Framing Schwarze Pappeln Persephone (2020)
Elias Jurgschat (*1995) so-sein (II) (2020/24) UA
Kate Soper (*1981) Only the Words Themselves Mean What They Say (2010/11)
Conducted by Dominic Ellis-Peckham
Lutoslawski: Silesian Triptych and Lacrimosa
conducted by William Carslake
Sergej Newski: „Cansìon“ nach den Gedichten aus dem Buch „La nuova Gioventù“ von Pier Paolo Pasolini für Sopran, Saxophon und Ensemble (2019)
Claude Vivier: „Trois airs pour un opéra imaginaire“ für Sopran und Ensemble (1982)
œsterreichisches ensemble fuer neue musik
Conducted by Johannes Kalitzke.
Vivier Trois Airs pour un Opera Imaginaire with Nouvel Ensemble Modern in Montreal
Conducted by Jean-Michaël Lavoie
‘Death and Paradise’
A Kafka-inspired programme featuring Dvorak, Janacek, Kapralova, Mahler and Brahms
Music for voice and harp from the 11th to the 20th century with Héloïse Carlean-Jones (harp)
Songs by Faure, Ravel, L. Boulanger, and Chaminade alongside 11th century troubadour song, arranged for voice and harp. Performed by Mimi Doulton and Héloïse Carlean-Jones.
Sie in the Austrian premiere of Georg Friedrich Haas’ Liebesgesang.
Musical direction: Stefan Politzka
Stage direction: Marcos Darbyshire
Performances 13, 15, 20, 26, 29 September, and 12, 16, 25 October
At Viitasaari Time of Music Festival, Finland
Finalist in the Southbank Sinfonia’s biennial competition for orchestral song.
Repertoire TBC.
Mädchen in Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht’s Auftieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny
Performances on 11, 15, 26, 28 May, 1, 8, 11, 29 June
Conducted by Cornelius Meister, directed by Ulrike Schwab
with pianist Dylan Perez.
Performing highlights from Messiaen‘s Chants de terre et de ciel and Copland‘s 12 Emily Dickinson Songs, alongside new Dickinson settings by Alison Bauld.
We are grateful to the Vaughan Williams Foundation and the Marchus Trust for their support of this new work by Alison Bauld.
Following their successful ensemble debut at Spitalfields Festival, pianist Ben Smith and soprano Mimi Doulton bring a musical miscellanea to the University of Southampton. The wry humour of Michael Finnissy and Matthew Shlomowitz features alongside mysterious and intimate works by Nordic composers Rasmus Zwicki and Kaija Saariaho, woven together with personal favourites from their voice and piano repertoire.
Oliver Leith’s Last Days with the LA Phil New Music Group, conducted by Thomas Adès. https://www.laphil.com/events/performances/2452/2024-02-06/last-days
Gretel at Theater Pforzheim
13 January 2024 (jump in)
Soprano soloist in the Messiah, conducted by Dominic Ellis-Peckham
Repeat lecture at Christ Church Henley, 8 December 2023, 11am: Once Upon a Time... — Opera Prelude
A journey through some of opera's greatest fairytale adaptations. From Humperdinck's beloved Haensel und Gretel to Dvorak's little mermaid-inspired Rusalka and lesser-known works such as Hans Abrahamsen's The Snow Queen - there will be something for everyone in this lecture for the festive season!
With Thomas Ang, piano
Panellist at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, discussing music and the climate crisis. Chaired by Dr Laura Bowler.
premiere of Bernhard Gander’s new chamber opera for soprano, ‘cello and percussion as part of Salzburg Taschenoper Festival. More details to be announced: KLANG ))) 21 (klang21.com)
Jumping in for an indisposed colleague, conducted by Ian Page. Repertoire by Haydn, Schweitzer and Myslivicek.
Mimi Doulton Soprano; Vimbayi Kaziboni Conductor; Thando Mjandana Tenor
Julian Anderson: Thus (2023); Mitternachtslied (2020, 2023)
Harrison Birtwistle: … when falling asleep (2018)
Hannah Kendall: Tuxedo: Between Carnival and Lent (2022)
Representing Freelancers Make Theatre Work
Mimi Doulton Soprano; Vimbayi Kaziboni Conductor; Thando Mjandana Tenor
Julian Anderson: Thus (2023); Mitternachtslied (2020, 2023)
Harrison Birtwistle: … when falling asleep (2018)
Hannah Kendall: Tuxedo: Between Carnival and Lent (2022)
Ravel's 5 Greek songs, selections from L. Boulanger Clairieres dans le ciel, Faure and troubadour music arranged for voice and harp.
Panellist at the 2023 Oberto conference, representing Freelancers Make Theatre Work.
Working with students at Britten Pears on excerpts from Oliver Leith’s Last Days. https://brittenpearsarts.org/the-conductor-as-dramaturg
Leading a workshop at the field notes Berlin ‘Time to Listen’ conference.
An invitation to come together and imagine a path to sustainable new music creation.
This workshop will take a critical look at the practices of composer-performer and writing for specific performers / ensembles from an environmental perspective; and explore the practical matters of sustainable touring, and how we manage our money and time to support slow travel.
Find the full programme here: Program | field notes (field-notes.berlin)
More details coming soon: https://www.sommer-in-stuttgart.de/
A groundbreaking call for climate justice, this immersive show fuses opera, dance, spoken word, sound and film, presented by lisa luxx and Jasmin Kent Rodgman.
Book here: what the dog said to the harvest - Liverpool Arab Arts Festival
Michael Finnissy Edda (UK premiere)
Rasmus Zwicki TELL (UK premiere)*
Michael Finnissy Andersen-Liederkreis
Mimi Doulton soprano
Ben Smith piano
Book here: https://spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk/events/tell/
* Co-commissioned by Spitalfields Music, Koda Culture and the Statens Kunstfond.
Supported by the RVW Trust and the Marchus Trust.
Panellist representing Freelancers Make Theatre Work.
On the second anniversary of the launch of the d'n Dramaturgs' Contract Package, the Dramaturgs' Network is bringing together representatives of Freelancers Make Theatre Work (FMTW) and Stage Directors UK (SDUK) to an online roundtable with the d'n Contract Working Group, discussing the work conditions of freelance theatre professionals in the UK since the end of the pandemic.
Register here: Post-Pandemic Working Conditions and Freelance Contracts | dramaturgsnetwork (dramaturgy.co.uk)