
DANCES FOR ORCHESTRA
FRIDAY 3 NOVEMBER 2023 7:30pm
PROGRAMME
IVES
Three Places in New England
WALLEN
Dances for Orchestra (World Premiere)*
COPLAND
Appalachian Spring (complete ballet)
conductor Ryan Bancroft
IVES
Three Places in New England
WALLEN
Dances for Orchestra (World Premiere)*
COPLAND
Appalachian Spring (complete ballet)
conductor Ryan Bancroft
City Halls, Glasgow
100 Candleriggs
Glasgow G1 1NQ
Scotland
0141 353 8000
DANCES FOR ORCHESTRA world premiere
THURSDAY 2 NOVEMBER 2023 2:00pm
PROGRAMME
IVES
Three Places in New England
WALLEN
Dances for Orchestra (World Premiere)*
COPLAND
Appalachian Spring (complete ballet)
conductor Ryan Bancroft
2 performances — at 2pm and 7.30pm
IVES
Three Places in New England
WALLEN
Dances for Orchestra (World Premiere)*
COPLAND
Appalachian Spring (complete ballet)
conductor Ryan Bancroft
2 performances — at 2pm and 7.30pm
Queen's Hall
Beaumont Street
Hexham NE46 3LS
United Kingdon
ERROLLYN WALLEN AT WIGMORE HALL
SATURDAY 28 OCTOBER 2023 1:00pm
The Errollyn Wallen Songbook
Errollyn Wallen gives a rare solo performance of her internationally acclaimed songs — her Wigmore Hall debut as a performer.
After the concert Errollyn will sign copies of her forthcoming book Becoming a Composer.
The concert starts at 1pm and lasts one hour.
After the concert Errollyn will sign copies of her forthcoming book Becoming a Composer.
The concert starts at 1pm and lasts one hour.
Wigmore Hall
36 Wigmore Street
London W1U 2BP
England
+44 20 7935 2141
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
SATURDAY 21 OCTOBER 2023 2:30pm
The Forms
First Congregational Church, Berkeley
PROGRAMME:
The Garden of Good and Evil
PROGRAMME:
The Garden of Good and Evil
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
SATURDAY 21 OCTOBER 2023 7:30pm
First Congregational Church, Berkeley
PROGRAMME:
The Garden of Good and Evil
PROGRAMME:
The Garden of Good and Evil
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
THURSDAY 19 OCTOBER 2023 7:30pm
The Forms
Herbst Theatre San Francisco
Program
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Overture to Orlando
Heroic: “Al lampo dell’armi” from Giulio Cesare
Hideous: “Orride larve … Chiudetevi miei lumi” from Admeto
Concerto Grosso in A minor, Op. 6, No. 4, HWV 322
Ancestor [West Coast Premiere]:
ERROLLYN WALLEN “The Forms”
TARIK O’REGAN “The Golden Measure”
HANDEL
Concerto Grosso in B-flat major, Op. 6, No. 7, HWV 325
Sacred: “Father of Heav’n” from Judas Maccabaeus
Secular: “Se in fiorito ameno prato” from Giulio Cesare
Richard Egarr, conductor
Tim Mead, countertenor
Reginald Mobley, dramaturg
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
About This Concert
Handel was a man who understood the theater and its audience—always after his next hit, seeking to please his public. In this concert of contrasts and connections, we showcase his music for the stage, always recognizable by its emotional clarity, and at the heart of the evening place a duo of compositions exploring the creation story by two of today’s most powerful musical voices: Errollyn Wallen CBE and PBO’s Composer-in-Residence Tarik O’Regan.
Star British countertenor Tim Mead reprises these powerful performances in the Bay Area following acclaimed concerts in the United Kingdom last summer.
Program
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Overture to Orlando
Heroic: “Al lampo dell’armi” from Giulio Cesare
Hideous: “Orride larve … Chiudetevi miei lumi” from Admeto
Concerto Grosso in A minor, Op. 6, No. 4, HWV 322
Ancestor [West Coast Premiere]:
ERROLLYN WALLEN “The Forms”
TARIK O’REGAN “The Golden Measure”
HANDEL
Concerto Grosso in B-flat major, Op. 6, No. 7, HWV 325
Sacred: “Father of Heav’n” from Judas Maccabaeus
Secular: “Se in fiorito ameno prato” from Giulio Cesare
Richard Egarr, conductor
Tim Mead, countertenor
Reginald Mobley, dramaturg
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
About This Concert
Handel was a man who understood the theater and its audience—always after his next hit, seeking to please his public. In this concert of contrasts and connections, we showcase his music for the stage, always recognizable by its emotional clarity, and at the heart of the evening place a duo of compositions exploring the creation story by two of today’s most powerful musical voices: Errollyn Wallen CBE and PBO’s Composer-in-Residence Tarik O’Regan.
Star British countertenor Tim Mead reprises these powerful performances in the Bay Area following acclaimed concerts in the United Kingdom last summer.
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra West Coast Premiere
WEDNESDAY 18 OCTOBER 2023 7:30pm
The Forms
Bing Concert Hall, Stanford
Program
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Overture to Orlando
Heroic: “Al lampo dell’armi” from Giulio Cesare
Hideous: “Orride larve … Chiudetevi miei lumi” from Admeto
Concerto Grosso in A minor, Op. 6, No. 4, HWV 322
Ancestor [West Coast Premiere]:
ERROLLYN WALLEN “The Forms”
TARIK O’REGAN “The Golden Measure”
HANDEL
Concerto Grosso in B-flat major, Op. 6, No. 7, HWV 325
Sacred: “Father of Heav’n” from Judas Maccabaeus
Secular: “Se in fiorito ameno prato” from Giulio Cesare
Richard Egarr, conductor
Tim Mead, countertenor
Reginald Mobley, dramaturg
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Program
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Overture to Orlando
Heroic: “Al lampo dell’armi” from Giulio Cesare
Hideous: “Orride larve … Chiudetevi miei lumi” from Admeto
Concerto Grosso in A minor, Op. 6, No. 4, HWV 322
Ancestor [West Coast Premiere]:
ERROLLYN WALLEN “The Forms”
TARIK O’REGAN “The Golden Measure”
HANDEL
Concerto Grosso in B-flat major, Op. 6, No. 7, HWV 325
Sacred: “Father of Heav’n” from Judas Maccabaeus
Secular: “Se in fiorito ameno prato” from Giulio Cesare
Richard Egarr, conductor
Tim Mead, countertenor
Reginald Mobley, dramaturg
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Musica Vitae,Simon Crawford-Phillips,Matthew Sharp
WEDNESDAY 11 OCTOBER 2023 6:00pm
Cello Concerto
HALMSTAD KULTURHUSET NAJADEN SWEDEN
Musica Vitae,Simon Crawford-Phillips,Matthew Sharp
TUESDAY 10 OCTOBER 2023 7:00pm
Cello Concerto
KUNGSBACKA KUNGSBACKA TEATER SWEDEN
MUSICAL MASTERPIECES for SkyArts
MONDAY 9 OCTOBER 2023 8:00pm
EPISODE 3: The Hebrides Overture, 9 October, 8pm
Myleene and Errollyn explore Felix Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture, also known as Fingal’s Cave. Featuring a special performance from leading British orchestra the Philharmonia Orchestra.
Myleene and Errollyn explore Felix Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture, also known as Fingal’s Cave. Featuring a special performance from leading British orchestra the Philharmonia Orchestra.
Musica Vitae,Simon Crawford-Phillips,Matthew Sharp
SUNDAY 8 OCTOBER 2023 3:00pm
Cello Concerto
MALMÖ PALLADIUM MALMÖ SWEDEN
Musica Vitae,Simon Crawford-Phillips,Matthew Sharp
SATURDAY 7 OCTOBER 2023 4:00pm
Cello Concerto
TINGSRYD SÖDERPORTYRKAN
SWEDEN
SWEDEN
Musica Vitae,Simon Crawford-Phillips,Matthew Sharp
FRIDAY 6 OCTOBER 2023 7:00pm
Cello Concerto
Venue:
VÄXJÖ NYGATAN 6 SWEDEN
VÄXJÖ NYGATAN 6 SWEDEN
world premiere at Cumnock Tryst
THURSDAY 5 OCTOBER 2023 2:00pm
LABYRINTH
VENUE
Dumfries House
Cumnock
Ayrshire
KA18 2NJ
01290 425 959
Scott Dickinson and Andrew Berridge violas
Scott Dickinson and Andrew Berridge have shared the front stand of the viola section of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra for twenty years. Having performed and broadcast George Benjamin’s Viola Viola and Nigel Osborne’s Transformations 1, their Viola Duo Project came from a deep desire to develop creative relations for this expressive sound world with a wide range of composers. Commissions to date include music from Sir James MacMillan, Janet Beat, Martyn Brabbins, Jay Capperauld and Errollyn Wallen.
James MacMillan Canon for Two Violas
Errollyn Wallen (World Premiere)
Jay Capperauld Between the Lines (World Premiere)
Janet Beat Phantasm (World Premiere)
Dumfries House
Cumnock
Ayrshire
KA18 2NJ
01290 425 959
Scott Dickinson and Andrew Berridge violas
Scott Dickinson and Andrew Berridge have shared the front stand of the viola section of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra for twenty years. Having performed and broadcast George Benjamin’s Viola Viola and Nigel Osborne’s Transformations 1, their Viola Duo Project came from a deep desire to develop creative relations for this expressive sound world with a wide range of composers. Commissions to date include music from Sir James MacMillan, Janet Beat, Martyn Brabbins, Jay Capperauld and Errollyn Wallen.
James MacMillan Canon for Two Violas
Errollyn Wallen (World Premiere)
Jay Capperauld Between the Lines (World Premiere)
Janet Beat Phantasm (World Premiere)
MUSICAL MASTERPIECES for SkyArts
MONDAY 2 OCTOBER 2023 8:00pm
Series 1 Episode 2: Carmen
Myleene Klass and Errollyn Wallen examine the stories at the heart of Georges Bizet's enduring but controversial opera 'Carmen', featuring special performances from Leeds-based opera company Opera North.
Category
Documentary / Music
Original air date
2023-10-02
Myleene Klass and Errollyn Wallen examine the stories at the heart of Georges Bizet's enduring but controversial opera 'Carmen', featuring special performances from Leeds-based opera company Opera North.
Category
Documentary / Music
Original air date
2023-10-02
MUSICAL MASTERPIECES for SkyArts
MONDAY 2 OCTOBER 2023 8:00pm
Series 1 Episode 2: Carmen
Myleene Klass and Errollyn Wallen examine the stories at the heart of Georges Bizet's enduring but controversial opera 'Carmen', featuring special performances from Leeds-based opera company Opera North.
Myleene Klass and Errollyn Wallen examine the stories at the heart of Georges Bizet's enduring but controversial opera 'Carmen', featuring special performances from Leeds-based opera company Opera North.
Dame Sarah Connolly & Joseph Middleton
MONDAY 2 OCTOBER 2023 7:30pm
NIGHT THOUGHTS
PROGRAMME: Brahms, Mahler, Wallen, Weill
WORLD PREMIERE OF NIGHT THOUGHTS, a special Leeds Lieder commission and world premier from Errollyn Wallen, which nods to Sarah’s student days when she performed jazz in bars and clubs, and displays the soulful depth of the outstanding mezzo’s voice
WORLD PREMIERE OF NIGHT THOUGHTS, a special Leeds Lieder commission and world premier from Errollyn Wallen, which nods to Sarah’s student days when she performed jazz in bars and clubs, and displays the soulful depth of the outstanding mezzo’s voice
Howard Assembly Room
Opera North Grand Theatre, 46 New Briggate, Leeds
Leeds LS1 6NU
United Kingdon
Grand Rapids Symphony
SATURDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 2023 7:00pm
Mighty River
DeVos Performance Hall
MARCELO LEHNINGER conductor | STERLING ELLIOTT cello
ART BATTLE GRAND RAPIDS
ERNIE STRICKLAND
TEVYONA KNOX
CARLOS SAMPSON
AMANDA FAIRBANKS
ERROLLYN WALLEN Mighty River
ELGAR Cello Concerto
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No.2, “London”
MARCELO LEHNINGER conductor | STERLING ELLIOTT cello
ART BATTLE GRAND RAPIDS
ERNIE STRICKLAND
TEVYONA KNOX
CARLOS SAMPSON
AMANDA FAIRBANKS
ERROLLYN WALLEN Mighty River
ELGAR Cello Concerto
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No.2, “London”
Grand Rapids Symphony
FRIDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2023 7:00pm
Mighty River
Devos Performance Hall, Grand Rapids, MI
MARCELO LEHNINGER conductor | STERLING ELLIOTT cello
ERROLLYN WALLEN Mighty River
ELGAR Cello Concerto
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No.2, “London”
MARCELO LEHNINGER conductor | STERLING ELLIOTT cello
ERROLLYN WALLEN Mighty River
ELGAR Cello Concerto
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No.2, “London”
Ensemble Pluma
THURSDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 2023 7:30pm
NNENNA
Domen, skibby, Denmark
Program:
Arvo Pärt: Summa, for strygeorkester (1977)
Errollyn Wallen: NNENNA (2018)
Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings (1936)
W. A. Mozart: Koncert for klarinet i A-dur K. 622 (1791)
- Solist Madeleine F. Nilsen
Medvirkende: Aarhus Kammerorkester og dirigent Magnus Plejdrup
Program:
Arvo Pärt: Summa, for strygeorkester (1977)
Errollyn Wallen: NNENNA (2018)
Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings (1936)
W. A. Mozart: Koncert for klarinet i A-dur K. 622 (1791)
- Solist Madeleine F. Nilsen
Medvirkende: Aarhus Kammerorkester og dirigent Magnus Plejdrup
MUSICAL MASTERPIECES new series for SkyArts
MONDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2023 8:00pm
EPISODE 1: The Four Seasons
Myleene Klass and composer Errollyn Wallen explore the secrets behind 'The Four Seasons', Antonio Vivaldi's set of violin concertos, featuring a special performance from Welsh orchestra Sinfonia Cymru.
Myleene Klass and composer Errollyn Wallen explore the secrets behind 'The Four Seasons', Antonio Vivaldi's set of violin concertos, featuring a special performance from Welsh orchestra Sinfonia Cymru.
EARTH REQUIEM at The Village Trip
9-9 SEPTEMBER 2023 3:00pm
An interdisciplinary performance and installation conceived by Diana Wege.
Mark Shapiro will conduct original music by Errollyn Wallen and Jeff beal, performed by a choir and piano.
World premiere of this arrangement.
VENUE:
St Mark's in the Bowery
131 East 10th STreet
New York
NY 10003
USA
Mark Shapiro will conduct original music by Errollyn Wallen and Jeff beal, performed by a choir and piano.
World premiere of this arrangement.
VENUE:
St Mark's in the Bowery
131 East 10th STreet
New York
NY 10003
USA
THE WHOLE WORLD on BBC Four from NYO Proms
SUNDAY 20 AUGUST 2023 8:00pm
NYO's 5 star Proms performance, conducted by Carlos Prieto and featuring soprano Masaban Cecilia Rangashwana who sung the premiere of Errollyn's specially composed encore The Whole World, commissioned specially by NYO.
Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore
London SW7 2AP
England
world premiere for Nicholas Phan & Palaver Strings
FRIDAY 18 AUGUST 2023 5:30pm
Protest Songs
PALAVER STRINGS with special guest – NICHOLAS PHAN, tenor
The acclaimed Portland-based, musician-led chamber orchestra returns to Screen Door as ensemble in residence. Featuring Grammy nominated tenor Nicholas Phan, this program explores our country’s rich legacy of protest songs. Repertoire includes traditional songs of protest and music inspired by social movements and historical events, including Akenya Seymour’s Fear the Lamb, and a new commission by Errollyn Wallen. Spanning genres, eras, and movements, A Change is Gonna Come provokes conversation, confronts our past and present, and celebrates the act of protest as one of our most precious rights.
Palaver Strings has distinguished itself for their sense of musical adventure and eagerness to engage with music and collaborators from many different genres and traditions. Described by the Boston Globe as “one of the world’s most remarkable singers,” tenor Nicholas Phan is praised for his charismatic stage presence and natural musicianship. He performs regularly with the world’s leading orchestras and opera companies.
PROGRAM
ROBERTA SLAVITT, ALFRED HAYES, MALVINA REYNOLDS Freedom is a Constant Struggle/I dreamed I saw Joe Hill/It isn’t nice (arrangement by DOMENIC SALERNI)
HARRY BURLEIGH, LANGSTON HUGHES Lovely, Dark & Lonely One (arrangement by IAN GOTTLIEB)
ABEL MEEROPOL/BILLIE HOLIDAY Strange Fruit
AKENYA SEYMOUR Fear the Lamb
BOB DYLAN Blowin’ in the Wind (arrangement by DOMENIC SALERNI)
JONI MITCHELL, PHIL OCHS, PETE SEEGER Fiddle and the Drum, What Are You Fighting For?, Where Have all the Flowers Gone? (arrangement by DOMENIC SALERNI)
ERROLLYN WALLEN Songs for the People - World Premiere
SAM COOKE A Change is Gonna Come
Honorary Concert Sponsor: Robert Johnston
Errollyn Wallen Songs for the People were co-commissioned by Palaver Strings and the Tippet Rise Fund of the Sidney E. Frank Foundation.
The acclaimed Portland-based, musician-led chamber orchestra returns to Screen Door as ensemble in residence. Featuring Grammy nominated tenor Nicholas Phan, this program explores our country’s rich legacy of protest songs. Repertoire includes traditional songs of protest and music inspired by social movements and historical events, including Akenya Seymour’s Fear the Lamb, and a new commission by Errollyn Wallen. Spanning genres, eras, and movements, A Change is Gonna Come provokes conversation, confronts our past and present, and celebrates the act of protest as one of our most precious rights.
Palaver Strings has distinguished itself for their sense of musical adventure and eagerness to engage with music and collaborators from many different genres and traditions. Described by the Boston Globe as “one of the world’s most remarkable singers,” tenor Nicholas Phan is praised for his charismatic stage presence and natural musicianship. He performs regularly with the world’s leading orchestras and opera companies.
PROGRAM
ROBERTA SLAVITT, ALFRED HAYES, MALVINA REYNOLDS Freedom is a Constant Struggle/I dreamed I saw Joe Hill/It isn’t nice (arrangement by DOMENIC SALERNI)
HARRY BURLEIGH, LANGSTON HUGHES Lovely, Dark & Lonely One (arrangement by IAN GOTTLIEB)
ABEL MEEROPOL/BILLIE HOLIDAY Strange Fruit
AKENYA SEYMOUR Fear the Lamb
BOB DYLAN Blowin’ in the Wind (arrangement by DOMENIC SALERNI)
JONI MITCHELL, PHIL OCHS, PETE SEEGER Fiddle and the Drum, What Are You Fighting For?, Where Have all the Flowers Gone? (arrangement by DOMENIC SALERNI)
ERROLLYN WALLEN Songs for the People - World Premiere
SAM COOKE A Change is Gonna Come
Honorary Concert Sponsor: Robert Johnston
Errollyn Wallen Songs for the People were co-commissioned by Palaver Strings and the Tippet Rise Fund of the Sidney E. Frank Foundation.
BBC Proms premiere for Masabane Cecilia and NYO
SATURDAY 5 AUGUST 2023 7:30pm
A special surprise work composed specially for Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha and National Youth Orchestra.
Conducted by Carlos Miguel Prieto
Conducted by Carlos Miguel Prieto
Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore
London SW7 2AP
England
world premiere at Westminster Abbey
TUESDAY 1 AUGUST 2023 7:00pm
Organist Peter Holder will give the world premiere of VARIATIONS ON A DANCE at a concert at Westminster Abbey 7pm on Tuesday 1st August at Westminster Abbey to mark 30 years of the Eric Thompson Trust which commissioned the work.
Westminster Abbey
20 Deans Yard
London SW1P 3PA
England
Tanglewood performance
SATURDAY 29 JULY 2023 6:00pm
NNENNA
• Saturday, July 29, 6 p.m.: A Prelude Concert by TMC musicians (part of the Festival of Contemporary Music) featuring works by Sally Beamish ("Caprington Doubles,") Kaija Saariaho ("New Gates,") and Errollyn Wallen ("NNENNA."), plus the world premiere of "small tenderness," a commissioned work by Ania Vu (an 2022 alumna of the TMC).
Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood
Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood
ONYX released on new CD by Onyx Brass
MONDAY 26 JUNE 2023
ONYX
This short work is dedicated to the memory of my friend, and legendary filmmaker, Mike Hodges.
Release of VIOLIN CONVERSATIONS
FRIDAY 23 JUNE 2023
SOJOURNER TRUTH
Violinist Madeleine Mitchell has inspired new works from a variety of composers, many of whom share connections of various kinds. ‘Conversations’ sit at the heart of an album in which four pianist composers join Mitchell to perform their works. The music ranges from Alan Rawsthorne’s quicksilver 1958 Violin Sonata, heard here in a BBC broadcast to honour Mitchell’s two-decade partnership with the late Andrew Ball, to Thea Musgrave’s vivid Colloquy. The sequence of atmospheric, communicative pieces from contemporary composers explores natural phenomena, songs of freedom, telephonic frustration and a pas de deux love duet.
RUSH HOUR #5
THURSDAY 8 JUNE 2023 6:00pm
FONDANT
6.00PM
ST JOHN'S WATERLOO
ERROLLYN WALLEN Fondant
HANNAH KENDALL Tuxedo: Vasco 'de' Gama
AYANNA WITTER-JOHNSON Creation
AYANNA WITTER-JOHNSON Dreamcity
ELEANOR ALBERGA Sun Warrior
Sian Edwards
pre-concert talk at 5.15pm
ST JOHN'S WATERLOO
ERROLLYN WALLEN Fondant
HANNAH KENDALL Tuxedo: Vasco 'de' Gama
AYANNA WITTER-JOHNSON Creation
AYANNA WITTER-JOHNSON Dreamcity
ELEANOR ALBERGA Sun Warrior
Sian Edwards
pre-concert talk at 5.15pm
St. John's Church
Princes Street
Edinburgh
Scotland
This Cultural Life BBC Radio 4
SATURDAY 3 JUNE 2023 7:15pm
Errollyn Wallen
This Cultural Life
Errollyn Wallen is one of Britain's most acclaimed and widely performed contemporary composers. Born in Belize and brought up in north London, she was first ever woman to win a Ivor Novello Award for a body of work, and the first ever black woman to have a composition played at the BBC Proms. Errollyn has written 22 operas, as well as orchestral, chamber and choral works which are performed around the world. She was commissioned to write pieces to commemorate the Queen’s Golden and Diamond jubilees, and for the opening of the 2012 London Paralympic Games. She lives and works in a lighthouse in the far north of Scotland.
Errollyn tells John Wilson how, after to moving to London from Belize with her parents at a young age, she was brought up by an aunt and uncle in Tottenham. An early love of ballet led her to discover the music of Chopin, and she started to learn the piano at home. She describes the huge influence of Bach on her compositions, but also how her work is influenced by a wide range of music, from avant garde composers to jazz and funk.
Producer: Edwina Pitman
This Cultural Life
Errollyn Wallen is one of Britain's most acclaimed and widely performed contemporary composers. Born in Belize and brought up in north London, she was first ever woman to win a Ivor Novello Award for a body of work, and the first ever black woman to have a composition played at the BBC Proms. Errollyn has written 22 operas, as well as orchestral, chamber and choral works which are performed around the world. She was commissioned to write pieces to commemorate the Queen’s Golden and Diamond jubilees, and for the opening of the 2012 London Paralympic Games. She lives and works in a lighthouse in the far north of Scotland.
Errollyn tells John Wilson how, after to moving to London from Belize with her parents at a young age, she was brought up by an aunt and uncle in Tottenham. An early love of ballet led her to discover the music of Chopin, and she started to learn the piano at home. She describes the huge influence of Bach on her compositions, but also how her work is influenced by a wide range of music, from avant garde composers to jazz and funk.
Producer: Edwina Pitman
This Cultural Life BBC Radio 4
SATURDAY 3 JUNE 2023 7:15pm
Errollyn Wallen
This Cultural Life
Errollyn Wallen is one of Britain's most acclaimed and widely performed contemporary composers. Born in Belize and brought up in north London, she was first ever woman to win a Ivor Novello Award for a body of work, and the first ever black woman to have a composition played at the BBC Proms. Errollyn has written 22 operas, as well as orchestral, chamber and choral works which are performed around the world. She was commissioned to write pieces to commemorate the Queen’s Golden and Diamond jubilees, and for the opening of the 2012 London Paralympic Games. She lives and works in a lighthouse in the far north of Scotland.
Errollyn tells John Wilson how, after to moving to London from Belize with her parents at a young age, she was brought up by an aunt and uncle in Tottenham. An early love of ballet led her to discover the music of Chopin, and she started to learn the piano at home. She describes the huge influence of Bach on her compositions, but also how her work is influenced by a wide range of music, from avant garde composers to jazz and funk.
Producer: Edwina Pitman
This Cultural Life
Errollyn Wallen is one of Britain's most acclaimed and widely performed contemporary composers. Born in Belize and brought up in north London, she was first ever woman to win a Ivor Novello Award for a body of work, and the first ever black woman to have a composition played at the BBC Proms. Errollyn has written 22 operas, as well as orchestral, chamber and choral works which are performed around the world. She was commissioned to write pieces to commemorate the Queen’s Golden and Diamond jubilees, and for the opening of the 2012 London Paralympic Games. She lives and works in a lighthouse in the far north of Scotland.
Errollyn tells John Wilson how, after to moving to London from Belize with her parents at a young age, she was brought up by an aunt and uncle in Tottenham. An early love of ballet led her to discover the music of Chopin, and she started to learn the piano at home. She describes the huge influence of Bach on her compositions, but also how her work is influenced by a wide range of music, from avant garde composers to jazz and funk.
Producer: Edwina Pitman
Music on the Hill
FRIDAY 2 JUNE 2023
Five Postcards
Immaculate Conception Parish, Cranston, RI, US
programme includes Mozart, Schubert, de Falla, Dvorak, Wallen and Currier
programme includes Mozart, Schubert, de Falla, Dvorak, Wallen and Currier
Rita Porfiris performs LAVINIA
WEDNESDAY 10 MAY 2023
Part of Primrose Artist Series
at Brigham Young University, USA
at Brigham Young University, USA
Lawrence Power & and Sergio Bucheli
MONDAY 24 APRIL 2023 1:00pm
Peace on Earth
Imitations
This concert will be live streamed on this website in HD. The video will be available on demand for 90 days after the date of the broadcast. Watch live here
This concert will be live streamed on this website in HD. The video will be available on demand for 90 days after the date of the broadcast. Watch live here
Wigmore Hall
36 Wigmore Street
London W1U 2BP
England
+44 20 7935 2141
London Schools Symphony Orchestra
TUESDAY 18 APRIL 2023 7:30pm
Mighty River
Programme
Errollyn Wallen Mighty River*
Edward Elgar Cello Concerto
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No 4
Performers
London Schools Symphony Orchestra
Bradley Wilson conductor*
Christopher Warren-Green conductor
Matthew Sharp cello
Errollyn Wallen Mighty River*
Edward Elgar Cello Concerto
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No 4
Performers
London Schools Symphony Orchestra
Bradley Wilson conductor*
Christopher Warren-Green conductor
Matthew Sharp cello
Milton Court
Silk Street, Barbican
London EC2Y 8DT
England
Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra
FRIDAY 14 APRIL 2023 8:00pm
Chorale
Two performances — at 10am & 8pm
Marcelo Lehninger, conductor
Location
300 Ottawa NW, Suite 100
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
616.454.9451
Marcelo Lehninger, conductor
Location
300 Ottawa NW, Suite 100
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
616.454.9451
NYOS at Perth Theatre, Scotland
THURSDAY 6 APRIL 2023 7:30pm
Mighty River
Programme:
Errollyn Wallen, Mighty River
Grieg, Concerto, Piano, op.16, A minor
Sibelius, Finlandia op.26
Conductor
Natalia Luis-Bassa
Soloist
Ethan David Loch
6 April 2023 / 19:30 at Perth Concert Hall
Standard £18
TICKET OFFER £12 until 2 March use 'SPRING23' at Box Office to redeem
Senior Citizens, wheelchair users £12
Under 26, Unwaged, Mature Student £6
Book Tickets
Errollyn Wallen, Mighty River
Grieg, Concerto, Piano, op.16, A minor
Sibelius, Finlandia op.26
Conductor
Natalia Luis-Bassa
Soloist
Ethan David Loch
6 April 2023 / 19:30 at Perth Concert Hall
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Book Tickets
Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott
TUESDAY 4 APRIL 2023
Dervish
Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott at Stanford
MONDAY 3 APRIL 2023 7:30pm
Dervish
Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott at Rohnert Park, CA
SUNDAY 2 APRIL 2023 3:00pm
Dervish
Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott in Kansas City, MO
FRIDAY 31 MARCH 2023 7:00pm
Dervish
Ruby Hughes & Huw Watkins
TUESDAY 28 MARCH 2023 7:30pm
Peace on Earth
Ruby and Huw perform from their sensational new album Echo
St David's Hall
The Hayes
Cardiff CF10 1AH
Wales
Re:Sound — Voices of Our Cities
SUNDAY 26 MARCH 2023 7:30pm
Mighty River
Re:Sound is made up of nine micro-operas that explore London, Nottingham and Manchester from the point of view of people who have experienced homelessness. At workshops run by Streetwise Opera, participants come up with ideas, storylines and lyrics that peer beneath the surface of the city. They collaborate with composers, choreographers and digital animators to spin these inspirations into bold new musical works. Members of Streetwise Opera are joined on stage by singers from renowned choral ensemble The Sixteen, and the BBC Concert Orchestra.
The evening opens with Bernstein’s boisterous ode to Times Square, from his musical On the Town, which follows three sailors on a brief leave in New York. The musical’s familiar New York theme crops up in this symphonic panorama.
Errollyn Wallen’s Mighty River winds its way through the first half of the concert, a profound meditation on the history of the slave trade which links the movement of water with the human instinct to be free.
The evening opens with Bernstein’s boisterous ode to Times Square, from his musical On the Town, which follows three sailors on a brief leave in New York. The musical’s familiar New York theme crops up in this symphonic panorama.
Errollyn Wallen’s Mighty River winds its way through the first half of the concert, a profound meditation on the history of the slave trade which links the movement of water with the human instinct to be free.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Southbank Centre
London
UK
World premiere of ONYX for Onyx Brass
THURSDAY 23 MARCH 2023 7:30pm
ONYX was composed in the memory of Mike Hodges, legendary British filmmaker and friend.
Royal Academy of Music
Marylebone Road
London NW1 5HT
England
020 7873 7300
Triple Concerto performed by The Kosmos Ensemble
WEDNESDAY 22 MARCH 2023 7:30pm
Victoria Hall
11 South Grove
Highgate
London N6 6BS
11 South Grove
Highgate
London N6 6BS
Hermes Experiment perform TREE & gun gun gun
WEDNESDAY 8 MARCH 2023 7:30pm
Wigmore Hall
36 Wigmore Street
London W1U 2BP
England
+44 20 7935 2141
Nadine Benjamin with Michael Harper
TUESDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2023 7:30pm
Hudson, Mississippi, Thames
British soprano Nadine Benjamin brings together a wealth of stories told through song and spoken word, celebrating the lived experiences of black and mixed-race composers. British contributions include Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s haunting cycle Songs of Sun and Shade and his daughter Avril’s Sleeping and Waking, plus newer music by Errollyn Wallen and Hannah Kendall. There are vivid historic songs and works by living composers from across America, the Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, and Sweden.
Woven between the songs, Michael Harper reads poetry by Paul Laurence Dunbar, Maya Angelou and many more. This is a project with collaboration at its heart – co-curated by writer and broadcaster Elizabeth de Brito, Benjamin and Harper are joined by pianist Caroline Jaya-Ratnam to explore the joys of living, learning and moving through adversity.
Woven between the songs, Michael Harper reads poetry by Paul Laurence Dunbar, Maya Angelou and many more. This is a project with collaboration at its heart – co-curated by writer and broadcaster Elizabeth de Brito, Benjamin and Harper are joined by pianist Caroline Jaya-Ratnam to explore the joys of living, learning and moving through adversity.
Barbican
Silk Street, London
London EC2Y 8DS
England
020 7638 8891
Premiere at Knox Presbyterian Church Cincinnati
SUNDAY 19 FEBRUARY 2023
I heard a voice
National Youth Choir of Great Britain new release
FRIDAY 10 FEBRUARY 2023
When the Wet Wind Sings
Errollyn Wallen's WHEN THE WET WIND SINGS will be released on NYCGB Digital on February 10th
Errollyn Wallen in conversation with Sonia Boyce
SATURDAY 4 FEBRUARY 2023 3:00pm
Turner Contemporary, Margate, Kent
Turner Contemporary, Rendezvous, Margate, Kent
Rendezvous, Margate
Kent CT9 1HG
England
01843 233 000
Madeleine Mitchell gives US premiere
TUESDAY 24 JANUARY 2023 12:30pm
SOJOURNER TRUTH
Old St Mary's Cathedral
660 California Street
San Francisco
660 California Street
San Francisco
new carol for Salisbury Cathedral
FRIDAY 23 DECEMBER 2022 7:00pm
Salisbury Carol
A new carol celebrating Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Salisbury Cathedral
Salisbury SP1 2EJ
England
New carol for Salisbury Cathedral
THURSDAY 22 DECEMBER 2022 7:00pm
Salisbury Carol
Salisbury Carol commemorates Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
World premiere at Carols at Candlelight service
World premiere at Carols at Candlelight service
Salisbury Cathedral
Salisbury SP1 2EJ
England
PACE performed by Chicago Symphony Brass ensemble
SUNDAY 18 DECEMBER 2022 7:30pm
Symphony Center, Chicago
Wigmore Hall — Ruby Hughes and Huw Watkins
SUNDAY 18 DECEMBER 2022
Peace on Earth
Wigmore Hall
36 Wigmore Street
London W1U 2BP
England
+44 20 7935 2141
Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott perform Wallen in Taiwan
SUNDAY 11 DECEMBER 2022 7:30pm
Dervish
Yo-YoMa & Kathryn Stott play Wallen in Taipei, Tai
FRIDAY 9 DECEMBER 2022
Dervish
Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott perform Wallen in Taiwan
FRIDAY 9 DECEMBER 2022
Dervish
Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott perform Wallen in Taiwan
THURSDAY 8 DECEMBER 2022 7:30pm
Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott perform Wallen in Taiwan
THURSDAY 8 DECEMBER 2022 7:30pm
Dervish
First Presbyterian Church, Oxford, Massachusetts
THURSDAY 8 DECEMBER 2022 6:00pm
Peace on Earth
Nine Lessons and Carols
Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn perform Wallen in Taipei
TUESDAY 6 DECEMBER 2022 7:30pm
Dervish
Live world premiere of POSTCARD FOR MAGDALENA
FRIDAY 2 DECEMBER 2022 7:00pm
Cello Recital by Louise McMonagle
Friday, December 2, 2022
7:00 PM 8:40 PM
Scottish Arts Club
24 Rutland SquareEdinburgh, Scotland, EH1 2BW
Friday, December 2, 2022
7:00 PM 8:40 PM
Scottish Arts Club
24 Rutland SquareEdinburgh, Scotland, EH1 2BW
world premiere at King's College, Cambridge
SATURDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2022 5:10pm
TIMBREL
TiMBREL was commissioned by King's College chapel for the 1441 Foundation event. It will be sung at Evensong and at the 1441 Foundation Dinner
King's College Chapel
King's College, King's Parade
Cambridge CB2 1ST
United Kingdom
Hermes Experiment
TUESDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2022 8:00pm
TREE
Set 1
Elizabeth Jacquet de la Guerre (arr. Schofield), Les Rossignols
Anna Meredith (arr. Schofield), Fin like a flower
Helen Grime (arr. Pashley), Council Offices
Imogen Holst (arr. Pashley), ‘Cinquepace' and ‘Gigue’ from Suite for Viola
Lili Boulanger (arr. Schofield), Reflets and Attente
Set 2
Ruari Paterson-Achenbach, to sleep on it (selected movements)
Mira Calix, DMe
Oliver Leith, Uh huh, Heah
Set 3
Anon (arr. Pashley), Luchas para bailar
Kerry Andrew (arr. Denholm), Fruit Songs
Errollyn Wallen (arr. Werner), Tree
Misha Mullov-Abbado, The Linden Tree
Elizabeth Jacquet de la Guerre (arr. Schofield), Les Rossignols
Anna Meredith (arr. Schofield), Fin like a flower
Helen Grime (arr. Pashley), Council Offices
Imogen Holst (arr. Pashley), ‘Cinquepace' and ‘Gigue’ from Suite for Viola
Lili Boulanger (arr. Schofield), Reflets and Attente
Set 2
Ruari Paterson-Achenbach, to sleep on it (selected movements)
Mira Calix, DMe
Oliver Leith, Uh huh, Heah
Set 3
Anon (arr. Pashley), Luchas para bailar
Kerry Andrew (arr. Denholm), Fruit Songs
Errollyn Wallen (arr. Werner), Tree
Misha Mullov-Abbado, The Linden Tree
Hermes Experiment at Birmingham Symphony Hall
TUESDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2022 8:00pm
TREE
Broadcast of Nunc dimittis from Westminster Abbey
WEDNESDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2022 4:00pm
Errollyn Wallen's new Nunc dimittis broadcast live from Westminster Abbey
Magnificat and Nunc dimittis WORLD PREMIERE
TUESDAY 15 NOVEMBER 2022 5:00pm
Errollyn Wallen was commissioned by Pamela Carrington to compose this new work for the Choir of Westminster of Abbey and its music director, James O'Donnell
Westminster Abbey
20 Deans Yard
London SW1P 3PA
England
David Hill & Yale Schola Cantorum Music
SATURDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2022 3:00pm
Peace on Earth
Music for All Souls
Woolsey Hall (WOOL) see map(link is external)
500 College Street
New Haven, CT 06511
WATCH ONLINE at 7pm UK time
Event description:
Yale Schola Cantorum is a chamber choir that performs sacred music from the sixteenth century to the present day in concert settings and choral services around the world. It is sponsored by Yale Institute of Sacred Music. Music for All Souls will be conducted by David Hill
The Program
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Missa “O quam gloriosum”
Cecilia McDowall: I know that my redeemer liveth, Standing as I do before God, Aurea luce
Herbert Howells: Hymn to St. Cecilia
Benjamin Britten: Hymn to St. Cecilia
Errollyn Wallen: Peace on Earth
Herbert Howells: Requiem
Woolsey Hall (WOOL) see map(link is external)
500 College Street
New Haven, CT 06511
WATCH ONLINE at 7pm UK time
Event description:
Yale Schola Cantorum is a chamber choir that performs sacred music from the sixteenth century to the present day in concert settings and choral services around the world. It is sponsored by Yale Institute of Sacred Music. Music for All Souls will be conducted by David Hill
The Program
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Missa “O quam gloriosum”
Cecilia McDowall: I know that my redeemer liveth, Standing as I do before God, Aurea luce
Herbert Howells: Hymn to St. Cecilia
Benjamin Britten: Hymn to St. Cecilia
Errollyn Wallen: Peace on Earth
Herbert Howells: Requiem
97 Ensemble at St James' Church, Piccadilly
FRIDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2022 1:10pm
NNENNA
Getting there:
197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL between Piccadilly and Jermyn Street, about 200 yards from Piccadilly Circu
197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL between Piccadilly and Jermyn Street, about 200 yards from Piccadilly Circu
WORLD PREMIERE OF PIANO CONCERTO AT RBC
FRIDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2022 7:30pm
Errollyn Wallen Piano Concerto (world première)
soloist Rebeca Omordia
conductor Mike Seal
An electrifying programme of world premières. The two piano concertos were delayed from their originally planned debuts in 2020. Angela Elizabeth Slater's originally scheduled to debut in December 2020 and Errollyn Wallen's for summer 2020, when the world ended up being locked down.
soloist Rebeca Omordia
conductor Mike Seal
An electrifying programme of world premières. The two piano concertos were delayed from their originally planned debuts in 2020. Angela Elizabeth Slater's originally scheduled to debut in December 2020 and Errollyn Wallen's for summer 2020, when the world ended up being locked down.
Yo-YoMay & Kathryn Stott play Wallen in Madrid
WEDNESDAY 26 OCTOBER 2022 7:30pm
Dervish
WEDNESDAY 26TH OCTOBER 2022 | 19:30H
Auditorio Nacional de Música de Madrid - Symphonic Hall
Auditorio Nacional de Música de Madrid - Symphonic Hall
Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott —Wallen in Barcelona
TUESDAY 25 OCTOBER 2022 8:00pm
Dervish
Felix Mendelssohn: Song Without Words, Op. 109
Tradicional: Scarborough Fair (arr. Stephen Hough)
Caroline Shaw: Shenandoah
Jean Sibelius: Was it a Dream?, Op. 37 Núm.4
Ernest Bloch: From Jewish Life
Prayer
Supplication
Jewish Song
Antonín Dvorák: Quatre peces romàntiques
Allegro moderato
Allegro maestoso
Allegro appassionato
Larghetto
Mitja part
Errollyn Wallen: Dervish
Cesar Camargo Matiano: Cristal (arr. Jorge Calandrelli)
Violeta Parra: Gracias a la vida (arr. Jorge Calandrelli)
Astor Piazzolla: Libertango (arr. Kathryn Stott)
Astor Piazzolla: Soledad
Astor Piazzolla: Le Grand Tango
Tradicional: Scarborough Fair (arr. Stephen Hough)
Caroline Shaw: Shenandoah
Jean Sibelius: Was it a Dream?, Op. 37 Núm.4
Ernest Bloch: From Jewish Life
Prayer
Supplication
Jewish Song
Antonín Dvorák: Quatre peces romàntiques
Allegro moderato
Allegro maestoso
Allegro appassionato
Larghetto
Mitja part
Errollyn Wallen: Dervish
Cesar Camargo Matiano: Cristal (arr. Jorge Calandrelli)
Violeta Parra: Gracias a la vida (arr. Jorge Calandrelli)
Astor Piazzolla: Libertango (arr. Kathryn Stott)
Astor Piazzolla: Soledad
Astor Piazzolla: Le Grand Tango
SOUNDS DIVINE Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
SUNDAY 23 OCTOBER 2022 7:30pm
Dervish
Sounds Divine — A transcendent concert experience (Berkeley)
Sunday, October 23, 2022
7:30 PM 9:00 PM
Berkeley Piano Club
2724 Haste Street Berkeley, CA, 94704 United States (map)
Sunday, October 23, 2022
7:30 PM 9:00 PM
Berkeley Piano Club
2724 Haste Street Berkeley, CA, 94704 United States (map)
Hebrides Ensemble at RCS
FRIDAY 21 OCTOBER 2022 1:00pm
Woogie Boogie
With distinctive and exciting young composers emerging every year, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland has a proud history of developing new talent. Hebrides Ensemble marks RCS@175 by celebrating staff composers that have fostered a golden age in Scottish composition.
The programme includes music by Stuart MacRae as featured on our most recent Delphian Records release, alongside works by Emily Doolittle, Tom David Wilson, and Visiting Professors Kate Moore and Errollyn Wallen. In keeping with our longstanding role of supporting emerging talent, we will also give the first performance of a new work from composition student Mingdu Li.
The programme includes music by Stuart MacRae as featured on our most recent Delphian Records release, alongside works by Emily Doolittle, Tom David Wilson, and Visiting Professors Kate Moore and Errollyn Wallen. In keeping with our longstanding role of supporting emerging talent, we will also give the first performance of a new work from composition student Mingdu Li.
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
100 Renfrew St, Glasgow, G2 3DB /
Glasgow G2 3DB
Scotland
Concert in New York of Errollyn's songs
SUNDAY 16 OCTOBER 2022 3:00pm
The Errollyn Wallen Songbook
VENUE: Rubin Museum of Art
DETAILS: Pianist Nathaniel LaNasa curates a program of the Belize-born British composer Errollyn Wallen, joined by mezzo-sopranos Lucia Bradford and Leah Wool. The composer has transcribed two unpublished songs specifically for this concert.
NYFOS Next offers guest musicians a chance to collaborate with NYFOS to bring new music to intimate venues.
Tickets are available for $25 ($10 student tickets)
DETAILS: Pianist Nathaniel LaNasa curates a program of the Belize-born British composer Errollyn Wallen, joined by mezzo-sopranos Lucia Bradford and Leah Wool. The composer has transcribed two unpublished songs specifically for this concert.
NYFOS Next offers guest musicians a chance to collaborate with NYFOS to bring new music to intimate venues.
Tickets are available for $25 ($10 student tickets)
Orchestra Vitae
THURSDAY 6 OCTOBER 2022 7:30pm
FONDANT
Orchestra Vitae give the London premiere of FONDANT, originally commissioned by Royal Northern Sinfonia in 2018.
St. John's Smith Square
Smith Square
London SW1P 3HA
United Kingdom
020 7222 1061
Hermes Experiment at St John's Smith Square
WEDNESDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 2022 8:00pm
gun gun gun
Programme to include:
Barbara Strozzi (arr. Werner), Tradimento
Anna Meredith (arr. Schofield), Fin like a flower
Tom Coult, I Find Planets
Caroline Shaw (arr. Denholm), Plan and Elevation I. The Ellipse
Errollyn Wallen, gun gun gun
The Hermes Experiment, Bass Piece
Ayanna Witter Johnson, Draw the Line
Emily Hall (arr. Pashley), Befalling
Oliver Leith, Uh Huh, Yeah
Barbara Strozzi (arr. Werner), Tradimento
Anna Meredith (arr. Schofield), Fin like a flower
Tom Coult, I Find Planets
Caroline Shaw (arr. Denholm), Plan and Elevation I. The Ellipse
Errollyn Wallen, gun gun gun
The Hermes Experiment, Bass Piece
Ayanna Witter Johnson, Draw the Line
Emily Hall (arr. Pashley), Befalling
Oliver Leith, Uh Huh, Yeah
St. John's Smith Square
Smith Square
London SW1P 3HA
United Kingdom
020 7222 1061
Laura van der Heijden & Tom Poster
MONDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 2022 1:00pm
Dervish
Laura van der Heijden cello; Tom Poster piano
Errollyn Wallen, Jacquet de la Guerre, Rachmaninov and Walker
Information
Booking information
This event is part of the CAVATINA 25 Scheme. A limited number of free tickets are available to 25 and unders in rows T to V. Log in to book.
Duration
This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval
Errollyn Wallen, Jacquet de la Guerre, Rachmaninov and Walker
Information
Booking information
This event is part of the CAVATINA 25 Scheme. A limited number of free tickets are available to 25 and unders in rows T to V. Log in to book.
Duration
This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval
Wigmore Hall
36 Wigmore Street
London W1U 2BP
England
+44 20 7935 2141
NEW WORK FOR RUBY HUGHES & AARHUS ORCHESTRA
FRIDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2022 7:30pm
Conductor
Clemens Schuldt
Soloists
Ruby Hughes
soprano
Eugene Hye-Knudsen
cello
Works
H. Rott
Hamlet opening
J. Brahms
Ophelia-lieder (arr. Reimann)
E. Wallen
“By Gis and by Saint Charity” (premiere)
NW Gade
Hamlet opening
D. Shostakovich
Romance over a poem by Alexander Blok
PI Tchaikovsky
Hamlet fantasy opening
R. Schumann
Herzeleid (arr. Errollyn Wallen)
H. Berlioz
The Death of Ophelie
Location:
Symphonic Hall
Musikhuset Aarhus
Clemens Schuldt
Soloists
Ruby Hughes
soprano
Eugene Hye-Knudsen
cello
Works
H. Rott
Hamlet opening
J. Brahms
Ophelia-lieder (arr. Reimann)
E. Wallen
“By Gis and by Saint Charity” (premiere)
NW Gade
Hamlet opening
D. Shostakovich
Romance over a poem by Alexander Blok
PI Tchaikovsky
Hamlet fantasy opening
R. Schumann
Herzeleid (arr. Errollyn Wallen)
H. Berlioz
The Death of Ophelie
Location:
Symphonic Hall
Musikhuset Aarhus
NEW WORK FOR RUBY HUGHES & AARHUS ORCHESTRA
THURSDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2022 7:30pm
Conductor
Clemens Schuldt
Soloists
Ruby Hughes
soprano
Eugene Hye-Knudsen
cello
Works
H. Rott
Hamlet opening
J. Brahms
Ophelia-lieder (arr. Reimann)
E. Wallen
“By Gis and by Saint Charity” (premiere)
NW Gade
Hamlet opening
D. Shostakovich
Romance over a poem by Alexander Blok
PI Tchaikovsky
Hamlet fantasy opening
R. Schumann
Herzeleid (arr. Errollyn Wallen)
H. Berlioz
The Death of Ophelie
Location:
Symphonic Hall
Musikhuset Aarhus
Clemens Schuldt
Soloists
Ruby Hughes
soprano
Eugene Hye-Knudsen
cello
Works
H. Rott
Hamlet opening
J. Brahms
Ophelia-lieder (arr. Reimann)
E. Wallen
“By Gis and by Saint Charity” (premiere)
NW Gade
Hamlet opening
D. Shostakovich
Romance over a poem by Alexander Blok
PI Tchaikovsky
Hamlet fantasy opening
R. Schumann
Herzeleid (arr. Errollyn Wallen)
H. Berlioz
The Death of Ophelie
Location:
Symphonic Hall
Musikhuset Aarhus
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective at
SATURDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2022 7:00pm
Dervish
This concert will be broadcast by Radio 3
Holy Cross Parish Church,
Cowbridge
Holy Cross Parish Church,
Cowbridge
LADY SUPER SPY ADVENTURER — PROMS PREMIERE
MONDAY 29 AUGUST 2022 1:00pm
Bradshaw Hall, Birmingham
Joseph Horovitz
Lady Macbeth – a scena(9 mins)
Ethel Smyth
Lieder, Op. 4(15 mins)
Rebecca Clarke
The Seal Man(6 mins)
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Four Last Songs(9 mins)
Errollyn Wallen
Lady Super Spy Adventurer(4 mins)
BBC commission: world premiere
Performers
Claire Barnett-Jones
mezzo-soprano
Simon Lepper
piano
Composers
Joseph Horovitz
Ethel Smyth
Rebecca Clarke
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Errollyn Wallen
About This Event
The sheer wealth and beauty of English poetry has been a continual inspiration to British composers. Since winning the Joan Sutherland Audience Prize at BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2021 mezzo-soprano Claire Barnett-Jones has become one of the most sought-after voices on both the operatic stage and the concert platform – with one critic writing that she ‘stole the stage at every movement’ in English National Opera’s recent The Cunning Little Vixen. Today, with pianist Simon Lepper, she celebrates the songs of 2022 Proms featured composers Vaughan Williams and Ethel Smyth, brings all her theatrical flair to a Shakespeare sketch by the late Joseph Horovitz, and sings something entirely new from Proms favourite Errollyn Wallen.
There will be no interval
Image: Claire Barnett-Jones
PART OF
Proms 2022Proms At
Joseph Horovitz
Lady Macbeth – a scena(9 mins)
Ethel Smyth
Lieder, Op. 4(15 mins)
Rebecca Clarke
The Seal Man(6 mins)
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Four Last Songs(9 mins)
Errollyn Wallen
Lady Super Spy Adventurer(4 mins)
BBC commission: world premiere
Performers
Claire Barnett-Jones
mezzo-soprano
Simon Lepper
piano
Composers
Joseph Horovitz
Ethel Smyth
Rebecca Clarke
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Errollyn Wallen
About This Event
The sheer wealth and beauty of English poetry has been a continual inspiration to British composers. Since winning the Joan Sutherland Audience Prize at BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2021 mezzo-soprano Claire Barnett-Jones has become one of the most sought-after voices on both the operatic stage and the concert platform – with one critic writing that she ‘stole the stage at every movement’ in English National Opera’s recent The Cunning Little Vixen. Today, with pianist Simon Lepper, she celebrates the songs of 2022 Proms featured composers Vaughan Williams and Ethel Smyth, brings all her theatrical flair to a Shakespeare sketch by the late Joseph Horovitz, and sings something entirely new from Proms favourite Errollyn Wallen.
There will be no interval
Image: Claire Barnett-Jones
PART OF
Proms 2022Proms At
ANCESTOR (O'Regan & Wallen)
THURSDAY 18 AUGUST 2022 8:00pm
Livestream of Philharmonia Baroque's concert from Yale
8pm EDT
8pm EDT
Lakes Area Music Festival
SUNDAY 7 AUGUST 2022 2:00pm
Concerto Grosso
Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts
702 S 5th St
Brainerd, MN 56401
702 S 5th St
Brainerd, MN 56401
Lakes Area Music Festival
SATURDAY 6 AUGUST 2022 7:30pm
Concerto Grosso
GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL:Concerto Grosso in G major, Op. 6, No. 1
ERROLLYN WALLEN:Concerto Grosso
PIETRO LOCATELLI:Concerto Grosso in C Minor, Op. 1, No. 11
ARCANGELO CORELLI:Concerto Grosso in D major, Op. 6, No. 4
SAMUEL CARL ADAMS:Movements (for us and them)
GEORG MUFFAT:Concerto Grosso No. 2 in G minor
A ‘concerto grosso’ pits a group of soloists against a larger ensemble, moving between cooperation and contrast. Artistic advisor and baroque violinist Chloe Fedor leads a baroque ensemble in early examples of these concertos, partnered with modern takes on the genre by Errollyn Wallen and Samuel Carl Adams.
Lakes Area Music Festival
STRINGS
US & THEM
Saturday, August 6 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, August 7 at 2 p.m.
Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts
CHLOE FEDOR, LEADER / VIOLIN SOLOIST
CHRISTIAN REIF, CONDUCTOR
ERROLLYN WALLEN:Concerto Grosso
PIETRO LOCATELLI:Concerto Grosso in C Minor, Op. 1, No. 11
ARCANGELO CORELLI:Concerto Grosso in D major, Op. 6, No. 4
SAMUEL CARL ADAMS:Movements (for us and them)
GEORG MUFFAT:Concerto Grosso No. 2 in G minor
A ‘concerto grosso’ pits a group of soloists against a larger ensemble, moving between cooperation and contrast. Artistic advisor and baroque violinist Chloe Fedor leads a baroque ensemble in early examples of these concertos, partnered with modern takes on the genre by Errollyn Wallen and Samuel Carl Adams.
Lakes Area Music Festival
STRINGS
US & THEM
Saturday, August 6 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, August 7 at 2 p.m.
Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts
CHLOE FEDOR, LEADER / VIOLIN SOLOIST
CHRISTIAN REIF, CONDUCTOR
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PHILHARMONIA BAROQUE ORCHESTRA AND CHORALE
TUESDAY 2 AUGUST 2022 7:30pm
The Forms
Philharmonia’s Composer-in-Residence, Tarik O’Regan, and his good friend and colleague, composer, Errollyn Wallen CBE, have come together to create a collaborative music drama for Tim and PBO, provisionally entitled Ancestor. In a dynamically unique approach, using the programme’s themes of contradiction, duality, and interdependence as catalysts, each composer will set text that the other has adapted from original sources. Together, Errollyn and Tarik will create an interlinked monodrama in two short, contrasting scenes which will explore and interrogate the creation myth, highlighting the conflicts and connections found therein. This perfectly “mixed” programme highlights PBO at its best – virtuosic interpretations of the old with reflections from the new that speak to the past, present and future.
FINAL GALA CONCERT AT RYEDALE FESTIVAL
SUNDAY 31 JULY 2022 6:30pm
Photography
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Lucienne Renaudin Vary – trumpet
Malcolm Arnold Sinfonietta no.2
Finzi Romance
Haydn Trumpet Concerto
Errollyn Wallen Photography
Haydn Symphony no.93 in D major
A captivating trumpeter joins the Royal Northern Sinfonia for a sunny-spirited concerto at the heart of an eclectic programme that also takes in the lyricism of two English romantics, a Bach-inspired work by Errollyn Wallen, and one of Haydn’s most rousing and witty symphonies.
Lucienne Renaudin Vary – trumpet
Malcolm Arnold Sinfonietta no.2
Finzi Romance
Haydn Trumpet Concerto
Errollyn Wallen Photography
Haydn Symphony no.93 in D major
A captivating trumpeter joins the Royal Northern Sinfonia for a sunny-spirited concerto at the heart of an eclectic programme that also takes in the lyricism of two English romantics, a Bach-inspired work by Errollyn Wallen, and one of Haydn’s most rousing and witty symphonies.
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale
FRIDAY 29 JULY 2022 7:00pm
The Forms
St Peter’s Church, Norton
Langton Rd, Norton
Malton, YO17 9AE
Philharmonia Baroque
Tim Mead countertenor
Richard Egarr director
Handel Overture to Orlando
Handel Al lampo dell’armi from Giulio Cesare
Handel Chiudetevi miei lumi from Admeto
Handel Concerto Grosso in A minor, op.6 no.4
Errollyn Wallen and Tarik O’Regan Ancestor WORLD PREMIERE
Handel Concerto Grosso in B-flat major, op.6 no.7
Handel Father of Heaven from Judas Maccabaeus
Handel Se in fiorito ameno prato from Giulio Cesare
Philharmonia Baroque’s commitment to both old and new music is reflected in a striking programme built around connections and contrasts. Leading countertenor Tim Mead explores Handel’s genius for characterisation in four vividly contrasted arias, while the orchestra show the stunning expressive range of his concertos. At the centre of the programme, Tarik O’Regan and Errollyn Wallen continue the theme of dualities in a co-composed work exploring the myth of creation.
Langton Rd, Norton
Malton, YO17 9AE
Philharmonia Baroque
Tim Mead countertenor
Richard Egarr director
Handel Overture to Orlando
Handel Al lampo dell’armi from Giulio Cesare
Handel Chiudetevi miei lumi from Admeto
Handel Concerto Grosso in A minor, op.6 no.4
Errollyn Wallen and Tarik O’Regan Ancestor WORLD PREMIERE
Handel Concerto Grosso in B-flat major, op.6 no.7
Handel Father of Heaven from Judas Maccabaeus
Handel Se in fiorito ameno prato from Giulio Cesare
Philharmonia Baroque’s commitment to both old and new music is reflected in a striking programme built around connections and contrasts. Leading countertenor Tim Mead explores Handel’s genius for characterisation in four vividly contrasted arias, while the orchestra show the stunning expressive range of his concertos. At the centre of the programme, Tarik O’Regan and Errollyn Wallen continue the theme of dualities in a co-composed work exploring the myth of creation.
REYKHOLT CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
SATURDAY 23 JULY 2022 4:00pm
Five Postcards
Errollyn Wallen
Five Postcards
Simple and Flowing
Furious
Intense-Faster, with a little swagger
Soulfully
Vigorous
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Anton Miller (fiðla), Rita Porfiris (víóla)
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Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)
Tríó fyrir flautu, selló og píanó í g-moll ópus 63
Allegro moderato
Scherzo. Allegro Vivace
Andante espressivo
Finale. Allegro
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Berglind Stefánsdóttir (flauta), Sigurgeir Agnarsson (selló),
Nína Margrét Grímsdóttir (píanó)
HLÉ
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Antonin Dvorák (1841-1904)
Strengjasextett í A-dúr ópus 48
Allegro moderato
Dumka (Elegie). Poco allegretto
Furiant. Presto
Finale. Tema con variazoni
​
Anton Miller (fiðla), Laura Liu (fiðla),
Rita Porfiris (víóla), Þórunn Ósk Marinósdóttir (víóla),
Sigurgeir Agnarsson (selló), Sigurður Bjarki Gunnarsson (selló)
​
​
Five Postcards
Simple and Flowing
Furious
Intense-Faster, with a little swagger
Soulfully
Vigorous
​
Anton Miller (fiðla), Rita Porfiris (víóla)
​
​
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)
Tríó fyrir flautu, selló og píanó í g-moll ópus 63
Allegro moderato
Scherzo. Allegro Vivace
Andante espressivo
Finale. Allegro
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Berglind Stefánsdóttir (flauta), Sigurgeir Agnarsson (selló),
Nína Margrét Grímsdóttir (píanó)
HLÉ
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Antonin Dvorák (1841-1904)
Strengjasextett í A-dúr ópus 48
Allegro moderato
Dumka (Elegie). Poco allegretto
Furiant. Presto
Finale. Tema con variazoni
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Anton Miller (fiðla), Laura Liu (fiðla),
Rita Porfiris (víóla), Þórunn Ósk Marinósdóttir (víóla),
Sigurgeir Agnarsson (selló), Sigurður Bjarki Gunnarsson (selló)
​
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National Youth Choir of GB at Ryedale Festival
FRIDAY 22 JULY 2022 1:00pm
When the Wet Wind Sings
Church of St Martin-on-the-Hill, Scarborough YO11 2BT
Ben Parry conductor
Bob Chilcott Weather Report
Cecilia McDowall Photo 51
John Casken Uncertain Sea
Raymond Murray Shafer Sun
Undine Smith Moore Mother to Son
Vaughan Williams No longer mourn for me
Vaughan Williams Echo’s lament
Roxanna Panufnik Let all the world
Errollyn Wallen When the wet wind sings YORKSHIRE PREMIERE
Joanna and Alexander Forbes L’Estrange Green Love
A captivating programme on the theme of ‘environment’ from the UK’s flagship youth choir, much praised for both the opportunities it brings to talented young singers and for the polish and vitality of its performances. Including a stonking 40-part piece by Errollyn Wallen, music by anniversary composer Vaughan Williams, a piece specially written for the choir describing the coast and fishing industry in the North East, and an uplifting final number about doing our bit for the environment.
Tickets: £16, £5 (UNDER 18)
Ben Parry conductor
Bob Chilcott Weather Report
Cecilia McDowall Photo 51
John Casken Uncertain Sea
Raymond Murray Shafer Sun
Undine Smith Moore Mother to Son
Vaughan Williams No longer mourn for me
Vaughan Williams Echo’s lament
Roxanna Panufnik Let all the world
Errollyn Wallen When the wet wind sings YORKSHIRE PREMIERE
Joanna and Alexander Forbes L’Estrange Green Love
A captivating programme on the theme of ‘environment’ from the UK’s flagship youth choir, much praised for both the opportunities it brings to talented young singers and for the polish and vitality of its performances. Including a stonking 40-part piece by Errollyn Wallen, music by anniversary composer Vaughan Williams, a piece specially written for the choir describing the coast and fishing industry in the North East, and an uplifting final number about doing our bit for the environment.
Tickets: £16, £5 (UNDER 18)
THE LAKE at Verbier Festival
TUESDAY 19 JULY 2022 10:00pm
A fresh take on Schubert's Schwanengesang, fused with a modern response composed by Errollyn Wallen for singers Ema Nikolovska and Julien Van Mellaerts. Jonathan Ware at the piano.
VENUE: unltd concert club @ taratata
VENUE: unltd concert club @ taratata
CLASSICAL COMMONWEALTH BBC Radio 3
SUNDAY 17 JULY 2022 6:45pm
Errollyn Wallen unravels more stories of how classical music fused with local musical traditions across the British Commonwealth, speaking to acclaimed South African double-bassist Leon Bosch, Canadian indigenous composers Cris Derksen and T. Patrick Carrabre, and the Jamaican musical polymath Peter Ashbourne, who works across the genres of classical, jazz and reggae.
Errollyn explores the remarkable hybrid musical identities at play in the nations of South Africa and Jamaica - and tells the fascinating and complex story of how the music of Canada's indigenous communities has been celebrated by a new generation of composers and performers seeking to capture their cultural "in-between"-ness in sound.
Errollyn is also joined by the music historians Stephen Banfield and Wayne Weaver, as well as the Thai-American cellist and researcher Jon Silpayamanant, to explore challenging questions around our reception (and sometimes neglect) of this music in a postcolonial era. In celebrating and championing this repertoire - how much do we also need to confront ideas of musical colonialism? What does this all tell us about how musical culture was disseminated - and sometimes imposed - across the British Empire? And what should we make of it today?
An Overcoat Media production for BBC Radio 3
Producer: Steven Rajam
Errollyn explores the remarkable hybrid musical identities at play in the nations of South Africa and Jamaica - and tells the fascinating and complex story of how the music of Canada's indigenous communities has been celebrated by a new generation of composers and performers seeking to capture their cultural "in-between"-ness in sound.
Errollyn is also joined by the music historians Stephen Banfield and Wayne Weaver, as well as the Thai-American cellist and researcher Jon Silpayamanant, to explore challenging questions around our reception (and sometimes neglect) of this music in a postcolonial era. In celebrating and championing this repertoire - how much do we also need to confront ideas of musical colonialism? What does this all tell us about how musical culture was disseminated - and sometimes imposed - across the British Empire? And what should we make of it today?
An Overcoat Media production for BBC Radio 3
Producer: Steven Rajam
New Music Biennial at Southbank Centre, London
SUNDAY 3 JULY 2022 12:30pm
Mighty River
FREE
Sun 3 Jul, 12.30pm
Part of New Music Biennial
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Gigs
Sun 3 Jul, 12.30pm
Part of New Music Biennial
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Gigs
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Southbank Centre
London
UK
WORLD PREMIERE AT OPERA HOLLAND PARK
SUNDAY 3 JULY 2022 3:00pm
Schwanengesang and Errollyn Wallen
3 July, 3pm
BBC New Generation Artists Ema Nikolovska and Kunal Lahiry present Schwanengesang alongside the world premiere of The Lake, composed by Errollyn Wallen as a reflection and response to Schubert’s final collection of songs.
3 July, 3pm
BBC New Generation Artists Ema Nikolovska and Kunal Lahiry present Schwanengesang alongside the world premiere of The Lake, composed by Errollyn Wallen as a reflection and response to Schubert’s final collection of songs.
HOUSTON SYMPHONY PLAY MIGHTY RIVER
FRIDAY 1 JULY 2022 8:30pm
Mighty River
Miller Outdoor Theatre 6000 Hermann Park Drive.
PROGRAM
COPLAND Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes
E. WALLEN Mighty River
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7
ARTISTS
Christian Reif
conductor
PROGRAM
COPLAND Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes
E. WALLEN Mighty River
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7
ARTISTS
Christian Reif
conductor
ANGEL WATERS on Radio 3's The New Music Show
SATURDAY 25 JUNE 2022 2:00pm
London International Festival of Early Music 2021
The Early Music Show BBC Radio 3
Lucie Skeaping introduces highlights from the 2021 London International Festival of Early Music, including Angel Water, commissioned by LIFEM for viol player Liam Byrne and lutenist Jonas Nordberg.
The Early Music Show BBC Radio 3
Lucie Skeaping introduces highlights from the 2021 London International Festival of Early Music, including Angel Water, commissioned by LIFEM for viol player Liam Byrne and lutenist Jonas Nordberg.
The New Music Show BBC Radio 3
SATURDAY 25 JUNE 2022 10:00pm
ANGEL WATERS
ANGEL WATERS, commissioned by LIFEM2021 for Jonas Nordberg (Theorbo) and Liam Byron (Viola da Gamba) will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3's The New Music Show.
FENELLA HUMPHREYS AT FIDELIO CAFE
SATURDAY 25 JUNE 2022 3:30pm
For Airi
Programme:
Fritz Kreisler Recitativo & Scherzo Caprice
Freya Waley-Cohen Caffeine
Grazyna Bacewicz Caprice no. 2
Roxanna Panufnik Hora Bessarabia
Mark O’Connor Caprice no. 1
Variations on Paganini 24th Caprice – by Andra Patterson, Laura Reid, Emily Howard, Sally Beamish, Stuart MacRae, Adrian Sutton, Alexandra Harwood, Piers Hellawell, James Joslin, Robin Haigh, Heloise Werner, Seonaid Aitken
Errollyn Wallen For Airi
Paganini Caprice no. 13
Fritz Kreisler Recitativo & Scherzo Caprice
Freya Waley-Cohen Caffeine
Grazyna Bacewicz Caprice no. 2
Roxanna Panufnik Hora Bessarabia
Mark O’Connor Caprice no. 1
Variations on Paganini 24th Caprice – by Andra Patterson, Laura Reid, Emily Howard, Sally Beamish, Stuart MacRae, Adrian Sutton, Alexandra Harwood, Piers Hellawell, James Joslin, Robin Haigh, Heloise Werner, Seonaid Aitken
Errollyn Wallen For Airi
Paganini Caprice no. 13
Concerto Grosso at the Concertgebouw
FRIDAY 24 JUNE 2022 8:30pm
Concerto Grosso
Concertgebouw: Main Hall
Concertgebouwplein 10, Amsterdam, North Holland, 1071 LN, Netherlands
Amsterdam Sinfonietta
Ifé
Encounter between Africa and Western classics
Singer Angélique Kidjo sings about creation myths from Benin in her native language of Yoruba to music by minimal composer Philip Glass. An evening that brings music styles and cultures together.
Philip Glass concluded his collaboration with Angelique Kidjo with the words: ‘Angelique, together we have built a bridge that no one has walked on before’.
Ifé is also the title of the evening programme surrounding this ground-breaking work in which many more musical boundaries are crossed. In Concerto Grosso, composer Errollyn Wallen, born in Belize, mixes the old and the new: from baroque to jazz and minimal. And especially for this evening, Tunde Yegede, kora player, cellist and composer with Nigerian roots, has written a work for West African kora and string orchestra in which he will perform as a soloist himself.
The Japanese pianist Maki Namekawa has collaborated with Philip Glass before. She will be performing in different parts this evening, from Ifé to Young Apollo by composer Benjamin Britten - a familiar name at the Holland Festival. Kidjo will end the evening singing. She will perform a classic song by Erik Satie, sing her favourite French chansons in new arrangements and finish with some of her own most popular songs.
Concertgebouwplein 10, Amsterdam, North Holland, 1071 LN, Netherlands
Amsterdam Sinfonietta
Ifé
Encounter between Africa and Western classics
Singer Angélique Kidjo sings about creation myths from Benin in her native language of Yoruba to music by minimal composer Philip Glass. An evening that brings music styles and cultures together.
Philip Glass concluded his collaboration with Angelique Kidjo with the words: ‘Angelique, together we have built a bridge that no one has walked on before’.
Ifé is also the title of the evening programme surrounding this ground-breaking work in which many more musical boundaries are crossed. In Concerto Grosso, composer Errollyn Wallen, born in Belize, mixes the old and the new: from baroque to jazz and minimal. And especially for this evening, Tunde Yegede, kora player, cellist and composer with Nigerian roots, has written a work for West African kora and string orchestra in which he will perform as a soloist himself.
The Japanese pianist Maki Namekawa has collaborated with Philip Glass before. She will be performing in different parts this evening, from Ifé to Young Apollo by composer Benjamin Britten - a familiar name at the Holland Festival. Kidjo will end the evening singing. She will perform a classic song by Erik Satie, sing her favourite French chansons in new arrangements and finish with some of her own most popular songs.
Broadcast of The Paradis Files on BBC Radio 3
SATURDAY 18 JUNE 2022 8:05pm
THE PARADIS FILES
The Paradis Files
Radio 3 in Concert
Graeae Theatre Company and members of the BBC Concert Orchestra combine in Errollyn Wallen's new chamber opera The Paradis Files. Composer and pianist Maria Theresia von Paradis was a pupil of Salieri and friend of Mozart and graced the aristocratic salons of 18th-century Vienna. As she concentrates on her performing and teaching career, we uncover a dark secret from her youth as she battles against all those who insist on trying to cure her of her blindness.
Librettists Nicola Werenowska and Selina Mills
Composer Errollyn Wallen
Directed by Jenny Sealey
The Paradis Files
Maria Theresia von Paradis... Bethan Langford
Gerda, The Maid / Soprano Gossip... Ella Taylor
Hilde, The Baroness von Paradis... Maureen Brathwaite
Salieri / A Doctor / Tenor Gossip... Ben Thapa
Joseph, The Baron von Paradis / A Doctor / Baritone Gossip... Omar Ebrahim
A Doctor/ Alto Gossip... Andee-Louise Hypolite
Members of the BBC Concert Orchestra:
Violin – Charles Mutter
Double bass – Dominic Worsley
Percussion – James Gambold
Accordion – Milos Milivojevic
Piano – Jelena Marakova
Conductor Andrea Brown
Radio 3 in Concert
Graeae Theatre Company and members of the BBC Concert Orchestra combine in Errollyn Wallen's new chamber opera The Paradis Files. Composer and pianist Maria Theresia von Paradis was a pupil of Salieri and friend of Mozart and graced the aristocratic salons of 18th-century Vienna. As she concentrates on her performing and teaching career, we uncover a dark secret from her youth as she battles against all those who insist on trying to cure her of her blindness.
Librettists Nicola Werenowska and Selina Mills
Composer Errollyn Wallen
Directed by Jenny Sealey
The Paradis Files
Maria Theresia von Paradis... Bethan Langford
Gerda, The Maid / Soprano Gossip... Ella Taylor
Hilde, The Baroness von Paradis... Maureen Brathwaite
Salieri / A Doctor / Tenor Gossip... Ben Thapa
Joseph, The Baron von Paradis / A Doctor / Baritone Gossip... Omar Ebrahim
A Doctor/ Alto Gossip... Andee-Louise Hypolite
Members of the BBC Concert Orchestra:
Violin – Charles Mutter
Double bass – Dominic Worsley
Percussion – James Gambold
Accordion – Milos Milivojevic
Piano – Jelena Marakova
Conductor Andrea Brown
WORLD PREMIERE
SATURDAY 11 JUNE 2022 7:30pm
The World's Weather
Composed in 2000, The World's Weather opens yet another door into the fascinating sound world of Errollyn Wallen.
PROGRAMME:
Errollyn Wallen The World’s Weather (World Premiere)
James MacMillan Veni, Veni, Emmanuel
Elgar Symphony No.1*
PROGRAMME:
Errollyn Wallen The World’s Weather (World Premiere)
James MacMillan Veni, Veni, Emmanuel
Elgar Symphony No.1*
City Halls, Glasgow
100 Candleriggs
Glasgow G1 1NQ
Scotland
0141 353 8000
Hermes Experiment at Aldeburgh
SUNDAY 5 JUNE 2022 12:00pm
TREE
Sunday 05 June | 12:00pmDuration: Approximately 70 minutes with no interval Venue:
Jubilee Hall, Crabbe Street, Aldeburgh, IP15 5BN Price: £20, £15, Under 30s half price. A limited number of £10 tickets will be available from 29 January.
Programme includes works by WALLEN, COULT, WITTER-JOHNSON
Jubilee Hall, Crabbe Street, Aldeburgh, IP15 5BN Price: £20, £15, Under 30s half price. A limited number of £10 tickets will be available from 29 January.
Programme includes works by WALLEN, COULT, WITTER-JOHNSON
BBC Radio 3 THE NEW MUSIC SHOW
SATURDAY 4 JUNE 2022 10:00pm
Mighty River
Tom Service with specially recorded performances by the Nash Ensemble, Apartment House and Theatre of Voices in works by Julian Anderson, Helmut Oehring and John Luther Adams. We continue our celebration of the New Music Biennial with a recording of Errollyn Wallen's Mighty River from 2017, and we mark the 70th birthday of composer Gerald Barry with a broadcast of his Viola Concerto with soloist Lawrence Power. Plus a new recording of Rebecca Saunders and more from last month's Tectonics, featuring the music of Janet Beat.
The Negro Speaks of RIvers arr. for String Quartet
WEDNESDAY 1 JUNE 2022 7:00pm
Errollyn Wallen, The Negro Speaks of Rivers (Based on a Poem by Langston Hughes)
Anton Miller and Amy Sims, violins, Rita Porfiris, viola, Elisa Kohanski, cello
Arthur Foote, A Night Piece
Anthony Trionfo, flute, Anton Miller and Amy Sims, violins, Rita Porfiris, viola, Elisa Kohanski, cello
George Masso, June Dance
Anton Miller and Amy Sims, violins, Rita Porfiris, viola, Elisa Kohanski, cello, John M. Pellegrino, bass
Gioachino Rossini, Duetto
I. Allegro
II. Andante molto
III. Allegro
Trevor Handy, cello, John M. Pellegrino, bass
Douglas Hill, A Place for Hawks
I. All earth is still…
II. Suddenly the great bird…
III. Hawk on the Wind
IV. When in April…
Lori Phillips, mezzo-soprano, Kevin Owen, French horn, Anton Miller and Amy Sims, violins, Rita Porfiris, viola, Elisa Kohanski, cello, John M. Pellegrino, bass
Anton Miller and Amy Sims, violins, Rita Porfiris, viola, Elisa Kohanski, cello
Arthur Foote, A Night Piece
Anthony Trionfo, flute, Anton Miller and Amy Sims, violins, Rita Porfiris, viola, Elisa Kohanski, cello
George Masso, June Dance
Anton Miller and Amy Sims, violins, Rita Porfiris, viola, Elisa Kohanski, cello, John M. Pellegrino, bass
Gioachino Rossini, Duetto
I. Allegro
II. Andante molto
III. Allegro
Trevor Handy, cello, John M. Pellegrino, bass
Douglas Hill, A Place for Hawks
I. All earth is still…
II. Suddenly the great bird…
III. Hawk on the Wind
IV. When in April…
Lori Phillips, mezzo-soprano, Kevin Owen, French horn, Anton Miller and Amy Sims, violins, Rita Porfiris, viola, Elisa Kohanski, cello, John M. Pellegrino, bass
ENSEMBLE 360 PERFORM The Negro Speaks of Rivers
FRIDAY 20 MAY 2022 7:15pm
Crucible Studio Theatre, Sheffield 7.15pm
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No.30 in E Op.109 (22’)
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No.31 in A flat Op.110 (21’)
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No.32 in C minor Op.111 (28’)
WALLEN The Negro Speaks of Rivers (6’)
FRANCES-HOAD Invocation (4′)
BEETHOVEN Cello Sonata Op.102 No.2 (20’)
To open the evening, Tim Horton performs Beethoven’s three final piano sonatas: intimate and personal, endlessly complex, monuments of this unique musical mind.
This is followed by a new string version of Wallen’s celebrated choral setting of Langston Hughes’ iconic poem and Frances-Hoad’s Invocation for cello and piano, based on Melancholy, a painting by Edvard Munch. The evening concludes with Beethoven’s Cello Sonata Op.102 No.2.
Please note the change to the previously advertised programme for this concert.
We apologise for any disappointment this may cause.
Sheffield Chamber Music Festival runs 13–21 May 2022
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No.30 in E Op.109 (22’)
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No.31 in A flat Op.110 (21’)
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No.32 in C minor Op.111 (28’)
WALLEN The Negro Speaks of Rivers (6’)
FRANCES-HOAD Invocation (4′)
BEETHOVEN Cello Sonata Op.102 No.2 (20’)
To open the evening, Tim Horton performs Beethoven’s three final piano sonatas: intimate and personal, endlessly complex, monuments of this unique musical mind.
This is followed by a new string version of Wallen’s celebrated choral setting of Langston Hughes’ iconic poem and Frances-Hoad’s Invocation for cello and piano, based on Melancholy, a painting by Edvard Munch. The evening concludes with Beethoven’s Cello Sonata Op.102 No.2.
Please note the change to the previously advertised programme for this concert.
We apologise for any disappointment this may cause.
Sheffield Chamber Music Festival runs 13–21 May 2022
Bach Choir
THURSDAY 19 MAY 2022
PACE
Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Square, London
Leap into spring with The Bach Choir for this concert of British-inspired choral music past and present.This diverse programme, featuring four female composers, shines a light on some truly fresh and inspirational works by Ivor Novello winner Cecilia McDowall, Errollyn Wallen CBE, Amy Beach and Lili Boulanger. We also showcase two beloved works by Ralph Vaughan Williams, who was a former singer and musical director of The Bach Choir and Benjamin Britten who has conducted The Bach Choir.
In the beautiful and intimate setting of Holy Trinity Church Sloane Square, David Hill MBE conducts soloists Alison Ponsford-Hill, Helen Charlston, Hugo Hymas and Jonathan Brown with Philip Scriven at the organ and The Bach Choir in this perfect concert to awaken your ears with the sounds and songs of spring.
‘The real star of this show was The Bach Choir itself, and the standard of choral singing throughout was impressively high’ Arts Desk
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Leap into spring with The Bach Choir for this concert of British-inspired choral music past and present.This diverse programme, featuring four female composers, shines a light on some truly fresh and inspirational works by Ivor Novello winner Cecilia McDowall, Errollyn Wallen CBE, Amy Beach and Lili Boulanger. We also showcase two beloved works by Ralph Vaughan Williams, who was a former singer and musical director of The Bach Choir and Benjamin Britten who has conducted The Bach Choir.
In the beautiful and intimate setting of Holy Trinity Church Sloane Square, David Hill MBE conducts soloists Alison Ponsford-Hill, Helen Charlston, Hugo Hymas and Jonathan Brown with Philip Scriven at the organ and The Bach Choir in this perfect concert to awaken your ears with the sounds and songs of spring.
‘The real star of this show was The Bach Choir itself, and the standard of choral singing throughout was impressively high’ Arts Desk
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THE PARADIS FILES
THURSDAY 12 MAY 2022 7:30pm
SHEFFIELD CRUCIBLE
THE PARADIS FILES
WEDNESDAY 11 MAY 2022
SHEFFIELD CRUCIBLE
THE PARADIS FILES
FRIDAY 6 MAY 2022 7:30pm
RWCMD CARDIFF
THE PARADIS FILES
THURSDAY 5 MAY 2022
RWCMD, Cardiff
QUAMINO'S MAP: Chicago Opera Theatre
SUNDAY 1 MAY 2022 3:00pm
Studebaker Theatre
410 S Michigan Ave
Chicago IL 60605
USA
Ensemble 97 perform Wallen & Ethel Smyth
SATURDAY 30 APRIL 2022 8:00pm
Are You Worried About the Rising Cost of Funerals?
St James's Church Sussex Gardens, London
Ensemble 97 perform Wallen's NNENNA & Are You Worried About the Rising Cost of Funerals.
Ensemble 97 perform Wallen's NNENNA & Are You Worried About the Rising Cost of Funerals.
Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott
SATURDAY 30 APRIL 2022 8:00pm
Dervish
Central Moravian Church, Bethlehem, PA
QUAMINO'S MAP: Chicago Opera Theatre
FRIDAY 29 APRIL 2022 7:30pm
Studebaker Theatre
410 S Michigan Ave
Chicago IL 60605
USA
THE PARADIS FILES
FRIDAY 29 APRIL 2022
HORSE CROSS, PERTH
Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott
FRIDAY 29 APRIL 2022 7:30pm
Dervish
Bradley Symphony Center, Milwaukee, WI
THE PARADIS FILES
THURSDAY 28 APRIL 2022
HORSE CROSS, PERTH
Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott in the USA
THURSDAY 28 APRIL 2022
Dervish
Steimetz Hall, Orlando, FL
Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott in the USA
WEDNESDAY 27 APRIL 2022 7:30pm
Dervish
DeBartolo Performing Arts Center, Notre Dame IN
THE PARADIS FILES
TUESDAY 26 APRIL 2022
HULL TRUCK THEATRE
Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott
TUESDAY 26 APRIL 2022 8:00pm
Indiana University Auditorium, Bloomington, IN
Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott
SUNDAY 24 APRIL 2022 2:30pm
Dervish
Chrysler Hall, Norfolk, VA
Bella Voce perform SEE THAT I AM GOD
SUNDAY 24 APRIL 2022 4:00pm
St Luke's Episcopal Church, Evanston
A programme of English works.
A programme of English works.
WORLD PREMIERE OF new opera QUAMINO'S MAP
SATURDAY 23 APRIL 2022 7:30pm
This story is loosely inspired by the novel Incomparable World by S. I. Martin, who serves as Historical Consultant for this project.
Juba Freeman: Curtis Bannister
Amelia Alumond: Flora Wall
Quamino Dolly: Damien Geter
Saturday, April 23, 2022 @ 7:30pm
Friday, April 29, 2022 @ 7:30pm
Sunday, May 1, 2022 @ 3pm
Studebaker Theater
410 S Michigan Ave
Chicago, IL 60605
Production Sponsor: Virginia Tobiason
Commission Sponsor: The Robert & Isabelle Bass Foundation, Inc.
Juba Freeman: Curtis Bannister
Amelia Alumond: Flora Wall
Quamino Dolly: Damien Geter
Saturday, April 23, 2022 @ 7:30pm
Friday, April 29, 2022 @ 7:30pm
Sunday, May 1, 2022 @ 3pm
Studebaker Theater
410 S Michigan Ave
Chicago, IL 60605
Production Sponsor: Virginia Tobiason
Commission Sponsor: The Robert & Isabelle Bass Foundation, Inc.
Studebaker Theatre
410 S Michigan Ave
Chicago IL 60605
USA
THE PARADIS FILES
SATURDAY 23 APRIL 2022 7:30pm
The Mercury, Colchester
Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott in the USA
SATURDAY 23 APRIL 2022 6:00pm
Dervish
Alys Stephens Center - Jemison Concert Hall, Birmingham, AL
SONIA BOYCE: Feeling Her Way VENICE BIENNALE 2022
23 APRIL-27 NOVEMBER 2022
In "Feeling Her Way', Sonia Boyce presents an ambitious exhibition incorporating mixed-media and video installations created in collaboration with five Black female musicians: Errollyn Wallen, Tanita Tikaram, Jacqui Dankworth, Poppy Ajudha andSofia Jernberg.
British Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2022
British Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2022
PRS New Music Biennial — Coventry ,City of Culture
22-24 APRIL 2022
Mighty River
7.30pm Coventry Cathedral
FREE
New Music Biennial is a three-day festival giving you the chance to hear music across a range of genres, from classical and chamber opera, to jazz, folk and electronic. If you've never tried some of these genres before, now's your chance - and with each venue a short walk from each other, you can enjoy a range of new music in a short space of time.
FREE
New Music Biennial is a three-day festival giving you the chance to hear music across a range of genres, from classical and chamber opera, to jazz, folk and electronic. If you've never tried some of these genres before, now's your chance - and with each venue a short walk from each other, you can enjoy a range of new music in a short space of time.
US premiere of LAVINIA performed by Rita Porfiris
FRIDAY 22 APRIL 2022 2:00pm
An American Songbook
University of Nebraska at Lincoln: Kimball Recital Hall (Map)
Lincoln, Nebraska
Saturday, 23 April 2022 - 2:00 PM
Presenter: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Burleigh: Southland Sketches for Violin and Piano
Artists: Madeline Rogers (Piano); Rita Porfiris (Viola)
Arranger: Rita Porfiris
Wallen: Lavinia
Artist: Rita Porfiris (Viola)
Perkinson: Lament for Viola and Piano
Artists: Madeline Rogers (Piano); Rita Porfiris (Viola)
Perrault: "Brother Malcolm" for viola and piano
Artists: Madeline Rogers (Piano); Rita Porfiris (Viola)
Bunch: Three American Folk Hymn Settings for Two Violas
Artists: Rita Porfiris (Viola); Clark Potter (Viola)
Coleridge-Taylor: Five Negro Melodies Op. 59 for violin, viola, piano
Artists: Edward Polochick (Piano); Anton Miller (Violin); Rita Porfiris (Viola)
Arranger: Rita Porfiris
University of Nebraska at Lincoln: Kimball Recital Hall (Map)
Lincoln, Nebraska
Saturday, 23 April 2022 - 2:00 PM
Presenter: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Burleigh: Southland Sketches for Violin and Piano
Artists: Madeline Rogers (Piano); Rita Porfiris (Viola)
Arranger: Rita Porfiris
Wallen: Lavinia
Artist: Rita Porfiris (Viola)
Perkinson: Lament for Viola and Piano
Artists: Madeline Rogers (Piano); Rita Porfiris (Viola)
Perrault: "Brother Malcolm" for viola and piano
Artists: Madeline Rogers (Piano); Rita Porfiris (Viola)
Bunch: Three American Folk Hymn Settings for Two Violas
Artists: Rita Porfiris (Viola); Clark Potter (Viola)
Coleridge-Taylor: Five Negro Melodies Op. 59 for violin, viola, piano
Artists: Edward Polochick (Piano); Anton Miller (Violin); Rita Porfiris (Viola)
Arranger: Rita Porfiris
PARADIS FILES
THURSDAY 21 APRIL 2022 8:00pm
The Stables, Milton Keynes
Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott in the USA
THURSDAY 21 APRIL 2022 7:30pm
Dervish
Newlin Hall, Danville, KY
PARADIS FILES
WEDNESDAY 20 APRIL 2022 8:00pm
THE STABLES, MILTON KEYNES
Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott in the USA
WEDNESDAY 20 APRIL 2022
Dervish
Peace Center for the Performing Arts, Greenville, SC
Erin Wagner and Shawn Chang at Carnegie Hall
TUESDAY 19 APRIL 2022 7:30pm
Daedalus
Erin Wagner, Mezzo-Soprano
Shawn Chang, Piano
Program
Works by Edie Hill, Fauré, Ravel, Shawn Chang, Errollyn Wallen, and Mahler
Shawn Chang, Piano
Program
Works by Edie Hill, Fauré, Ravel, Shawn Chang, Errollyn Wallen, and Mahler
Carnegie Hall
57th Street and Seventh Avenue
New York NY10019
United States
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212-247-7800
St Endellion Easter Festival
SUNDAY 17 APRIL 2022
Cello Concerto
Wallis Power, cello
Adam Hickox, conductor
Adam Hickox, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott
SUNDAY 17 APRIL 2022 7:30pm
Dervish
27th DeBartolo Performing Arts Center, Notre Dame IN
THE PARADIS FILES
THURSDAY 14 APRIL 2022 7:30pm
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Southbank Centre
London
UK
THE PARADIS FILES
WEDNESDAY 13 APRIL 2022 7:30pm
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Southbank Centre
London
UK
THE PARADIS FILES
SATURDAY 9 APRIL 2022
LEICESTER CURVE, Leicester
Philomusica of Aberystwyth
SATURDAY 9 APRIL 2022 7:00pm
THIS FRAME IS PART OF THE PAINTING
The Great Hall
The Arts Centre
Penglais Campus
Aberystwyth University
Aberystwyth
SY23 3DE
Beethoven
Symffoni Rhif 5
Symphony No. 5
Richard Strauss
Tod und Verklärung
Errollyn Wallen
This Frame Is Part Of
The Painting
Mezzo Soprano:
Stephanie Windsor-Lewis
TOCYNNAU/TICKETS
£2.00-£12.00
CANOLFAN Y CELFYDDYDAU
ABERYSTWYTH ARTS CENTRE
BOX OFFICE:
01970 62 32 32
www.aberystwythartscentre.co.uk
The Arts Centre
Penglais Campus
Aberystwyth University
Aberystwyth
SY23 3DE
Beethoven
Symffoni Rhif 5
Symphony No. 5
Richard Strauss
Tod und Verklärung
Errollyn Wallen
This Frame Is Part Of
The Painting
Mezzo Soprano:
Stephanie Windsor-Lewis
TOCYNNAU/TICKETS
£2.00-£12.00
CANOLFAN Y CELFYDDYDAU
ABERYSTWYTH ARTS CENTRE
BOX OFFICE:
01970 62 32 32
www.aberystwythartscentre.co.uk
NEW OPERA
FRIDAY 8 APRIL 2022
THE PARADIS FILES
LEICESTER CURVE
Music Kitchen Forgotten Voices featuring MY SOUL
THURSDAY 31 MARCH 2022 7:30pm
Carnegie Hall
57th Street and Seventh Avenue
New York NY10019
United States
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212-247-7800
University of Cambridge New Music Group
WEDNESDAY 16 MARCH 2022 7:30pm
Horseplay
From Errolyn Wallen’s ballet Horseplay exploring the anthropomorphic facets of one of our species’ most enduring companion animals, to the existential crisis at the heart of a foundational religious story in Darren Bloom’s Eve, this concert is ultimately about relationships and the human condition. To conclude, we celebrate Prof. Richard Causton’s 50th birthday with his The Persistence of Memory, a rich and beautiful tapestry of instrumental colours and handmade percussion that chronicles an illness-induced experience of time decaying whilst on travels in India as young man. Causton’s The Persistence of Memory, written in his early twenties, awoke audiences to a new and powerful voice in contemporary music and we are thrilled to present it here in Cambridge for the first time.
Errollyn Wallen – Horseplay
Richard Causton – The Persistence of Memory
Richard Causton – Threnody
Darren Bloom – Eve
Ticket & Booking Information
£12; Students and under-18s: £3
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Date:
Wednesday, 16 March, 2022 - 19:30
Event location:
West Road Concert Hall
Errollyn Wallen – Horseplay
Richard Causton – The Persistence of Memory
Richard Causton – Threnody
Darren Bloom – Eve
Ticket & Booking Information
£12; Students and under-18s: £3
ADC Ticketing 01223 300085
Date:
Wednesday, 16 March, 2022 - 19:30
Event location:
West Road Concert Hall
West Road Concert Hall
11 West Road
Cambridge CB3 9DP
England
01223 335184
ENSEMBLE 97
SATURDAY 12 MARCH 2022 7:30pm
Are You Worried About the Rising Cost of Funerals?
St James's Church, Sussex Gardens
Sussex Gardens
London
W2 3UD
Programme includes both
Are You Worried About the Rising Cost of Funerals & NNENNA.
Sussex Gardens
London
W2 3UD
Programme includes both
Are You Worried About the Rising Cost of Funerals & NNENNA.
world premiere of two movements of Piano Concerto
SATURDAY 5 MARCH 2022
VENUE: Guildhall School of Music.
Come and go as you please over the course of an afternoon, as we fill our tranquil Conservatory with the piano works of women reclaiming their rightful place in history, as well as highlighting the voices of today with world premieres by Arlene Sierra and Errollyn Wallen.
FROM 6pm:
Rebecca Saunders Shadow (2013)
Madeleine Dring 'Blue Air' and 'Brown Study' from Colour Suite (1963)
Maria Szymanowska Nocturne in B-flat Major (1819)
Adelaide Pereira da Silva Valse Choro No 2 (1965)
Margaret Bonds Troubled Water (1967)
Amy Beach Dreaming (1892)
Elena Firsova Hymn to Spring (1993)
Errollyn Wallen Movements 1 and 2 from Piano Concerto (two piano arrangement) (world premiere, 2021
Come and go as you please over the course of an afternoon, as we fill our tranquil Conservatory with the piano works of women reclaiming their rightful place in history, as well as highlighting the voices of today with world premieres by Arlene Sierra and Errollyn Wallen.
FROM 6pm:
Rebecca Saunders Shadow (2013)
Madeleine Dring 'Blue Air' and 'Brown Study' from Colour Suite (1963)
Maria Szymanowska Nocturne in B-flat Major (1819)
Adelaide Pereira da Silva Valse Choro No 2 (1965)
Margaret Bonds Troubled Water (1967)
Amy Beach Dreaming (1892)
Elena Firsova Hymn to Spring (1993)
Errollyn Wallen Movements 1 and 2 from Piano Concerto (two piano arrangement) (world premiere, 2021
PANEL DISCUSSION: The Future is Female
SATURDAY 5 MARCH 2022 7:30pm
What will it take for it to be the norm to hear music by women in concerts? Sarah Cahill, Errollyn Wallen and Arlene Sierra share their thoughts in a panel discussion chaired by Helen Wallace.
Why do the majority of standard concerts still feature music solely composed by men? Should the focus be on commissioning new music by women, or bringing previous compositions into standard repertoire? Following today’s mighty, day-long celebration in our Conservatory, pianist Sarah Cahill's shown that there’s a bountiful supply of extraordinary music by women.
Following the world premieres of their piano works earlier in the day, Arlene Sierra and Errollyn Wallen (composer of 2021 Barbican-commissioned opera Dido’s Ghost), reflect with Cahill on The Future is Female, reframing the past and advocating for the voices of women through the centuries. Leading the discussion is champion of women’s music Helen Wallace, Artistic Director of King’s Place and curator of their Venus Unwrapped series.
Why do the majority of standard concerts still feature music solely composed by men? Should the focus be on commissioning new music by women, or bringing previous compositions into standard repertoire? Following today’s mighty, day-long celebration in our Conservatory, pianist Sarah Cahill's shown that there’s a bountiful supply of extraordinary music by women.
Following the world premieres of their piano works earlier in the day, Arlene Sierra and Errollyn Wallen (composer of 2021 Barbican-commissioned opera Dido’s Ghost), reflect with Cahill on The Future is Female, reframing the past and advocating for the voices of women through the centuries. Leading the discussion is champion of women’s music Helen Wallace, Artistic Director of King’s Place and curator of their Venus Unwrapped series.
Barbican
Silk Street, London
London EC2Y 8DS
England
020 7638 8891
Nonesuch Orchestra
SATURDAY 5 MARCH 2022
Concerto Grosso
NONESUCH ORCHESTRA at St Michael and All Angels Church, London W4 7.30pm
13 compositions for string orchestra written by young composers. Two monumental Concerto Grossi; one by Handel and the other written in 2008 by Errollyn Wallen
13 compositions for string orchestra written by young composers. Two monumental Concerto Grossi; one by Handel and the other written in 2008 by Errollyn Wallen
THE HERMES EXPERIMENT
SUNDAY 20 FEBRUARY 2022 5:00pm
TREE
The Hermes Experiment
SUN 20 FEB 5pm | The Hearn Recital Room
Anne Denholm harp
Oliver Pashley clarinet
Marianne Schofield double bass
Heloise Werner soprano / co-director
Hanna Grzeskiewicz co-director
Programme
Tom Coult I Find Planets
Laura Moody Rilke Songs
Ayanna Witter-Johnson Draw the Line
Raymond Yiu Written at Sunset
Eleanor Alberga Deep Blue Sea
Errollyn Wallen (arr. Werner) Tree
Misha Mullov-Abbado The Linden Tree
Hannah Peel (arr. Pashley) The Almond Tree
SUN 20 FEB 5pm | The Hearn Recital Room
Anne Denholm harp
Oliver Pashley clarinet
Marianne Schofield double bass
Heloise Werner soprano / co-director
Hanna Grzeskiewicz co-director
Programme
Tom Coult I Find Planets
Laura Moody Rilke Songs
Ayanna Witter-Johnson Draw the Line
Raymond Yiu Written at Sunset
Eleanor Alberga Deep Blue Sea
Errollyn Wallen (arr. Werner) Tree
Misha Mullov-Abbado The Linden Tree
Hannah Peel (arr. Pashley) The Almond Tree
Blackheath Halls
23 Lee Road
London SE3 9RQ
England
BBC Singers
SUNDAY 13 FEBRUARY 2022 4:00pm
PACE
Programme
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Mass in G minor
Except 'Credo', interspersed with pieces by Weir, Dunphy, Panufnik, Herbert, Wallen, Bax and Davies.
Judith Weir
Love Bade Me Welcome
Melissa Dunphy
Mourning Into Dancing
Roxanna Panufnik
Child Of Heaven
Philip Herbert
Agnus Dei
Errollyn Wallen
PACE
Arnold Bax
This Worldes Joie
Henry Walford Davies
God Be in My Head
Howard Goodall
Unconditional Love: A Cantata Of Gratitude And Remembrance
European premiere
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Mass in G minor
Except 'Credo', interspersed with pieces by Weir, Dunphy, Panufnik, Herbert, Wallen, Bax and Davies.
Judith Weir
Love Bade Me Welcome
Melissa Dunphy
Mourning Into Dancing
Roxanna Panufnik
Child Of Heaven
Philip Herbert
Agnus Dei
Errollyn Wallen
PACE
Arnold Bax
This Worldes Joie
Henry Walford Davies
God Be in My Head
Howard Goodall
Unconditional Love: A Cantata Of Gratitude And Remembrance
European premiere
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RNCM Brass Band / RNCM Concert Hall
SATURDAY 29 JANUARY 2022 11:00am
Chrome
11.00am - 12.15pm RNCM Concert Hall
RNCM BRASS BAND
Justine Gormley, piano
David Thornton, conductor

REVIVALS I
Four Minute Mile (1991) Judith Bingham
Piano Concerto (1990) Bill Connor (b. 1949)
Chrome (1997) Errollyn Wallen
Scottish Dances Malcolm Arnold (arr. Farr)
RNCM BRASS BAND
Justine Gormley, piano
David Thornton, conductor

REVIVALS I
Four Minute Mile (1991) Judith Bingham
Piano Concerto (1990) Bill Connor (b. 1949)
Chrome (1997) Errollyn Wallen
Scottish Dances Malcolm Arnold (arr. Farr)
Live filmed performance of CONCERTO GROSSO
FRIDAY 21 JANUARY 2022 7:30pm
Concerto Grosso
This thrilling performance is conducted by conducted by John Butt
Soloists:
Tomo Keller, Violin
Elizabeth Burley, Piano
Lynda Houghton, Bass
On YouTube and Facebook
Soloists:
Tomo Keller, Violin
Elizabeth Burley, Piano
Lynda Houghton, Bass
On YouTube and Facebook
New World Symphony in Miami: Sound the Horn
SUNDAY 9 JANUARY 2022 2:00pm
Horseplay
From Australia to Hollywood, Andrew Bain has taken the world by storm as Principal Horn of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and soloist on the latest Star Wars soundtracks. In his NWS debut, Bain joins NWS Horn and String Fellows for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s delightful Quintet and quartets by Max Reger and Michael Tippett. Errollyn Wallen considers Horseplay one of her favorite works due to its vitality and contrast, writing that “it’s the perfect work to be performed by young people.” Franz Joseph Haydn’s string quartet legacy is solidified in the Op. 76 collection, his last complete set.
NEW WORLD CENTRE, MIAMI
NEW WORLD CENTRE, MIAMI
COMPOSER OF THE WEEK on Radio 3
FRIDAY 7 JANUARY 2022 12:00pm
Donald Macleod and Errollyn Wallen discuss the role of the composer in today’s world.
Belize-born British composer Errollyn Wallen has been called a “renaissance woman of contemporary music”. She’s a remarkably versatile and prolific composer, pianist and songwriter and one of our most in-demand musical voices today. She was the first black woman to have a piece performed at the Proms. In 1998, her music opened the 2012 Paralympic games. She's even been performed in space, aboard Nasa’s STS115 mission. Wallen writes in a kaleidoscopic range of styles; her music constantly crosses and re-crosses musical boundaries and it brims over with a sense of adventure and delight. All this week, Donald Macleod gets to know Errollyn as she dials into his studio from her Scottish lighthouse where she retreats to concentrate on her work.
Today, Donald and Errollyn talk about some of her most public and meaningful commissions, marking large events and anniversaries, as well as pieces dedicated to people close to her. She speaks about the importance of a composer being “in the world” and her role in reflecting society through music. We hear about her daily life as a composer, and how she feels the world of classical music is changing for the future.
Jerusalem, our clouded hills
Golda Schultz, soprano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Dalia Stasevska, conductor
gun gun gun
Heloise Werner, soprano
Hermes Experiment
Mighty River
Orchestra X
Cello Concerto (excerpt)
Matthew Sharp, cello
Orchestra X
Nicholas Kok, conductor
See That I am God
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, conductor
Produced in Cardiff by Amelia Parker
Belize-born British composer Errollyn Wallen has been called a “renaissance woman of contemporary music”. She’s a remarkably versatile and prolific composer, pianist and songwriter and one of our most in-demand musical voices today. She was the first black woman to have a piece performed at the Proms. In 1998, her music opened the 2012 Paralympic games. She's even been performed in space, aboard Nasa’s STS115 mission. Wallen writes in a kaleidoscopic range of styles; her music constantly crosses and re-crosses musical boundaries and it brims over with a sense of adventure and delight. All this week, Donald Macleod gets to know Errollyn as she dials into his studio from her Scottish lighthouse where she retreats to concentrate on her work.
Today, Donald and Errollyn talk about some of her most public and meaningful commissions, marking large events and anniversaries, as well as pieces dedicated to people close to her. She speaks about the importance of a composer being “in the world” and her role in reflecting society through music. We hear about her daily life as a composer, and how she feels the world of classical music is changing for the future.
Jerusalem, our clouded hills
Golda Schultz, soprano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Dalia Stasevska, conductor
gun gun gun
Heloise Werner, soprano
Hermes Experiment
Mighty River
Orchestra X
Cello Concerto (excerpt)
Matthew Sharp, cello
Orchestra X
Nicholas Kok, conductor
See That I am God
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, conductor
Produced in Cardiff by Amelia Parker
COMPOSER OF WEEK on BBC Radio 3
THURSDAY 6 JANUARY 2022 12:00pm
EPISODE 4 of 5
4. Songbook
Composer of the WeekErrollyn Wallen Episode 4 of 5
Donald Macleod chats to composer Errollyn Wallen about her songwriting, an area of her output that she says is central to who she is.
Belize-born British composer Errollyn Wallen has been called a “renaissance woman of contemporary music”. She’s a remarkably versatile and prolific composer, pianist and songwriter and one of our most in-demand musical voices today. She was the first black woman to have a piece performed at the Proms. In 1998, her music opened the 2012 Paralympic games. She's even been performed in space, aboard Nasa’s STS115 mission. Wallen writes in a kaleidoscopic range of styles; her music constantly crosses and re-crosses musical boundaries and it brims over with a sense of adventure and delight. All this week, Donald Macleod gets to know Errollyn as she dials into his studio from her Scottish lighthouse where she retreats to concentrate on her work.
Today, Donald asks Errollyn her award-winning songs and how they fit into her creative life. She tells him that songs are like writing a diary, and that she sees songwriting and composing as two sides of the same coin. She shares her diverse influences, from Greek myths to adverts in windows, and we hear the amazing story of how her songs were launched into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle.
What’s Up Doc?
Errollyn Wallen, piano
Daedalus
Errollyn Wallen, voice
Brodsky Quartet
Five Postcards
Anton Miller, violin
Rita Porfiris, viola
About Here; Tree; Of Crumpling Rocks
Errollyn Wallen, voice and piano
Are you worried about the rising cost of funerals? (i. beehive; iv. guru)
Patricia Rozario, soprano
The Continuum Ensemble
Peace on Earth
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
George Hill, treble
Dónal McCann, organ
Stephen Cleobury, conductor
Produced in Cardiff by Amelia Parker
4. Songbook
Composer of the WeekErrollyn Wallen Episode 4 of 5
Donald Macleod chats to composer Errollyn Wallen about her songwriting, an area of her output that she says is central to who she is.
Belize-born British composer Errollyn Wallen has been called a “renaissance woman of contemporary music”. She’s a remarkably versatile and prolific composer, pianist and songwriter and one of our most in-demand musical voices today. She was the first black woman to have a piece performed at the Proms. In 1998, her music opened the 2012 Paralympic games. She's even been performed in space, aboard Nasa’s STS115 mission. Wallen writes in a kaleidoscopic range of styles; her music constantly crosses and re-crosses musical boundaries and it brims over with a sense of adventure and delight. All this week, Donald Macleod gets to know Errollyn as she dials into his studio from her Scottish lighthouse where she retreats to concentrate on her work.
Today, Donald asks Errollyn her award-winning songs and how they fit into her creative life. She tells him that songs are like writing a diary, and that she sees songwriting and composing as two sides of the same coin. She shares her diverse influences, from Greek myths to adverts in windows, and we hear the amazing story of how her songs were launched into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle.
What’s Up Doc?
Errollyn Wallen, piano
Daedalus
Errollyn Wallen, voice
Brodsky Quartet
Five Postcards
Anton Miller, violin
Rita Porfiris, viola
About Here; Tree; Of Crumpling Rocks
Errollyn Wallen, voice and piano
Are you worried about the rising cost of funerals? (i. beehive; iv. guru)
Patricia Rozario, soprano
The Continuum Ensemble
Peace on Earth
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
George Hill, treble
Dónal McCann, organ
Stephen Cleobury, conductor
Produced in Cardiff by Amelia Parker
COMPOSER OF THE WEEK on Radio 3
WEDNESDAY 5 JANUARY 2022 12:00pm
EPISODE 3 of 5
3. Finding New Feet
Composer of the WeekErrollyn Wallen Episode 3 of 5
Donald Macleod and composer Errollyn Wallen discuss her breakthrough into the musical world.
Belize-born British composer Errollyn Wallen has been called “the renaissance woman of contemporary music”. She’s a remarkably versatile and prolific composer, pianist and songwriter and one of our most in-demand musical voices today. She was the first black woman to have a piece performed at the Proms. In 1998, her music opened the 2012 Paralympic games. She's even been performed in space, aboard Nasa’s STS115 mission. Wallen writes in a kaleidoscopic range of styles; her music constantly crosses and re-crosses musical boundaries and it brims over with a sense of adventure and delight. All this week, Donald Macleod gets to know Errollyn as she dials into his studio from her Scottish lighthouse where she retreats to concentrate on her work.
Today, we hear from Errollyn about her colourful early career in London as a keyboardist in bands, and writing music for a TV gameshow. She and Donald also discuss the challenge of breaking through as a serious composer. Plus, we hear about life in Errollyn’s lighthouse, and how she ended up living there.
TIGER
John Butt, organ
Lines
Errollyn Wallen,piano
It all depends on you (excerpt)
Fiona Bates, soprano
Andrew Sparling, clarinet
Martin Robertson, clarinet
The Girl in My Alphabet
Errollyn Wallen, piano
Douglas Finch, piano
Three Ships (IV – Some Trouble)
Tom Kerstens, guitar
Red (Homage to Rodrigo)
Tom Kerstens, guitar
Greenwich Variations
Errollyn Wallen, piano
Produced by Amelia Parker
Show less
Release date: 05 January 2022
59 minutes
On radio
Wednesday
12:00
BBC RADIO 3
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2. First Steps
Errollyn Wallen
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Errollyn Wallen
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3. Finding New Feet
Composer of the WeekErrollyn Wallen Episode 3 of 5
Donald Macleod and composer Errollyn Wallen discuss her breakthrough into the musical world.
Belize-born British composer Errollyn Wallen has been called “the renaissance woman of contemporary music”. She’s a remarkably versatile and prolific composer, pianist and songwriter and one of our most in-demand musical voices today. She was the first black woman to have a piece performed at the Proms. In 1998, her music opened the 2012 Paralympic games. She's even been performed in space, aboard Nasa’s STS115 mission. Wallen writes in a kaleidoscopic range of styles; her music constantly crosses and re-crosses musical boundaries and it brims over with a sense of adventure and delight. All this week, Donald Macleod gets to know Errollyn as she dials into his studio from her Scottish lighthouse where she retreats to concentrate on her work.
Today, we hear from Errollyn about her colourful early career in London as a keyboardist in bands, and writing music for a TV gameshow. She and Donald also discuss the challenge of breaking through as a serious composer. Plus, we hear about life in Errollyn’s lighthouse, and how she ended up living there.
TIGER
John Butt, organ
Lines
Errollyn Wallen,piano
It all depends on you (excerpt)
Fiona Bates, soprano
Andrew Sparling, clarinet
Martin Robertson, clarinet
The Girl in My Alphabet
Errollyn Wallen, piano
Douglas Finch, piano
Three Ships (IV – Some Trouble)
Tom Kerstens, guitar
Red (Homage to Rodrigo)
Tom Kerstens, guitar
Greenwich Variations
Errollyn Wallen, piano
Produced by Amelia Parker
Show less
Release date: 05 January 2022
59 minutes
On radio
Wednesday
12:00
BBC RADIO 3
More episodes
PREVIOUS
2. First Steps
Errollyn Wallen
NEXT
4. Songbook
Errollyn Wallen
See all episodes from Composer of the Week
COMPOSER OF THE WEEK on BBC Radio 3
TUESDAY 4 JANUARY 2022 12:00pm
EPISODE 2 of 5
Donald Macleod speaks to Errollyn Wallen about her lifelong love of dance.
Belize-born British composer Errollyn Wallen has been called a “renaissance woman of contemporary music”. She’s a remarkably versatile and prolific composer, pianist and songwriter and one of our most in-demand musical voices today. She was the first black woman to have a piece performed at the Proms. In 1998, her music opened the 2012 Paralympic games. She's even been performed in space, aboard Nasa’s STS115 mission. Wallen writes in a kaleidoscopic range of styles; her music constantly crosses and re-crosses musical boundaries and it brims over with a sense of adventure and delight. All this week, Donald Macleod gets to know Errollyn as she dials into his studio from her Scottish lighthouse where she retreats to concentrate on her work.
Today, Errollyn shares stories about her other first love, dance, and talks to Donald about her time spent training in New York at the Harlem Dance Theatre. We hear how she came to decide that music was actually the right path for her but how dance remains an important presence in her life today, from writing ballets to hitting her step count targets with some kitchen disco.
Woogie Boogie
Rachel Barton-Pine, violin
Matthew Hagle, piano
Dervish
Matthew Sharp, cello
Dominic Harlan, piano
Concerto Grosso
Tai Murray, violin
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
Chi-chi Nwanoku, double bass
Chineke! Orchestra
Anthony Parnther, conductor
Horseplay (1st and 2nd movements)
Continuum Ensemble
Philip Headlam, conductor
In Our Lifetime
Mike Henry, baritone
Ensemble X
Produced in Cardiff by Amelia Parker
Donald Macleod speaks to Errollyn Wallen about her lifelong love of dance.
Belize-born British composer Errollyn Wallen has been called a “renaissance woman of contemporary music”. She’s a remarkably versatile and prolific composer, pianist and songwriter and one of our most in-demand musical voices today. She was the first black woman to have a piece performed at the Proms. In 1998, her music opened the 2012 Paralympic games. She's even been performed in space, aboard Nasa’s STS115 mission. Wallen writes in a kaleidoscopic range of styles; her music constantly crosses and re-crosses musical boundaries and it brims over with a sense of adventure and delight. All this week, Donald Macleod gets to know Errollyn as she dials into his studio from her Scottish lighthouse where she retreats to concentrate on her work.
Today, Errollyn shares stories about her other first love, dance, and talks to Donald about her time spent training in New York at the Harlem Dance Theatre. We hear how she came to decide that music was actually the right path for her but how dance remains an important presence in her life today, from writing ballets to hitting her step count targets with some kitchen disco.
Woogie Boogie
Rachel Barton-Pine, violin
Matthew Hagle, piano
Dervish
Matthew Sharp, cello
Dominic Harlan, piano
Concerto Grosso
Tai Murray, violin
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
Chi-chi Nwanoku, double bass
Chineke! Orchestra
Anthony Parnther, conductor
Horseplay (1st and 2nd movements)
Continuum Ensemble
Philip Headlam, conductor
In Our Lifetime
Mike Henry, baritone
Ensemble X
Produced in Cardiff by Amelia Parker
COMPOSER OF THE WEEK on BBC Radio 3
MONDAY 3 JANUARY 2022
EPISODE 1 out of 5
Donald Macleod chats to composer Errollyn Wallen about her heritage and musical upbringing.
Belize-born British composer Errollyn Wallen has been called a “renaissance woman of contemporary music”. She’s a remarkably versatile and prolific composer, pianist and songwriter and one of our most in-demand musical voices today. She was the first black woman to have a piece performed at the Proms. In 1998, her music opened the 2012 Paralympic games. She's even been performed in space, aboard Nasa’s STS115 mission. Wallen writes in a kaleidoscopic range of styles; her music constantly crosses and re-crosses musical boundaries and it brims over with a sense of adventure and delight. All this week, Donald Macleod gets to know Errollyn as she dials into his studio from her Scottish lighthouse where she retreats to concentrate on her work.
Today, we hear about Errollyn’s deep connection to Belize and her childhood musical memories. She was brought up in London to a soundtrack of Ella Fitzgerald and calypso. When she discovered the piano, she had to be begged not to practice. Errollyn's first ever composition was written for her sisters to sing walking to primary school, and family has since been a thread through her work.
I Wouldn’t Normally Say
Errollyn Wallen, piano
It’s a Quarter to Nine
Hull Music Hub Massed Choir
Errollyn Wallen, piano
Charles McDougall, conductor
Percussion Concerto (2nd movement – excerpt)
Colin Currie, percussion
National Youth Orchestra
Paul Daniel, conductor
Louis’ Loops
Margaret Leng Tan, toy piano
Photography
Ensemble X
Nicholas Kok, conductor
NNENNA
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Ryan Bancroft, conductor
My Granny Sarah
National Youth Choir of Great Britain
Ben Parry, conductor
Produced in Cardiff by Amelia Parker
Donald Macleod chats to composer Errollyn Wallen about her heritage and musical upbringing.
Belize-born British composer Errollyn Wallen has been called a “renaissance woman of contemporary music”. She’s a remarkably versatile and prolific composer, pianist and songwriter and one of our most in-demand musical voices today. She was the first black woman to have a piece performed at the Proms. In 1998, her music opened the 2012 Paralympic games. She's even been performed in space, aboard Nasa’s STS115 mission. Wallen writes in a kaleidoscopic range of styles; her music constantly crosses and re-crosses musical boundaries and it brims over with a sense of adventure and delight. All this week, Donald Macleod gets to know Errollyn as she dials into his studio from her Scottish lighthouse where she retreats to concentrate on her work.
Today, we hear about Errollyn’s deep connection to Belize and her childhood musical memories. She was brought up in London to a soundtrack of Ella Fitzgerald and calypso. When she discovered the piano, she had to be begged not to practice. Errollyn's first ever composition was written for her sisters to sing walking to primary school, and family has since been a thread through her work.
I Wouldn’t Normally Say
Errollyn Wallen, piano
It’s a Quarter to Nine
Hull Music Hub Massed Choir
Errollyn Wallen, piano
Charles McDougall, conductor
Percussion Concerto (2nd movement – excerpt)
Colin Currie, percussion
National Youth Orchestra
Paul Daniel, conductor
Louis’ Loops
Margaret Leng Tan, toy piano
Photography
Ensemble X
Nicholas Kok, conductor
NNENNA
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Ryan Bancroft, conductor
My Granny Sarah
National Youth Choir of Great Britain
Ben Parry, conductor
Produced in Cardiff by Amelia Parker
PEACE ON EARTH in Catalan on Boxing Day
TUESDAY 28 DECEMBER 2021
Peace on Earth
Peace on Earth has been specially translated into Catalan for this festive occasion:
Orfeó Català (Pablo Larraz, principal conductor)
Cor de Cambra del Palau de la Música Catalana (Xavier Puig, principal conductor)
Cor Jove de l’Orfeó Català (Esteve Nabona, conductor)
Cor de Noies de l’Orfeó Català (Buia Reixach i Feixes, conductor)
Cor Infantil de l’Orfeó Català (Glòria Coma i Pedrals, conductor)
Cor Mitjans de l’Orfeó Català (Glòria Fernàndez, conductor)
Cor Petits de l’Orfeó Català (Mercè Pi, conductor)
Simon Halsey, artistic director of the choirs
PROGRAM
Tradicional Concert of Sant Esteve
The Boxing Day Concert is one of the oldest Christmas traditions in Europe. Started in 1913, it brings together all the ensembles in the Orfeó Català choral family. Recently, it has been customary to present a joint programme on the context of a given theme, which this year is peace around the world. As usual, there will be plenty of Christmas carol arrangements and premières by guest composers, such as Marc Timón.
Orfeó Català (Pablo Larraz, principal conductor)
Cor de Cambra del Palau de la Música Catalana (Xavier Puig, principal conductor)
Cor Jove de l’Orfeó Català (Esteve Nabona, conductor)
Cor de Noies de l’Orfeó Català (Buia Reixach i Feixes, conductor)
Cor Infantil de l’Orfeó Català (Glòria Coma i Pedrals, conductor)
Cor Mitjans de l’Orfeó Català (Glòria Fernàndez, conductor)
Cor Petits de l’Orfeó Català (Mercè Pi, conductor)
Simon Halsey, artistic director of the choirs
PROGRAM
Tradicional Concert of Sant Esteve
The Boxing Day Concert is one of the oldest Christmas traditions in Europe. Started in 1913, it brings together all the ensembles in the Orfeó Català choral family. Recently, it has been customary to present a joint programme on the context of a given theme, which this year is peace around the world. As usual, there will be plenty of Christmas carol arrangements and premières by guest composers, such as Marc Timón.
BBC Singers
WEDNESDAY 22 DECEMBER 2021 2:00pm
Peace on Earth
Temple Church
1 Inner Temple Lane
London EC4Y 7BB
England
DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
SUNDAY 28 NOVEMBER 2021 7:00pm
Dervish
VENUE CHAPEL ROYAL, DUBLIN CASTLE
THE MUSIC OF FRIENDS EVENING
Katherine Hunka, Cellist
Dearbhla Brosnan, Pianist
THE MUSIC OF FRIENDS EVENING
Katherine Hunka, Cellist
Dearbhla Brosnan, Pianist
RBC Symphonic Brass/Brass Band
FRIDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2021 7:00pm
PACE
RBC Symphonic Brass (conducted by Amos Miller)
Adolphus Hailstork American Fanfare
Errollyn Wallen Pace
Stuart MacRae Ultima Thule (world première)
William Walton (arr. Eric Crees) Spitfire Prelude and Fugue
Interval
Youth Brass 2000 (conducted by Chris Jeans)
Etienne Crausaz Balkan Dance
Albert Ketèlby (arr. Howard Snell) The Clock with the Dresden Figures-
Percussion Feature
Louis Prima (arr. Dan Price) Sing Sing Sing-
RBC Brass Band (conducted by Ian Porthouse)
Stan Nieuwhuis A Buoy (conducted by MMus 2 Brass Band conducting student Matt Ludford-King)
Richard Saucedo (arr Richards) American Barndance (conducted by MMus1 Brass Band conducting student Alan Gifford)
Robert Simpson Volcano
Joint item:
Ryan Linham Staycation Celebration (non-virtual première)
Adolphus Hailstork American Fanfare
Errollyn Wallen Pace
Stuart MacRae Ultima Thule (world première)
William Walton (arr. Eric Crees) Spitfire Prelude and Fugue
Interval
Youth Brass 2000 (conducted by Chris Jeans)
Etienne Crausaz Balkan Dance
Albert Ketèlby (arr. Howard Snell) The Clock with the Dresden Figures-
Percussion Feature
Louis Prima (arr. Dan Price) Sing Sing Sing-
RBC Brass Band (conducted by Ian Porthouse)
Stan Nieuwhuis A Buoy (conducted by MMus 2 Brass Band conducting student Matt Ludford-King)
Richard Saucedo (arr Richards) American Barndance (conducted by MMus1 Brass Band conducting student Alan Gifford)
Robert Simpson Volcano
Joint item:
Ryan Linham Staycation Celebration (non-virtual première)
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire of Music
200 Jennens Road
Birmingham B4 7XR
England
Madeleine Mitchell Lunchtime Recital
WEDNESDAY 24 NOVEMBER 2021 1:05pm
SOJOURNER TRUTH
The Venue, Leeds Conservatoire
FREE EVENT
Madeleine Mitchell – violin
Nigel Clayton – piano
Lili Boulanger – Nocturne
Prokofiev – Cinq Melodies No 1 & 3
DvoÅ™ák – Sonatina, Op 100
Amy Beach – Romance
Errollyn Wallen – Sojourner Truth (for Madeleine Mitchell, 2021)
Bridge – Morceau caractéristique
American composer Amy Beach wrote her Romance in 1893, the same year as DvoÅ™ák’s Sonatine was written when he was living in America. Prokofiev wrote his Five Melodies as songs without words for a tour in California with soprano, later arranging them for violin and piano when he was back in Paris – the home of Lili Boulanger, who died tragically young. Sojourner Truth was an extraordinary American abolitionist and Errollyn Wallen’s piece for Madeleine Mitchell is based on the spiritual O’er the Crossing – premiered on International Women’s Day 2021. The programme is completed by a virtuosic piece by Frank Bridge, discovered in manuscript a century after the premiere by Madeleine and recorded on her album Violin Songs along with the Boulanger and Prokofiev pieces.
This concert will last approximately 50 minutes.
FREE EVENT
Madeleine Mitchell – violin
Nigel Clayton – piano
Lili Boulanger – Nocturne
Prokofiev – Cinq Melodies No 1 & 3
DvoÅ™ák – Sonatina, Op 100
Amy Beach – Romance
Errollyn Wallen – Sojourner Truth (for Madeleine Mitchell, 2021)
Bridge – Morceau caractéristique
American composer Amy Beach wrote her Romance in 1893, the same year as DvoÅ™ák’s Sonatine was written when he was living in America. Prokofiev wrote his Five Melodies as songs without words for a tour in California with soprano, later arranging them for violin and piano when he was back in Paris – the home of Lili Boulanger, who died tragically young. Sojourner Truth was an extraordinary American abolitionist and Errollyn Wallen’s piece for Madeleine Mitchell is based on the spiritual O’er the Crossing – premiered on International Women’s Day 2021. The programme is completed by a virtuosic piece by Frank Bridge, discovered in manuscript a century after the premiere by Madeleine and recorded on her album Violin Songs along with the Boulanger and Prokofiev pieces.
This concert will last approximately 50 minutes.
The Venue
Leeds Conservatoire
Leeds
England
Hermes Experiment
MONDAY 15 NOVEMBER 2021 7:30pm
gun gun gun
Wigmore Hall
36 Wigmore Street
London W1U 2BP
England
+44 20 7935 2141
WORLD PREMIERE
WEDNESDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2021 7:00pm
ANGEL WATERS
Commissioned by the London International Festival of Early Music for Liam Byrne (viola da gamba) and Jonas Nordberg (theorbo) who will give the world premiere.
St Michael & All Angels
Pond Road
London SE3 9JL
England
Chineke! at Kings Place
SUNDAY 7 NOVEMBER 2021 4:00pm
NNENNA
Vaughan williams Piano Quintet in C minor
Ignatius Sancho Minuets 4 and 11 arr for septet
Errollyn Wallen NNENNA
Coleridge-Taylor Nonet in F minor, Op 2
The Chineke! Chamber Ensemble make their Kings Place debut with a programme including works by composers of Black and ethnically diverse heritage who lived and worked in London.
Ignatius Sancho Minuets 4 and 11 arr for septet
Errollyn Wallen NNENNA
Coleridge-Taylor Nonet in F minor, Op 2
The Chineke! Chamber Ensemble make their Kings Place debut with a programme including works by composers of Black and ethnically diverse heritage who lived and worked in London.
Kings Place
90 York Way
London N1 9AG
England
020 7520 1490
New film of DAEDALUS at UCLA Tune In Festival
SUNDAY 7 NOVEMBER 2021
A new film made on location in London and Scotlanf with Matt Belcher for UCLA’s Tune In online festival
RWCMD orchestra
THURSDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2021 7:30pm
Mighty River
This concert will be attended by newly appointed RWCMD Fellow, Errollyn Wallen
Wallen: Mighty River
Mozart: Clarinet COncerto
Tschaikowsky: Symphony No 4
Wallen: Mighty River
Mozart: Clarinet COncerto
Tschaikowsky: Symphony No 4
St David's Hall
The Hayes
Cardiff CF10 1AH
Wales
World premiere at COP 26 Climate Change Conference
TUESDAY 2 NOVEMBER 2021
Inherit the World
Join one of the UK’s leading children and youth choirs for a performance of songs inspired by climate change. Directed by Patrick Barrett, members of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra’s Junior Chorus will perform a selection of Green Songs by Bob Chilcott and a trio of Assembly Songs by Errollyn Wallen, Shruthi Rajasekar and Claire McCue, specially commissioned for COP26.
Two performances:
11 - 11.30 am. & 3 - 30 pm
Two performances:
11 - 11.30 am. & 3 - 30 pm
Glasgow Science Centre
Pacific Quay
Glasgow G51 1EA
Scotland
Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott recital in Japan
SUNDAY 31 OCTOBER 2021 7:00pm
Dervish
Yo-Yo Ma (cello) and Kathryn Stott (piano) perform a recital which will include DERVISH
Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall
Kawasaki
Japan
Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott recital in Japan
SATURDAY 30 OCTOBER 2021
Dervish
Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott give a recital in Japan which includes the Japanese premiere of DERVISH
Aichi Prefectural Art Theater Concert Hall
Nagoya
Japan
Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott perform DERVISH
SUNDAY 24 OCTOBER 2021
Dervish
Seoul Arts Centre Concert Hall
Seoul, South Korea
South Korea
Cambridge University Orchestra
SATURDAY 23 OCTOBER 2021 7:30pm
Mighty River
Cambridge University Orchestra
Jonathan Bloxham conducts Wallen, Stravinsky and Mozart Saturday 23rd October 7:30 pm
The Cambridge University Orchestra (CUO), the university’s flagship orchestra, returns to West Road Concert Hall for its first performance since February 2020. The orchestra is joined by British conductor, Jonathan Bloxham, who makes his second appearance with CUO, having last performed with the orchestra in October 2019.
Mighty River, written by Belize-born British composer Errollyn Wallen, explores the history of the British slave trade, with spirituals and gospel music forming the core of this composition. Errollyn has recently been appointed Wort Lecturer at the Faculty of Music, Cambridge, and we are delighted to be working with her on this piece.
Errollyn Wallen – Mighty River
Stravinsky – Pulcinella Suite
Mozart – Symphony No.40 in G minor, K.550
Jonathan Bloxham conducts Wallen, Stravinsky and Mozart Saturday 23rd October 7:30 pm
The Cambridge University Orchestra (CUO), the university’s flagship orchestra, returns to West Road Concert Hall for its first performance since February 2020. The orchestra is joined by British conductor, Jonathan Bloxham, who makes his second appearance with CUO, having last performed with the orchestra in October 2019.
Mighty River, written by Belize-born British composer Errollyn Wallen, explores the history of the British slave trade, with spirituals and gospel music forming the core of this composition. Errollyn has recently been appointed Wort Lecturer at the Faculty of Music, Cambridge, and we are delighted to be working with her on this piece.
Errollyn Wallen – Mighty River
Stravinsky – Pulcinella Suite
Mozart – Symphony No.40 in G minor, K.550
West Road Concert Hall
11 West Road
Cambridge CB3 9DP
England
01223 335184
LIVE WORLD PREMIERE OF LAVINIA AT Wigmore Hall
TUESDAY 7 SEPTEMBER 2021 8:00pm
LAVINIA was commissioned by the Riot Ensemble for violist Stephen Upshaw.
Wigmore Hall
36 Wigmore Street
London W1U 2BP
England
+44 20 7935 2141
Edinburgh Festival Chorus sing WALLEN
SUNDAY 29 AUGUST 2021 2:30pm
MAP — Songs for Children Everywhere
The Edinburgh Festival Chorus has provided the backbone of the International Festival’s choral programme for more than 50 years. Though the pandemic months have been a particularly challenging time for all singing, the Festival Chorus returns as a small chamber choir under Chorus Director Aidan Oliver in a concert of varied music by Tallis, Britten, Holst, Errollyn Wallen and Abbie Betinis.
The choir will sing Errollyn Wallen's Rice and Beans —and Plantain Too! from her song collection MAP— Songs for Children Everywhere, commissioned by Aldeburgh Music.
The choir will sing Errollyn Wallen's Rice and Beans —and Plantain Too! from her song collection MAP— Songs for Children Everywhere, commissioned by Aldeburgh Music.
Edinburgh Academy Junior School
10 Arboretum Road
Edinburgh EH3 5PL
United Kingdom
0131 473 2000
CHINEKE! DUO - NOISENIGHT 2
SATURDAY 28 AUGUST 2021 6:00pm
Five Postcards
Sarah Daramy-Williams (Violin)
Natalia Senior-Brown (Viola)
Programme to include:
Errollyn Wallen - Five Postcards
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Natalia Senior-Brown (Viola)
Programme to include:
Errollyn Wallen - Five Postcards
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Hoxton Underbelly
11 Hoxton Square
London N1 6NU
United Kingdom
020 7613 1988
SUNDAY 22 AUGUST 2021 7:30pm
Dido's Ghost
A new opera incorporating Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas
Libretto by Wesley Stace
John Butt (Conductor)
Frederic Wake-Walker (Director)
Anna Jones (Designer)
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Golda Schultz - Dido/Anna
Matthew Brook - Aeneas
Nardus Williams - Belinda
Allison Cook - Lavinia
Henry Waddington - Sorcerer
Dunedin Consort
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Co-commissioned by Edinburgh International Festival, Dunedin Consort and Mahogany Opera, the Barbican Centre, Buxton International Festival and Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale
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Libretto by Wesley Stace
John Butt (Conductor)
Frederic Wake-Walker (Director)
Anna Jones (Designer)
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Golda Schultz - Dido/Anna
Matthew Brook - Aeneas
Nardus Williams - Belinda
Allison Cook - Lavinia
Henry Waddington - Sorcerer
Dunedin Consort
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Co-commissioned by Edinburgh International Festival, Dunedin Consort and Mahogany Opera, the Barbican Centre, Buxton International Festival and Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale
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Edinburgh Academy Junior School
10 Arboretum Road
Edinburgh EH3 5PL
United Kingdom
0131 473 2000
SATURDAY 21 AUGUST 2021 7:30pm
Edinburgh Int. Festival - Dido's Ghost
FRIDAY 20 AUGUST 2021 7:30pm
repeat broadcast of A RACIST MUSIC on BBC Radio 3
THURSDAY 19 AUGUST 2021 10:00pm
Errollyn Wallen explores and challenges the legacy of John Powell (1882-1963) – a once-celebrated composer whose racist politics scarred the lives of generations of Americans.
SATURDAY 17 JULY 2021 7:15pm
Dido's Ghost
A new opera incorporating Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas
Sung in English with side-titles.
Libretto by Wesley Stace
John Butt (Conductor)
Frederic Wake-Walker (Director)
Anna Jones (Designer)
Ben Pickersgill (Lighting Designer)
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Idunnu Muench - Dido/Anna
Matthew Brook - Aeneas
Nardus Williams - Belinda
Jessica Gillingwater - Spirit/Lavinia
Tim Dickinson Sorcerer/Elymas
Dunedin Consort
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Buxton International Festival co-commissioned production in partnership with the Barbican Centre, Mahogany Opera, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale, and Dunedin Consort.
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Sung in English with side-titles.
Libretto by Wesley Stace
John Butt (Conductor)
Frederic Wake-Walker (Director)
Anna Jones (Designer)
Ben Pickersgill (Lighting Designer)
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Idunnu Muench - Dido/Anna
Matthew Brook - Aeneas
Nardus Williams - Belinda
Jessica Gillingwater - Spirit/Lavinia
Tim Dickinson Sorcerer/Elymas
Dunedin Consort
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Buxton International Festival co-commissioned production in partnership with the Barbican Centre, Mahogany Opera, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale, and Dunedin Consort.
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WEDNESDAY 14 JULY 2021 7:15pm
BUXTON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL - Dido's Ghost
SUNDAY 11 JULY 2021 7:15pm
* WORLD PREMIERE * NEW WORK
SATURDAY 3 JULY 2021 8:00pm
New Work
Héloïse Werner (Soprano)
Kit Downes (Organ)
Colin Alexander (Cello)
Each performer will offer around twenty minutes of their own solo works, written since March 2020, and the programme will also feature five short text pieces written especially for the occasion by Errollyn Wallen, Shiva Feshareki, Jasmin Kent Rodgman, Jonathan Cole and Love Ssega.
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Kit Downes (Organ)
Colin Alexander (Cello)
Each performer will offer around twenty minutes of their own solo works, written since March 2020, and the programme will also feature five short text pieces written especially for the occasion by Errollyn Wallen, Shiva Feshareki, Jasmin Kent Rodgman, Jonathan Cole and Love Ssega.
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St. John's Smith Square
Smith Square
London SW1P 3HA
United Kingdom
020 7222 1061
* WORLD PREMIERE * AFTER WINTER
THURSDAY 1 JULY 2021 8:00pm
After Winter
Spitalfields Music Festival 2021
Errollyn Wallen - Festival Curator
Simon Halsey CBE (Conductor)
London Symphony Chorus
City of London Sinfonia
Chris Glynn (Piano)
Programme to include:
ERROLLYN WALLEN After Winter *WORLD PREMIERE
HOWARD GOODALL Never Forget
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Errollyn Wallen - Festival Curator
Simon Halsey CBE (Conductor)
London Symphony Chorus
City of London Sinfonia
Chris Glynn (Piano)
Programme to include:
ERROLLYN WALLEN After Winter *WORLD PREMIERE
HOWARD GOODALL Never Forget
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Christ Church Spitalfields
Commercial Street
London E1 6LY
United Kingdom
*WORLD PREMIERE* EARTH REQUIEM
MONDAY 21 JUNE 2021 6:30pm
'Was' from Earth Requiem
“Wake Up! Wake Up! A Choral Tapestry Honoring Our Earth” is a a free outdoor concert, with an 18-voice professional choir directed by Malcolm J. Merriweather. The program will feature a preview of choral excerpts of music composed by the internationally acclaimed British composer Errollyn Wallen and five time Emmy-winning composer Jeff Beal, with a libretto by Diana Wege, from Earth Requiem (2020), a newly commissioned four-movement symphony that is one part of a multidisciplinary art project by the artist Diana Wege, titled Earth Requiem. More information may be found by visiting www.earthrequiem.org, or contacting earthrequiem.project@gmail.com.
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Richard Rodgers Amphitheater
18 Mount Morris Park West
New York, NY 10027
USA
Wigmore Hall - Errollyn Wallen In Focus
SATURDAY 19 JUNE 2021 12:00pm
Works performed by the students of RNCM, followed by a discussion with Jessica Duchen.
Greenwich Variations
Giulia Contaldo (Piano)
Red (Homage to Rodrigo)
Rafael Onyett (Guitar)
Dervish
Sinead O’Halloran (Cello), Maria Luc (Piano)
Another America: Air
Philip O’Connor (Tenor), Maria Luc (Piano)
The Errollyn Wallen Songbook
Eleni Georgiou, Amy Webber (Voice), Misha Tyshkul (Piano)
Daedalus
Amy Webber (Voice), TBC (Piano)
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Greenwich Variations
Giulia Contaldo (Piano)
Red (Homage to Rodrigo)
Rafael Onyett (Guitar)
Dervish
Sinead O’Halloran (Cello), Maria Luc (Piano)
Another America: Air
Philip O’Connor (Tenor), Maria Luc (Piano)
The Errollyn Wallen Songbook
Eleni Georgiou, Amy Webber (Voice), Misha Tyshkul (Piano)
Daedalus
Amy Webber (Voice), TBC (Piano)
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Wigmore Hall
36 Wigmore Street
London W1U 2BP
England
+44 20 7935 2141
Leeds Lieder - The Hermes Experiment
FRIDAY 18 JUNE 2021 9:45pm
gun gun gun
LATE NIGHT LIEDER with The Hermes Experiment
Programme to include:
Errollyn Wallen gun, gun, gun
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Programme to include:
Errollyn Wallen gun, gun, gun
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Victoria Hall Risers, Leeds Town Hall
The Headrow
Leeds LS1 3AD
United Kingdom
0113 376 0318
Wigmore Hall - Chineke! Chamber Ensemble
WEDNESDAY 9 JUNE 2021 7:30pm
NNENNA
Programme to include:
ERROLLYN WALLEN - Nnenna
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ERROLLYN WALLEN - Nnenna
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Wigmore Hall
36 Wigmore Street
London W1U 2BP
England
+44 20 7935 2141
BBC Radio 3 in Concert
TUESDAY 8 JUNE 2021 7:30pm
PACE
French and English Music for Choir and Organ
The BBC Singers and their former chief conductor, David Hill, are joined by organist Thomas Trotter for a concert of English and French Choral music. Bookending the concert are two of the great works for choir and organ; Louis Vierne's Messe Solennelle and Gerald Finzi's Lo, the full final sacrifice. Presented by Petroc Trelawny.
Recorded in St Peter's Church, Eaton Square, London, on Friday 4 June 2021.
LOUIS VIERNE Messe Solennelle
MAURICE DURUFLE Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d'Alain, Op 7
IJOHN GARDNER Five Dances
GHISLAINE RECCE-TRAPP The great life eternal
ERROLLYN WALLEN Pace
JUDITH BINGHAM/SAMUEL WESLEY The darkness is no darkness/Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace
GERALD FINZI Lo, the full final sacrifice
Listen on BBC Radio 3 on Tuesday 8 June and for 30 days on BBC Sounds.
The BBC Singers and their former chief conductor, David Hill, are joined by organist Thomas Trotter for a concert of English and French Choral music. Bookending the concert are two of the great works for choir and organ; Louis Vierne's Messe Solennelle and Gerald Finzi's Lo, the full final sacrifice. Presented by Petroc Trelawny.
Recorded in St Peter's Church, Eaton Square, London, on Friday 4 June 2021.
LOUIS VIERNE Messe Solennelle
MAURICE DURUFLE Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d'Alain, Op 7
IJOHN GARDNER Five Dances
GHISLAINE RECCE-TRAPP The great life eternal
ERROLLYN WALLEN Pace
JUDITH BINGHAM/SAMUEL WESLEY The darkness is no darkness/Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace
GERALD FINZI Lo, the full final sacrifice
Listen on BBC Radio 3 on Tuesday 8 June and for 30 days on BBC Sounds.
WORLD PREMIERE of NEW OPERA — DIDO'S GHOST
SUNDAY 6 JUNE 2021
The story of Dido and Aeneas didn’t end with Dido’s death. Errollyn Wallen takes the story forward, interweaving a full performance of Purcell’s great tragedy with her imaginative new partner-piece.
‘Remember me, but ah! Forget my fate' sings Dido at the end of Purcell’s opera. But life isn’t quite as easy as that, and some memories have a destiny of their own. Set several years after the Carthaginian queen’s death, Dido’s Ghost finds Dido’s sister Anna abandoned on the shores of Aeneas’s new kingdom, igniting a murderous jealously in Aeneas’s wife Lavinia – and as events play out, its characters confront a past that refuses to fade.
Errollyn Wallen’s new opera, based on a tale by Roman poet Ovid, embraces and complements Purcell’s original, which is performed in its entirety as the centrepiece of a drama that is both old and new. Performed by the period instruments of the Dunedin Consort, past blurs into present and memory becomes emotion in this ambitious and poignant new commission.
‘Remember me, but ah! Forget my fate' sings Dido at the end of Purcell’s opera. But life isn’t quite as easy as that, and some memories have a destiny of their own. Set several years after the Carthaginian queen’s death, Dido’s Ghost finds Dido’s sister Anna abandoned on the shores of Aeneas’s new kingdom, igniting a murderous jealously in Aeneas’s wife Lavinia – and as events play out, its characters confront a past that refuses to fade.
Errollyn Wallen’s new opera, based on a tale by Roman poet Ovid, embraces and complements Purcell’s original, which is performed in its entirety as the centrepiece of a drama that is both old and new. Performed by the period instruments of the Dunedin Consort, past blurs into present and memory becomes emotion in this ambitious and poignant new commission.
Barbican
Silk Street, London
London EC2Y 8DS
England
020 7638 8891
Wigmore Hall — Gweneth Ann Rand and Simon Lepper
THURSDAY 3 JUNE 2021 7:30pm
Peace on Earth
Wigmore Hall
36 Wigmore Street
London W1U 2BP
England
+44 20 7935 2141
*WORLD PREMIERE * BERTHA
THURSDAY 3 JUNE 2021
Bertha
A Joffrey original in collaboration with choreographer Cathy Marston, "Bertha" explores the psyche of Bertha Mason, the love-scorned antagonist of the novel "Jane Eyre."
Music by Errollyn Wallen
Score Performed By:
Sara Trickey (Violin)
Rosie Bergonzi (Handpan)
Direction: Cathy Marston, Tim Whalen
Choreography/Story: Cathy Marston
Film Featuring Joffrey Artists:
Christine Rocas - Bertha
Dylan Gutierrez - Rochester
Jeraldine Mendoza - Jane Eyre/Young Bertha
Rehearsal Director: Suzanne Lopez
Costumes: Patrick Kinmonth
Produced By: The Joffrey Ballet, Big Foot Media
Music Recorded and Mixed By: Gerry O’Riordan, at The Soundhouse Studios, London
Music by Errollyn Wallen
Score Performed By:
Sara Trickey (Violin)
Rosie Bergonzi (Handpan)
Direction: Cathy Marston, Tim Whalen
Choreography/Story: Cathy Marston
Film Featuring Joffrey Artists:
Christine Rocas - Bertha
Dylan Gutierrez - Rochester
Jeraldine Mendoza - Jane Eyre/Young Bertha
Rehearsal Director: Suzanne Lopez
Costumes: Patrick Kinmonth
Produced By: The Joffrey Ballet, Big Foot Media
Music Recorded and Mixed By: Gerry O’Riordan, at The Soundhouse Studios, London
RNCM: Errollyn Wallen
TUESDAY 1 JUNE 2021
London Chamber Orchestra: At the Ballet
28 MAY-6 JUNE 2021 7:30pm
Horseplay
This online concert showcases two pieces of contrasting 20th-century ballet music.
This concert opens with a work by Errollyn Wallen, Horseplay. Gramophone praised Wallen as: “an influential figure and inspirational role model … a leading figure in today’s classical music world.”
Horseplay is a ballet in four movements. Each movement has its own colour and energy, inspired by the idea of a horse as archetype.
This concert opens with a work by Errollyn Wallen, Horseplay. Gramophone praised Wallen as: “an influential figure and inspirational role model … a leading figure in today’s classical music world.”
Horseplay is a ballet in four movements. Each movement has its own colour and energy, inspired by the idea of a horse as archetype.
BAROQUE WITH JOHN BUTT
THURSDAY 22 APRIL 2021 7:30pm
Concerto Grosso
AVAILABLE TO WATCH ONLINE FOR 30 DAYS FROM 22 APRIL
PROGRAMME
Matthew Locke: Suite from The Tempest (selected movements)
Purcell (arr.Britten): Chacony in G minor
Purcell: Suite from the Fairy Queen (selected movements)
Errollyn Wallen: Concerto Grosso, Movements I & IV
Handel: Concerto Grosso in B flat major
With
John Butt, conductor & harpsichord
How to watch the online concert
You can watch the performance from 7.30pm on Thursday 22 April and it will be available to watch as many times as you like for the following 30 days. Your access details will be sent to you 24 hours before the performance starts, with full details of how to watch the concert.
Performers
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
John Butt, director
PROGRAMME
Matthew Locke: Suite from The Tempest (selected movements)
Purcell (arr.Britten): Chacony in G minor
Purcell: Suite from the Fairy Queen (selected movements)
Errollyn Wallen: Concerto Grosso, Movements I & IV
Handel: Concerto Grosso in B flat major
With
John Butt, conductor & harpsichord
How to watch the online concert
You can watch the performance from 7.30pm on Thursday 22 April and it will be available to watch as many times as you like for the following 30 days. Your access details will be sent to you 24 hours before the performance starts, with full details of how to watch the concert.
Performers
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
John Butt, director
Academy of St Martin in the Fields with John Butt
THURSDAY 22 APRIL 2021
Concerto Grosso
INTRODUCTION & PROGRAMME
We’re joined by renowned conductor, harpsichordist and scholar John Butt for this programme of Baroque and Baroque-inspired music.
Locke Suite from The Tempest (selected movements)
Purcell (arr.Britten) Chacony in G minor
Purcell Suite from the Fairy Queen (selected movements)
Errollyn Wallen Concerto Grosso, Movements I & IV
Handel Concerto Grosso in B flat major
We’re joined by renowned conductor, harpsichordist and scholar John Butt for this programme of Baroque and Baroque-inspired music.
Locke Suite from The Tempest (selected movements)
Purcell (arr.Britten) Chacony in G minor
Purcell Suite from the Fairy Queen (selected movements)
Errollyn Wallen Concerto Grosso, Movements I & IV
Handel Concerto Grosso in B flat major
DOUBLES streamed concert: Orchestra of the Swan
MONDAY 19 APRIL 2021
Chorale
World premiere by Madeleine Mitchell
MONDAY 8 MARCH 2021 8:00pm
SOJOURNER TRUTH
London Chamber Ensemble/director Madeleine Mitchell, violin
Rebecca Clarke - Piano Trio
Judith Weir - Atlantic Drift duo for 2 violins
Helen Grime - Miniatures for oboe & piano 2005
Judith Weir - The Bagpiper's String Trio
Cheryl Frances-Hoad - Invocation for cello & piano
Thea Musgrave - Colloquy (violin & piano
Ruth Gipps - Prelude for bass clarinet
Errollyn Wallen - Sojourner Truth for Madeleine Mitchell violin & piano World Premiere, supported by the RVW Trust
Grace Williams - Suite for Nine Instruments
Madeleine Mitchell (violin), Joseph Spooner (cello), Sophia Rahman (piano – Clarke, Wallen, Grime, Hoad) and Ian Pace (piano – Musgrave, Grace Williams), David Aspin (viola), Gordon Mackay (violin), Lynda Houghton (double bass), Peter Cigleris (clarinet & bass clarinet), Nancy Ruffer (flute), Alec Harmon (oboe), Bruce Nockles (trumpet)
On International Women’s Day violinist Madeleine Mitchell has put together a fantastic range of music celebrating some of the finest British female composers of the past 100 years with the London Chamber Ensemble which she founded and directs. The concert includes one of Grace Williams’ rarely performed large chamber work of 1934, recorded by them for Naxos: “Passionate and persuasive advocacy… a powerful musical personality, well served by some gripping interpretations. More please.” (Gramophone), works by Master of the Queen’s Music Judith Weir and the world premiere of a new violin piece for Mitchell by Errollyn Wallen, supported by the RVW Trust. Rebecca Clarke’s romantic piano trio of 1921, the birth year of Ruth Gipps (BBC Radio 3 Composer of the Week March 2021), is juxtaposed with Helen Grime’s Miniatures of 2005, performed by her former Royal College of Music oboe teacher, John Anderson’s former student. The powerful Colloquy of 1960 by nonagenarian Thea Musgrave, winner of the 2020 South Bank Sky Arts Award, contrasts with the searing lyricism of Cheryl-Frances Hoad’s short piece of 1999.
This concert will be available to view from 8pm on Monday 8th March through to 8pm on Thursday 8th April 2021.
Supported by The Ambache Trust
Rebecca Clarke - Piano Trio
Judith Weir - Atlantic Drift duo for 2 violins
Helen Grime - Miniatures for oboe & piano 2005
Judith Weir - The Bagpiper's String Trio
Cheryl Frances-Hoad - Invocation for cello & piano
Thea Musgrave - Colloquy (violin & piano
Ruth Gipps - Prelude for bass clarinet
Errollyn Wallen - Sojourner Truth for Madeleine Mitchell violin & piano World Premiere, supported by the RVW Trust
Grace Williams - Suite for Nine Instruments
Madeleine Mitchell (violin), Joseph Spooner (cello), Sophia Rahman (piano – Clarke, Wallen, Grime, Hoad) and Ian Pace (piano – Musgrave, Grace Williams), David Aspin (viola), Gordon Mackay (violin), Lynda Houghton (double bass), Peter Cigleris (clarinet & bass clarinet), Nancy Ruffer (flute), Alec Harmon (oboe), Bruce Nockles (trumpet)
On International Women’s Day violinist Madeleine Mitchell has put together a fantastic range of music celebrating some of the finest British female composers of the past 100 years with the London Chamber Ensemble which she founded and directs. The concert includes one of Grace Williams’ rarely performed large chamber work of 1934, recorded by them for Naxos: “Passionate and persuasive advocacy… a powerful musical personality, well served by some gripping interpretations. More please.” (Gramophone), works by Master of the Queen’s Music Judith Weir and the world premiere of a new violin piece for Mitchell by Errollyn Wallen, supported by the RVW Trust. Rebecca Clarke’s romantic piano trio of 1921, the birth year of Ruth Gipps (BBC Radio 3 Composer of the Week March 2021), is juxtaposed with Helen Grime’s Miniatures of 2005, performed by her former Royal College of Music oboe teacher, John Anderson’s former student. The powerful Colloquy of 1960 by nonagenarian Thea Musgrave, winner of the 2020 South Bank Sky Arts Award, contrasts with the searing lyricism of Cheryl-Frances Hoad’s short piece of 1999.
This concert will be available to view from 8pm on Monday 8th March through to 8pm on Thursday 8th April 2021.
Supported by The Ambache Trust
St. John's Smith Square
Smith Square
London SW1P 3HA
United Kingdom
020 7222 1061
AFRICAN CONCERT SERIES - CHINEKE! CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
SUNDAY 28 FEBRUARY 2021 7:30pm
NNENNA
Errollyn Wallen NNENNA
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson Blue/s Form I Plain Blue/s
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson Blue/s Form II Just Blue/s
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson Blue/s Form III Jettin' Blue/s
Trevor Weston Bop
Ignatius Sancho Minuets 4 and 11
Florence B Price Two Folksongs in Counterpoint - Drink to me with thine own eyes and Shortnin' Bread
Joseph Bologne Quartet No 3 in G minor
Matthew Evan Taylor Let's Meet at the Horizon
Valerie Coleman Red Clay and Mississippi Delta
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson Blue/s Form I Plain Blue/s
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson Blue/s Form II Just Blue/s
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson Blue/s Form III Jettin' Blue/s
Trevor Weston Bop
Ignatius Sancho Minuets 4 and 11
Florence B Price Two Folksongs in Counterpoint - Drink to me with thine own eyes and Shortnin' Bread
Joseph Bologne Quartet No 3 in G minor
Matthew Evan Taylor Let's Meet at the Horizon
Valerie Coleman Red Clay and Mississippi Delta
Canadian premiere of Mighty River by NAC
SATURDAY 27 FEBRUARY 2021
Mighty River
CLASSICAL COMMONWEALTH : documentary for Radio 3
SUNDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2021 6:45pm
Based on an original idea by Errollyn Wallen who is presenting the programme, CLASSICAL COMMONWEALTH for Radio 3, unravels how classical music fused with local musical traditions across the British Commonwealth, speaking to acclaimed conductor Zubin Mehta and others.
This Sunday Feature is available to listen after broadcast
This Sunday Feature is available to listen after broadcast
RSNO perform Mighty River — DIgital Concert Season
FRIDAY 15 JANUARY 2021
Mighty River
Errollyn Wallen Mighty River
Wagner (orch Henze) Wesendonck-Lieder
DvoÅ™ák Symphony No9 From the New World
James Lowe Conductor
Karen Cargill Mezzo-soprano
Errollyn Wallen’s Mighty River is dedicated to her great-great-great-great-great-great-grandmother, who was likely to have been a slave. ‘It is an innate human instinct to be free,’ she says, ‘just as it is a law of nature that the river should rush headlong to the sea.’ This gripping orchestral work from one of Britain’s most original living composers makes an unforgettable impact. Accompanied by DvoÅ™ák’s stunning New World Symphony and Wagner’s sensuous love songs performed by Scottish mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill.
Please note, this concert has had a change in conductor, guest artist and programme since first advertised.
Wagner (orch Henze) Wesendonck-Lieder
DvoÅ™ák Symphony No9 From the New World
James Lowe Conductor
Karen Cargill Mezzo-soprano
Errollyn Wallen’s Mighty River is dedicated to her great-great-great-great-great-great-grandmother, who was likely to have been a slave. ‘It is an innate human instinct to be free,’ she says, ‘just as it is a law of nature that the river should rush headlong to the sea.’ This gripping orchestral work from one of Britain’s most original living composers makes an unforgettable impact. Accompanied by DvoÅ™ák’s stunning New World Symphony and Wagner’s sensuous love songs performed by Scottish mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill.
Please note, this concert has had a change in conductor, guest artist and programme since first advertised.
PEACE ON EARTH broadcast by BBC Singers
TUESDAY 22 DECEMBER 2020 2:00pm
BBC RADIO AFTERNOON CONCERT
Chief Conductor Sofi Jeannin conducts the BBC Singers in a survey of carols from the present day, live from Temple Church in London. Includes Errollyn Wallen's
PEACE ON EARTH
Chief Conductor Sofi Jeannin conducts the BBC Singers in a survey of carols from the present day, live from Temple Church in London. Includes Errollyn Wallen's
PEACE ON EARTH
SPITALFIELDS FESTIVAL: AT HOME
SATURDAY 5 DECEMBER 2020 3:00pm
Welcome to Spitalfields Festival: At Home.
This December we are delighted to be bringing an eclectic range of music to you at home.
We’ve put together a day of events, three of the four, curated by Errollyn, including a re-imagined Black music and history walking tour, with exclusive performances by Chineke! Junior Orchestra – fresh from their Britain’s Got Talent success – alongside author and historian S.I.Martin. We’re also excited to present eight world premieres from female composers; a very special performance of Baroque masterworks by Dunedin Consort; and an informal late-night Song Club, featuring composer Errollyn Wallen, singer-songwriter Katie Melua, and friends.
Do join us!
3pm — 10pm
This December we are delighted to be bringing an eclectic range of music to you at home.
We’ve put together a day of events, three of the four, curated by Errollyn, including a re-imagined Black music and history walking tour, with exclusive performances by Chineke! Junior Orchestra – fresh from their Britain’s Got Talent success – alongside author and historian S.I.Martin. We’re also excited to present eight world premieres from female composers; a very special performance of Baroque masterworks by Dunedin Consort; and an informal late-night Song Club, featuring composer Errollyn Wallen, singer-songwriter Katie Melua, and friends.
Do join us!
3pm — 10pm
Mansfieldmas: An Evening of Words and Music ONLINE
FRIDAY 4 DECEMBER 2020 5:30pm
Mansfieldmas: An Evening of Music and Words
Mansfield honorary fellows Errollyn Wallen, the world-famous composer whose Jerusalem featured in the 2020 Last Night of the Proms, and award-winning poet and novelist Ben Okri lead an evening of music and words with contributions from the Mansfield creative community.
When: 4 December, 5.30pm
Where: This event will take place online
Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/122985907159
Mansfield Public Talks are free to attend and all are welcome.
Mansfield honorary fellows Errollyn Wallen, the world-famous composer whose Jerusalem featured in the 2020 Last Night of the Proms, and award-winning poet and novelist Ben Okri lead an evening of music and words with contributions from the Mansfield creative community.
When: 4 December, 5.30pm
Where: This event will take place online
Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/122985907159
Mansfield Public Talks are free to attend and all are welcome.
NEW WORK London Sound Gallery online broadcast
SUNDAY 8 NOVEMBER 2020 5:00pm
London Sound Gallery Festival, produced by The Gesualdo Six
Online broadcast, 5pm
The Hermes Experiment connect creative beginnings to nostalgic farewells and inevitable endings: works by Emily Hall, Errollyn Wallen and Alex Mills are performed alongside arrangements of pieces by Anna Meredith and Peter Maxwell Davies. Two new graphic scores by Anna Disley-Simpson and Jacob Fitzgerald, selected from a recent open ‘Call for Scores’, will be premiered by The Hermes Experiment and The Gesualdo Six in a collaborative performance.
Online broadcast, 5pm
The Hermes Experiment connect creative beginnings to nostalgic farewells and inevitable endings: works by Emily Hall, Errollyn Wallen and Alex Mills are performed alongside arrangements of pieces by Anna Meredith and Peter Maxwell Davies. Two new graphic scores by Anna Disley-Simpson and Jacob Fitzgerald, selected from a recent open ‘Call for Scores’, will be premiered by The Hermes Experiment and The Gesualdo Six in a collaborative performance.
Radio 3 in Concert at the Southbank Centre
THURSDAY 29 OCTOBER 2020 8:30pm
Mighty River
Performed by National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
What's New and H.I.P with Tarik and Rick
MONDAY 26 OCTOBER 2020
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2020 | 8PM PDT
What’s New and H.I.P. with Tarik and Rick —
Episode 3 feat. Errollyn Wallen C.B.E.
This week brings episode #3 of PBO's What's New and H.I.P. with Tarik and Rick featuring Music Director Richard Egarr and Artistic Partner Tarik O'Regan in conversation with British composer Errollyn Wallen, CBE. Richard, Tarik and Errollyn will chat candidly about all kinds of things musically-minded, their own experiences as composers, and Errollyn's life from her home in a lighthouse on the northern tip of Scotland!
Among her many accomplishments, Errollyn founded Ensemble X, whose motto is 'We don’t break down barriers in music… we don’t see any’ reflecting her genuine, free-spirited approach and eclectic musicianship. She has been commissioned by venerable institutions from the BBC to the Royal Opera House and has performed her songs internationally. Enormously versatile, Errollyn Wallen’s song Daedalus appears alongside songs by Björk, Sting, Elvis Costello and Meredith Monk on the Brodsky Quartet’s CD Moodswings. And in 2007, Errollyn was awarded an MBE for her services to music in the Queen’s birthday honours list in 2007, and a CBE in 2020.
What’s New and H.I.P. with Tarik and Rick —
Episode 3 feat. Errollyn Wallen C.B.E.
This week brings episode #3 of PBO's What's New and H.I.P. with Tarik and Rick featuring Music Director Richard Egarr and Artistic Partner Tarik O'Regan in conversation with British composer Errollyn Wallen, CBE. Richard, Tarik and Errollyn will chat candidly about all kinds of things musically-minded, their own experiences as composers, and Errollyn's life from her home in a lighthouse on the northern tip of Scotland!
Among her many accomplishments, Errollyn founded Ensemble X, whose motto is 'We don’t break down barriers in music… we don’t see any’ reflecting her genuine, free-spirited approach and eclectic musicianship. She has been commissioned by venerable institutions from the BBC to the Royal Opera House and has performed her songs internationally. Enormously versatile, Errollyn Wallen’s song Daedalus appears alongside songs by Björk, Sting, Elvis Costello and Meredith Monk on the Brodsky Quartet’s CD Moodswings. And in 2007, Errollyn was awarded an MBE for her services to music in the Queen’s birthday honours list in 2007, and a CBE in 2020.
RCS PRESENTS: STRINGS
FRIDAY 23 OCTOBER 2020 12:30pm
Cello Concerto
DESCRIPTION
RCS String Dept presents three generations of composers: the celebrated Adagio for Strings put Samuel Barber (1910 -81) at the forefront of C20th music. We dedicate this performance to our dear friend Rinat Ibragimov. US-born Glasgow-based Thomas Wilson (1927 – 2001) wrote his St Kentigern Suite for Glasgow Cathedral’s 850th Anniversary in 1986. His distinctive voice has become a vital part of Scotland’s musical landscape. British composer Errollyn Wallen’s new arrangement (dedicated to the Windrush generation) of Blake’s Jerusalem featured in The Last Night of the Proms. Her powerful Cello Concerto was written for Matthew Sharpe (who featured in last year’s RCS Cello Festival) and first performed in 2008. It’s a rare chance to hear this extraordinary piece performed by prize-winning cellist Madelyn Kowalski.
THOMAS WILSON
St Kentigern Suite for Strings
SAMUEL BARBER (1910-1981)
Adagio for Strings
ERROLLYN WALLEN
Cello Concerto
RCS String Dept presents three generations of composers: the celebrated Adagio for Strings put Samuel Barber (1910 -81) at the forefront of C20th music. We dedicate this performance to our dear friend Rinat Ibragimov. US-born Glasgow-based Thomas Wilson (1927 – 2001) wrote his St Kentigern Suite for Glasgow Cathedral’s 850th Anniversary in 1986. His distinctive voice has become a vital part of Scotland’s musical landscape. British composer Errollyn Wallen’s new arrangement (dedicated to the Windrush generation) of Blake’s Jerusalem featured in The Last Night of the Proms. Her powerful Cello Concerto was written for Matthew Sharpe (who featured in last year’s RCS Cello Festival) and first performed in 2008. It’s a rare chance to hear this extraordinary piece performed by prize-winning cellist Madelyn Kowalski.
THOMAS WILSON
St Kentigern Suite for Strings
SAMUEL BARBER (1910-1981)
Adagio for Strings
ERROLLYN WALLEN
Cello Concerto
BBC RADIO 3 Afternoon Concert
FRIDAY 23 OCTOBER 2020 2:00pm
Photography
Ulster Orchestra (4/4)
Afternoon Concert
The week of music making from the Ulster Orchestra concludes with a live concert from Belfast featuring music by Errollyn Wallen, Mozart and Brahms. And Tom McKinney rounds up the week with the orchestra performing Mendelssohn's symphonic tribute to the Scots.
Introduced by John Toal.
Errollyn Wallen: Photography
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No 21 in C K467
Johannes Brahms: Variations on a theme of Haydn
Eric Lu (piano)
Ulster Orchestra conducted by Andrew Gourlay
Mendelssohn: Symphony No 3 in A "Scottish"
Ulster Orchestra conducted by Alpesh Chauhan
Afternoon Concert
The week of music making from the Ulster Orchestra concludes with a live concert from Belfast featuring music by Errollyn Wallen, Mozart and Brahms. And Tom McKinney rounds up the week with the orchestra performing Mendelssohn's symphonic tribute to the Scots.
Introduced by John Toal.
Errollyn Wallen: Photography
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No 21 in C K467
Johannes Brahms: Variations on a theme of Haydn
Eric Lu (piano)
Ulster Orchestra conducted by Andrew Gourlay
Mendelssohn: Symphony No 3 in A "Scottish"
Ulster Orchestra conducted by Alpesh Chauhan
Royal College of Music: New Perspectives
THURSDAY 22 OCTOBER 2020
Horseplay
Timothy Lines director
Nicolò Foron conductor*
Eleanor Alberga On a Bat's Back I Do Fly*
Errollyn Wallen Horseplay
Tim Lines and Nicolò Foron lead RCM New Perspectives in a programme of contemporary music by Belize-born Errollyn Wallen and Jamaican-born composer Eleanor Alberga.
Two contemporary pieces by renowned female composers performed for an on-demand event, featuring RCM New Perspectives.
RCM New Perspectives, directed by British conductor Timothy Lines and led here by RCM conductor Nicolò Foron, perform a programme of contemporary music by two female composers revered for innovative composition. Belize-born composer and RCM professor Errollyn Wallen’s Horseplay, written in 1998, is a dance piece of four movements, offering jazz tones and striking horn duos. Eleonor Alberga’s On a Bat’s Back I do Fly, a chamber piece written in 2000, takes its title from Shakespeare’s The Tempest and revels in its virtuosity.
Recorded live in the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall on 15 October at the Royal College of Music in London, this is an on-demand broadcast event.
Nicolò Foron conductor*
Eleanor Alberga On a Bat's Back I Do Fly*
Errollyn Wallen Horseplay
Tim Lines and Nicolò Foron lead RCM New Perspectives in a programme of contemporary music by Belize-born Errollyn Wallen and Jamaican-born composer Eleanor Alberga.
Two contemporary pieces by renowned female composers performed for an on-demand event, featuring RCM New Perspectives.
RCM New Perspectives, directed by British conductor Timothy Lines and led here by RCM conductor Nicolò Foron, perform a programme of contemporary music by two female composers revered for innovative composition. Belize-born composer and RCM professor Errollyn Wallen’s Horseplay, written in 1998, is a dance piece of four movements, offering jazz tones and striking horn duos. Eleonor Alberga’s On a Bat’s Back I do Fly, a chamber piece written in 2000, takes its title from Shakespeare’s The Tempest and revels in its virtuosity.
Recorded live in the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall on 15 October at the Royal College of Music in London, this is an on-demand broadcast event.
Encounters with Composers of our Time: conference
22-23 OCTOBER 2020
Encounter open to all with three of the most outstanding composers of the contemporary scene who will alternate with lectures, plays and videos. At the end, a round table on themes concerning contemporary music proposed by the composition students of the “A. Casella" Conservatory of Music. “Comporre Oggi” will also host in this edition the presentation of the volume by Renzo Cresti, Musica Presente, Lim. 2019. Zoom meetings with Italian-English-Italian language translation available.
BBC Radio 3 Afternoon Concert
WEDNESDAY 21 OCTOBER 2020
NNENNA
First broadcast Friday October 16th 2020BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Ryan Bancroft
Available to listen for 24 days from 21.10.20
Available to listen for 24 days from 21.10.20
THIS FRAME... nominated for RPS Award
FRIDAY 16 OCTOBER 2020
THIS FRAME IS PART OF THE PAINTING
Ema Nikolovska
SATURDAY 10 OCTOBER 2020 11:30am
About Here
Wigmore Hall
36 Wigmore Street
London W1U 2BP
England
+44 20 7935 2141
BBC Radio 3 at Oxford Lieder Festival
THURSDAY 1 OCTOBER 2020 7:30pm
gun gun gun
gun gun gun performed by Hermes Experiment
gun gun gun released on HERMES EXPERIMENT album
SUNDAY 30 AUGUST 2020
gun gun gun is a setting of a Terese Svoboda poem and is
scored for harp, clarinet, voice and double bass.
This unique work was commissioned by Hermes Experiment and features on their debut album HERE WE ARE out 24 July 2020 on Delphian Records featuring works by Errollyn Wallen, Emily Hall, Misha Mullov-Abbado, Freya Waley-Cohen, Joel Rust, Oliver Leith, Anna Meredith, Josephine Stephenson and Giles Swayne.
Album was released in July and is Gramophone's pick of the month.
scored for harp, clarinet, voice and double bass.
This unique work was commissioned by Hermes Experiment and features on their debut album HERE WE ARE out 24 July 2020 on Delphian Records featuring works by Errollyn Wallen, Emily Hall, Misha Mullov-Abbado, Freya Waley-Cohen, Joel Rust, Oliver Leith, Anna Meredith, Josephine Stephenson and Giles Swayne.
Album was released in July and is Gramophone's pick of the month.
Live broadcast from St Martiin-in-the-Fields
12-12 AUGUST 2020 3:30pm
Triptych
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Choral Evensong
Live from St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, with members of the BBC Singers.
Introit: My Eyes for beauty pine (Elizabeth Coxhead/Thomas Coxhead)
Responses: Byrd
Psalms 65, 66, 67 (Wills, Maxim, Grindle)
First Lesson: Isaiah 49 vv.1-7
Canticles: Stanford in B flat
Second Lesson: 1 John 1 vv.1-10
Anthem: Behold, O God our defender (John Scott) – to mark the fifth anniversary of the composer’s death
Prayer anthem: God be in my head (David Hill)
Voluntary: Triptych (Errollyn Wallen)
Nicholas Chalmers (Conductor)
Rachel Mahon (Organist)
Choral Evensong
Live from St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, with members of the BBC Singers.
Introit: My Eyes for beauty pine (Elizabeth Coxhead/Thomas Coxhead)
Responses: Byrd
Psalms 65, 66, 67 (Wills, Maxim, Grindle)
First Lesson: Isaiah 49 vv.1-7
Canticles: Stanford in B flat
Second Lesson: 1 John 1 vv.1-10
Anthem: Behold, O God our defender (John Scott) – to mark the fifth anniversary of the composer’s death
Prayer anthem: God be in my head (David Hill)
Voluntary: Triptych (Errollyn Wallen)
Nicholas Chalmers (Conductor)
Rachel Mahon (Organist)
St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
London WC2N 4JH
England
Darragh Morgan plays For Airi on YouTube
SATURDAY 25 JULY 2020 8:00pm
AFTER WINTER at Ryedale Festival, Malton
SUNDAY 12 JULY 2020
A stranger has arrived in town. He’s lost everyone and everything. But things are about to change.
Produced and commissioned by Streetwise Opera in partnership with Middlesbrough Town Hall and Ryedale Festival.
Roderick Williams and Streetwise Opera join forces to stage an immersive retelling of Schubert’s Winter Journey with original words and music by Errollyn Wallen.
Produced and commissioned by Streetwise Opera in partnership with Middlesbrough Town Hall and Ryedale Festival.
Roderick Williams and Streetwise Opera join forces to stage an immersive retelling of Schubert’s Winter Journey with original words and music by Errollyn Wallen.
WORLD PREMIERE —AFTER WINTER
FRIDAY 10 JULY 2020 7:30pm
A stranger has arrived in town. He’s lost everyone and everything. But things are about to change.
Produced and commissioned by Streetwise Opera in partnership with Middlesbrough Town Hall and Ryedale Festival.
Roderick Williams and Streetwise Opera join forces to stage an immersive retelling of Schubert’s Winter Journey with original words and music by Errollyn Wallen.
Produced and commissioned by Streetwise Opera in partnership with Middlesbrough Town Hall and Ryedale Festival.
Roderick Williams and Streetwise Opera join forces to stage an immersive retelling of Schubert’s Winter Journey with original words and music by Errollyn Wallen.
Middlesborough Town Hall
Albert Road, Middlesbrough TS1 2QJ Phone: 01642 729729
Middlesborough TS1 2QJ
England
01642 729729
Piano Concerto premiere
FRIDAY 19 JUNE 2020
An exciting commission from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire for a piano concerto for Rebeca Ormodia
To be premiered at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.
To be premiered at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.
MY SOUL performed at Carnegie Hall
THURSDAY 21 MAY 2020 7:30pm
Last year Errollyn composed MY SOUL, a song for Kelly Hall-Tompkins' MUSIC KITCHEN in the USA and the work will receive a further performance at Zandel Hall, part of Carnegie Hall.
MUSIC KITCHEN takes classical music to the homeless in a two way exchange and the words of Errollyn's song ( for mezzo soprano and string quartet) are set to the words of an anonymous audience member.
MUSIC KITCHEN takes classical music to the homeless in a two way exchange and the words of Errollyn's song ( for mezzo soprano and string quartet) are set to the words of an anonymous audience member.
Carnegie Hall
57th Street and Seventh Avenue
New York NY10019
United States
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212-247-7800
Errollyn Wallen In Focus at Wigmore Hall
TUESDAY 19 MAY 2020
In Focus: Errollyn Wallen
The Royal Northern College of Music and Wigmore Hall are delighted to present a day of music to celebrate the work of internationally renowned Belize-born British composer Errollyn Wallen.
The Royal Northern College of Music and Wigmore Hall are delighted to present a day of music to celebrate the work of internationally renowned Belize-born British composer Errollyn Wallen.
Wigmore Hall
36 Wigmore Street
London W1U 2BP
England
+44 20 7935 2141
Errollyn and Jean-Michel Bernard at Steinway Hall
WEDNESDAY 29 APRIL 2020
Errollyn will perform with the legendary composer and pianist, Jean-Michel Bernard.
Steinway Hall
44 Marylebone Lane
London W1U 4DB
England
MIGHTY RIVER at the Southbank Centre
SATURDAY 22 FEBRUARY 2020 11:30am
Mighty River
Programme
Aaron Copland
Fanfare for the Common Man
Antonio Vivaldi
Spring from The Four Seasons
Astor Piazzolla
Spring from The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
Jennifer Higdon
Machine
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Allegro from Symphony No.1
Errollyn Wallen
Mighty River
Leó Weiner
Presto from Hungarian Folk Dances Suite for Orchestra Op.18
Quincy Jones
Soul Bossa Nova
Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony No 10 in E minor (2nd mvt)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade
Sea Birds
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Marriage of Figaro (Overture)
Max Richter
Recomposed - Spring 1
Aaron Copland
Fanfare for the Common Man
Antonio Vivaldi
Spring from The Four Seasons
Astor Piazzolla
Spring from The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
Jennifer Higdon
Machine
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Allegro from Symphony No.1
Errollyn Wallen
Mighty River
Leó Weiner
Presto from Hungarian Folk Dances Suite for Orchestra Op.18
Quincy Jones
Soul Bossa Nova
Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony No 10 in E minor (2nd mvt)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade
Sea Birds
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Marriage of Figaro (Overture)
Max Richter
Recomposed - Spring 1
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Southbank Centre
London
UK
IN FOCUS DAY AT RNCM
6-6 FEBRUARY 2020
Errollyn will be coaching the students before the Focus Day — a day long performance of her works — at Royal Northern College of Music.
NEW WORK in Lost Voices: The War to End All Wars
FRIDAY 17 JANUARY 2020 7:30pm
World premiere of a setting of ROUNDEL by Vera Brittain
performed by J'nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano
Roderick Williams, baritone
Shannonn McGinnis, piano
performed by J'nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano
Roderick Williams, baritone
Shannonn McGinnis, piano
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
118-128 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102 19102
USA
Elmira Darvarova performs Wallen at Carnegie Hall
MONDAY 23 DECEMBER 2019
Music from Five Centuries
Carnegie Hall
57th Street and Seventh Avenue
New York NY10019
United States
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212-247-7800
An evening of words and music with Errollyn Wallen
FRIDAY 6 DECEMBER 2019 5:00pm
The Errollyn Wallen Songbook
5pm College Chapel of Mansfield College Oxford
Join Errollyn in an end of year celebration of the abundant — and unexpected talents of staff, students and alumni.
Join Errollyn in an end of year celebration of the abundant — and unexpected talents of staff, students and alumni.
Chineke! Ensemble at The Africa Centre
THURSDAY 5 DECEMBER 2019 7:30pm
NNENNA
The celebrated Chineke! Ensemble joined by Artistic Director Rebeca Omordia at the piano, will close the 2019 season of The African Concert Series with a thrilling performance of music by Black British Composers including NNENNA by Errollyn Wallen and Nonet by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
Tickets £10 on the door. Please book in advance to guarantee your seat.
Tickets £10 on the door. Please book in advance to guarantee your seat.
The Africa Centre
66 Great Suffolk St SE1 0BL
London SE1 0BL
England
020 8004 6436
Chineke! perform NNENNA New Walk Museum, Leicester
THURSDAY 31 OCTOBER 2019 1:00pm
Chineke! perform NNENNA at New College Antechapel,
WEDNESDAY 30 OCTOBER 2019 6:00pm
The Guitar works of Errollyn Wallen
SUNDAY 27 OCTOBER 2019 3:15pm
The programme will also include works by Laura Snowden, Effy & Litha Efthymiou, Anna Meredith and Charlotte Bray.
The music will be performed by Amanda Cook, VIDA Guitar Quartet, Guilia Ballare, the G Plus Ensemble and Laura Snowden.
The music will be performed by Amanda Cook, VIDA Guitar Quartet, Guilia Ballare, the G Plus Ensemble and Laura Snowden.
Kings Place
90 York Way
London N1 9AG
England
020 7520 1490
Hermes Experiment The Barber Institute, Birmingham
FRIDAY 4 OCTOBER 2019 1:00pm
gun gun gun
BBC Music Day on BBC Radio 3
THURSDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 2019 2:00pm
MY GRANNY SARAH
Music and Wellbeing - The BBC Singers perform a selection of repertoire focusing on the power of music as a tool to unlock memories for those suffering from dementia. Composer and conductor Alexander L’Estrange talks to Formula One legend Sir Jackie Stewart about his wife’s illness, and how a playlist of music associated with her life has been an important part of coping with dementia. The BBC Singers also perform a selection of music inspired and written by composers and poets with a personal connection to dementia.
from the Teatro Massimo, Palermo.
Presented by Penny Gore
One Equal Music – Ben Parry
Simple Gifts – Traditional
Take on Me – A-Ha
Karma Chameleon – Culture Club
Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me – Elton John
At Last – Etta James
BBC Singers
Alexander L’Estrange (conductor)
Errollyn Wallen: My Granny Sarah
BBC Singers
Nicholas Kok (conductor)
from the Teatro Massimo, Palermo.
Presented by Penny Gore
One Equal Music – Ben Parry
Simple Gifts – Traditional
Take on Me – A-Ha
Karma Chameleon – Culture Club
Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me – Elton John
At Last – Etta James
BBC Singers
Alexander L’Estrange (conductor)
Errollyn Wallen: My Granny Sarah
BBC Singers
Nicholas Kok (conductor)
CHineke! perform NNENNA at Chatsworth Arts Festiva
FRIDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 2019 6:00pm
NNENNA
Chineke! perform NNENNA at London's Southbank
SUNDAY 15 SEPTEMBER 2019 7:30pm
NNENNA
Repertoire
Ligeti: 6 Bagatelles for wind quintet
Spohr: Nonet in F, Op.31
Interval
Errollyn Wallen: NNENNA for septet
DvoÅ™ák: Serenade in D minor for wind, Op.44
Ligeti: 6 Bagatelles for wind quintet
Spohr: Nonet in F, Op.31
Interval
Errollyn Wallen: NNENNA for septet
DvoÅ™ák: Serenade in D minor for wind, Op.44
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Southbank Centre
London
UK
Guilty Feminist at the BBC Proms
SATURDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 2019 2:30pm
Featuring: Deborah Frances-White and Jayde Adams plus guests including American mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton and composer Errollyn Wallen
Date & Time: Saturday 14 September - 2:30pm
Location: Beit Hall, Imperial College Union, Prince Consort Road, London, SW7 2BB
Date & Time: Saturday 14 September - 2:30pm
Location: Beit Hall, Imperial College Union, Prince Consort Road, London, SW7 2BB
Beit Hall, Imperial College Union
Prince Consort Road
London SW7 2BB
England
Chineke! perform excerpts of NNENNA on In Tune
FRIDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2019 5:00pm
NNENNA
CAIC’s Collaborative Works Festival
SUNDAY 8 SEPTEMBER 2019 2:00pm
Daedalus
CAIC’s Collaborative Works Festival is an annual vocal chamber music festival. DAEDALUS, performed by tenor Anthony Roth Contanzo and pianist Lisa Kaplan, will close the entire festival.
CAIC's 2019 Collaborative Works Festival, The Living, will explore the incredibly diverse array of today's leading composers, and the work these composers are doing in the field of song.
​The closing concert of the Festival will be a held on September 8, 2019 at the University of Chicago’s Logan Center for the Arts Performance Penthouse featuring a program of songs written by international composers, including Kaija Saariaho, Jonathan Dove, Nicolas Bacri and Errollyn Wallen.
www.caichicago.org
CAIC's 2019 Collaborative Works Festival, The Living, will explore the incredibly diverse array of today's leading composers, and the work these composers are doing in the field of song.
​The closing concert of the Festival will be a held on September 8, 2019 at the University of Chicago’s Logan Center for the Arts Performance Penthouse featuring a program of songs written by international composers, including Kaija Saariaho, Jonathan Dove, Nicolas Bacri and Errollyn Wallen.
www.caichicago.org
Logan Center for the Arts
Performance Penthouse, 915 E. 60th St.
Chicago IL 60637
USA
Refugee Orchestra Project
SUNDAY 1 SEPTEMBER 2019 7:30pm
Concerto Grosso
Conducted by Lidiya Yankovskaya
Featuring performances by Sarah-Jane Lewis, John Mills, Chi-chi Nwanoku, Errollyn Wallen
PROGRAMME INCLUDES: Errollyn Wallen, Bartok, Irving Berlin, Claude-Miche Schonberg, Guty Razaz, Milad Yousufi
Featuring performances by Sarah-Jane Lewis, John Mills, Chi-chi Nwanoku, Errollyn Wallen
PROGRAMME INCLUDES: Errollyn Wallen, Bartok, Irving Berlin, Claude-Miche Schonberg, Guty Razaz, Milad Yousufi
LSO St Luke's
161 Old Street
London EC1V 9NG
England
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+44 20 7638 8891
Errollyn Wallen solo performance
THURSDAY 29 AUGUST 2019 7:00pm
The Errollyn Wallen Songbook
In a rare solo performance Errollyn Wallen will perform songs from The Errollyn Wallen Songbook and piano works.
There will be a Q & A after the concert.
VENUE:
Christ Church
Christchurch Street West
Frome
BA11 1EH
There will be a Q & A after the concert.
VENUE:
Christ Church
Christchurch Street West
Frome
BA11 1EH
Christ Church Christchurch Street West Frome BA
Christchurch Street West
Frome BA11 1EH
England
world premiere at BBC PROMS
THURSDAY 15 AUGUST 2019 7:00pm
THIS FRAME IS PART OF THE PAINTING
World premiere of a new work in homage to the painter Howard Hodgkin (1932 - 2017)
King's College Choir Melbourne Recital Centre
TUESDAY 6 AUGUST 2019 7:00pm
PACE
CONCERT SOULD OUT
Errollyn Wallen and Ensemble X at Tete a Tete
THURSDAY 1 AUGUST 2019 6:30pm
The Errollyn Wallen Songbook
Coal Drops Yard
King's Cross N1C 4DQ
King's Cross N1C 4DQ
WORLD PREMIERE OF MY SOUL
THURSDAY 1 AUGUST 2019
World premiere in NYC of MY SOUL for the Kelly Hall-Tompkins' 'Forgotten Voices' project — part of Music Kitchen - Food for the Soul initiative
KIng's College Choir — Hamer Hall, Melbourne
SATURDAY 27 JULY 2019 7:00pm
PACE
Chineke!
SATURDAY 20 JULY 2019 8:00pm
NNENNA
Strauss (arr Hasenöhrl) Till Eulenspiegel einmal anders!
Errollyn Wallen Nnenna
Mozart Oboe Quartet in F, K. 370
Saint-Saëns Septet in E flat, Op. 65
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Nonet in F minor, Op. 2
Errollyn Wallen Nnenna
Mozart Oboe Quartet in F, K. 370
Saint-Saëns Septet in E flat, Op. 65
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Nonet in F minor, Op. 2
St Mary's Church
Petworth GU28 0AE
England
Trinity Laban Contemporary Music Group
TUESDAY 25 JUNE 2019 7:30pm
Photography
Albany Empire, Deptford SE8
WORKS BY SOOSAN LOLAVAR, DOMINIC MURCOTT, LAURA JURD, ERROLLYN WALLEN, SAM HAYDEN, DEIDRE GRIBBIN,
AMIR SADEGH KONJANI
WORKS BY SOOSAN LOLAVAR, DOMINIC MURCOTT, LAURA JURD, ERROLLYN WALLEN, SAM HAYDEN, DEIDRE GRIBBIN,
AMIR SADEGH KONJANI
Spitalfields Festival
25-28 JUNE 2019
Errollyn has been appointed co-curator for Spitalfields Festival 2020 and 2021. This year the festival runs from June 25 — 28. Watch this space.
Errollyn co-curates Spitalfields Music Festival
25-28 JUNE 2019
Watch this space! The festival will run from June 25 - 28
HUH at the Roundhouse Last Word Festival
SATURDAY 22 JUNE 2019 7:30pm
In Our Lifetime
Part of The Last Word, a festival where words come alive.
HUH /hʌ,hə/ exclamation
used in questions to invite agreement
used in anger or surprise
Seamlessly crossing R&B, classical music, poetry and song, HUH brings together some of today’s most powerful voices and artists from the UK’s contemporary music and spoken word scenes.
Errollyn Wallen’s haunting song In Our Lifetime, inspired by Nelson Mandela’s prison release, and poet Salena Godden’s unflinching essay Shade from The Good Immigrant, set the evening’s themes of movement and identity.
Next up, Sophia Thakur and Kieron Rennie with spoken word as you’ve never heard, or seen, before. From Lyrix Organix’s UnFold EP2, influences from jazz and contemporary classical come together with the UK’s most exciting young poets, strings, percussion and emerging visual artists.
Completing the show, new collaborations featuring the mesmerising Ayanna Witter-Johnson & Solomon O.B, and composer Jasmin Kent Rodgman & Salena Godden, combine rap, soulful vocals, classical music and electronica.
Produced by Jasmin Kent Rodgman Created with initial support from the London Symphony Orchestra and the Jerwood Charitable Foundation.
HUH /hʌ,hə/ exclamation
used in questions to invite agreement
used in anger or surprise
Seamlessly crossing R&B, classical music, poetry and song, HUH brings together some of today’s most powerful voices and artists from the UK’s contemporary music and spoken word scenes.
Errollyn Wallen’s haunting song In Our Lifetime, inspired by Nelson Mandela’s prison release, and poet Salena Godden’s unflinching essay Shade from The Good Immigrant, set the evening’s themes of movement and identity.
Next up, Sophia Thakur and Kieron Rennie with spoken word as you’ve never heard, or seen, before. From Lyrix Organix’s UnFold EP2, influences from jazz and contemporary classical come together with the UK’s most exciting young poets, strings, percussion and emerging visual artists.
Completing the show, new collaborations featuring the mesmerising Ayanna Witter-Johnson & Solomon O.B, and composer Jasmin Kent Rodgman & Salena Godden, combine rap, soulful vocals, classical music and electronica.
Produced by Jasmin Kent Rodgman Created with initial support from the London Symphony Orchestra and the Jerwood Charitable Foundation.
The Roundhouse
Chalk Farm Road
London NW1 8EH
England
LONDON PREMIERE OF NNENNA for Chineke! Ensemble
FRIDAY 21 JUNE 2019
In Wigmore "Lates" series
More details TBC
More details TBC
Wigmore Hall
36 Wigmore Street
London W1U 2BP
England
+44 20 7935 2141
Chineke! Ensemble
THURSDAY 20 JUNE 2019 8:00pm
NNENNA
The Stables Theatre
Stockwell Lane, Wavendon
Milton Keynes MK17 8LU
England
01908 280800
Errollyn Wallen In Focus at Wigmore Hall
SUNDAY 19 MAY 2019
The Royal Northern College of Music and Wigmore Hall are delighted to present a day of music to celebrate the work of internationally renowned Belize-born British composer Errollyn Wallen.
Wigmore Hall
36 Wigmore Street
London W1U 2BP
England
+44 20 7935 2141
A BLAST OF BRASS!
FRIDAY 3 MAY 2019 3:00pm
Gold Saturday
Blackheath Halls
23 Lee Road
London SE3 9RQ
England
Birmingham Record Company Day
THURSDAY 2 MAY 2019 2:00pm
Greenwich Variations
Thursday 2 May
Recital Hall
Birmingham Record Company Day
Birmingham Record Company Day launches an exciting partnership between BRC and the internationally acclaimed NMC Records with this special one day festival featuring performances and works from many of the artists associated with the label.
NEXT MUSICIANS AND THALLEIN ENSEMBLE WITH ERROLLYN WALLEN (PIANO)
Errollyn Wallen piano
Thallein Ensemble
NEXT Musicians
Andrew Toovey Music for the painter Jack Smith
Andrew Hamilton Waldo
Genevieve Murphy Your Blue, my Purple
Kirsty Devaney Root
Fumiko Miyachi Hedge
Errollyn Wallen Greenwich Variations
Joe Cutler Slippery Music
As part of this special day of events, the inaugural cohort of NEXT musicians join our Thallein Ensemble for a programme of new and recent works from composers, who are either tutors or graduates of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. This event will be recorded for future broadcast on BBC Radio 3’s Hear and Now.
Recital Hall
Birmingham Record Company Day
Birmingham Record Company Day launches an exciting partnership between BRC and the internationally acclaimed NMC Records with this special one day festival featuring performances and works from many of the artists associated with the label.
NEXT MUSICIANS AND THALLEIN ENSEMBLE WITH ERROLLYN WALLEN (PIANO)
Errollyn Wallen piano
Thallein Ensemble
NEXT Musicians
Andrew Toovey Music for the painter Jack Smith
Andrew Hamilton Waldo
Genevieve Murphy Your Blue, my Purple
Kirsty Devaney Root
Fumiko Miyachi Hedge
Errollyn Wallen Greenwich Variations
Joe Cutler Slippery Music
As part of this special day of events, the inaugural cohort of NEXT musicians join our Thallein Ensemble for a programme of new and recent works from composers, who are either tutors or graduates of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. This event will be recorded for future broadcast on BBC Radio 3’s Hear and Now.
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire of Music
200 Jennens Road
Birmingham B4 7XR
England
BRC Late Frontier Series
THURSDAY 2 MAY 2019 9:00pm
The Errollyn Wallen Songbook
Thursday 2 May
Birmingham Record Company Day
Birmingham Record Company Day launches an exciting partnership between BRC and the internationally acclaimed NMC Records with this special one day festival featuring performances and works from many of the artists associated with the label.
£5 individual event, £20 day ticket
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BRC Late
An all-star line-up brings today’s one day festival celebrating Birmingham Record Company to a close. This event features sets from Conservatoire tutors and graduates including Khyam Allami, Luke Deane, Anna Palmer, Howard Skempton and Errollyn Wallen.
Birmingham Record Company Day
Birmingham Record Company Day launches an exciting partnership between BRC and the internationally acclaimed NMC Records with this special one day festival featuring performances and works from many of the artists associated with the label.
£5 individual event, £20 day ticket
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BRC Late
An all-star line-up brings today’s one day festival celebrating Birmingham Record Company to a close. This event features sets from Conservatoire tutors and graduates including Khyam Allami, Luke Deane, Anna Palmer, Howard Skempton and Errollyn Wallen.
Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
200 Jennens Road
Birmingham B4
England
TRINITY LABAN BRASS ENSEMBLE
THURSDAY 2 MAY 2019 1:00pm
Gold Saturday
London premiere of GOLD SATURDAY
St Alfege Church
Greenwich Church Street
London SE10 9BJ
England
TORNADO AT STEINWAY HALL EW & Jean-Michel Bernard
MONDAY 29 APRIL 2019
FULL DETAILS TO BE ANNOUNCED...
but expect a whirlwind of music!
but expect a whirlwind of music!
Steinway Hall
44 Marylebone Lane
London W1U 4DB
England
Lisa Nelsen — Music for Flute
TUESDAY 23 APRIL 2019 1:00pm
Prometheus Bellyache
The Canadian-British flautist, Lisa Nelsen, performs music for solo flute by composers from Britain, America, Canada and France, in preparation for her new solo CD album. This includes works written specially for her, and works written by composers with whom she has worked closely, as well as classics of the solo flute repertoire. "A flautist and a half" - The Times
St George The Martyr
Borough High Street
London SE1 1JA
England
Chineke! marks first Stephen Lawrence Day
MONDAY 22 APRIL 2019 7:30pm
Concerto Grosso
The orchestra marks the first Stephen Lawrence Day, held on the anniversary of the teenager's murder in 1993, with a concert of works by BME composers.
Chineke! Orchestra performs Errollyn Wallen's upbeat Concerto Grosso for piano, violin and double bass and Philip Herbert's Elegy, written in memory of Lawrence and featuring an orchestra of 18 string players – one for each year of his life.
Joel Thompson’s emotive work for male chorus and orchestra Seven Last Words of the Unarmed is a setting of the final words of American victims of murder, either at the hands of the police or private individuals.
Beethoven's joyous Eighth Symphony rounds off the evening.
The concert coincides with the release of a new CD on the NMC Recordings label featuring works by seven BME composers, including Wallen and Herbert, whom Chineke! has championed over the past three years.
Performers
Chineke! Orchestra
Repertoire
Errollyn Wallen: Concerto grosso
Philip Herbert: Elegy: In memoriam - Stephen Lawrence
Joel Thompson: 7 Last Words of the Unarmed for male chorus, strings & piano
Interval
Beethoven: Symphony No.8
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Chineke! Orchestra performs Errollyn Wallen's upbeat Concerto Grosso for piano, violin and double bass and Philip Herbert's Elegy, written in memory of Lawrence and featuring an orchestra of 18 string players – one for each year of his life.
Joel Thompson’s emotive work for male chorus and orchestra Seven Last Words of the Unarmed is a setting of the final words of American victims of murder, either at the hands of the police or private individuals.
Beethoven's joyous Eighth Symphony rounds off the evening.
The concert coincides with the release of a new CD on the NMC Recordings label featuring works by seven BME composers, including Wallen and Herbert, whom Chineke! has championed over the past three years.
Performers
Chineke! Orchestra
Repertoire
Errollyn Wallen: Concerto grosso
Philip Herbert: Elegy: In memoriam - Stephen Lawrence
Joel Thompson: 7 Last Words of the Unarmed for male chorus, strings & piano
Interval
Beethoven: Symphony No.8
SHARE THIS
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Southbank Centre
London
UK
Errollyn live on Radio 3 from Trinity Laban
FRIDAY 8 MARCH 2019 1:00pm
The Errollyn Wallen Songbook
We are delighted to invite you to join us for a concert of song, broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 at 13.00h on 8 March 2019, International Women’s Day. This concert forms part of Venus Blazing: Trinity Laban’s year-long celebration of music by female composers.
The concert covers over a century of British song, including rarities and treasures by Maude Valerie White, Liza Lehmann, Amy Woodforde-Finden and Rebecca Clarke. It concludes with recent pieces by Trinity Laban composition professors Soosan Lolavar and Errollyn Wallen. Performers are Trinity Laban students, alumni and staff, including a special guest appearance by Errollyn Wallen herself. There is also one surprise number, to be revealed on the day itself…
The concert has been programmed by Sophie Fuller, Co-Artistic Director of Venus Blazing. During the concert, Sophie Fuller will be in conversation with BBC presenter Sarah Walker, bringing to life the stories behind the composition of the featured works.
If you would like to attend, please email Sophie Harvey at s.harvey@trinitylaban.ac.uk.
Please note that seating is strictly limited, so attendance must be confirmed in advance.
IMPORTANT: All guests MUST be seated by 12.55h, when we will close the doors. The live broadcast will begin at 13.00h promptly. Please note that there will be NO LATE ADMISSION under any circumstances.
The concert covers over a century of British song, including rarities and treasures by Maude Valerie White, Liza Lehmann, Amy Woodforde-Finden and Rebecca Clarke. It concludes with recent pieces by Trinity Laban composition professors Soosan Lolavar and Errollyn Wallen. Performers are Trinity Laban students, alumni and staff, including a special guest appearance by Errollyn Wallen herself. There is also one surprise number, to be revealed on the day itself…
The concert has been programmed by Sophie Fuller, Co-Artistic Director of Venus Blazing. During the concert, Sophie Fuller will be in conversation with BBC presenter Sarah Walker, bringing to life the stories behind the composition of the featured works.
If you would like to attend, please email Sophie Harvey at s.harvey@trinitylaban.ac.uk.
Please note that seating is strictly limited, so attendance must be confirmed in advance.
IMPORTANT: All guests MUST be seated by 12.55h, when we will close the doors. The live broadcast will begin at 13.00h promptly. Please note that there will be NO LATE ADMISSION under any circumstances.
Peacock Room
Trinity Laban, King Charles Court,Old Royal Naval College
London SE10 9JF
England
The Hermes Experiment
THURSDAY 28 FEBRUARY 2019 1:00pm
gun gun gun
Church of St Mary the Virgin
St Mary's Square
Aylesbury HP20 2JJ
England
Chineke! in New York
21-22 FEBRUARY 2019 7:00pm
NNENNA
Chineke! will be performing NNENNA as part of two special concerts at The Africa Center in New York.
The Africa Center
1280 Fifth Avenue
New York NY 10029
USA
+1 212-444-9795
WIENREBE LECTURE AT WOFSON COLLEGE
TUESDAY 12 FEBRUARY 2019 5:30pm
COMPOSING LIVES
A talk as part of one of Oxford's prestigious Weinreibe Lecture series. Errollyn Wallen will speak about her approach to depicting historical, living and fictional characters in her music.
A talk as part of one of Oxford's prestigious Weinreibe Lecture series. Errollyn Wallen will speak about her approach to depicting historical, living and fictional characters in her music.
Oxford Centre for Life-Writing
Wolfson College
Oxford OX2 6UD
England
Record Review BBC Radio 3
SATURDAY 26 JANUARY 2019 11:00am
11.00 (programme starts at 9.00)
Errollyn Wallen reviews the groundbreaking 1970s CBS Masterworks Black Composers Series, newly reissued for the first time on CD.
Errollyn Wallen reviews the groundbreaking 1970s CBS Masterworks Black Composers Series, newly reissued for the first time on CD.
Philip Berg: lunchtime organ recital
MONDAY 21 JANUARY 2019 1:00pm
Tiger
Monday 21 January, 1pm
PHILIP BERG (The Queen’s Chapel of the Savoy)
BACH Prelude & Fugue in b, BWV 544 12
BACH Chorale Prelude, O Gott, du frommer Gott 5
ELGAR, arr Brewer Chanson de nuit 5
ELGAR, arr Hesford Triumphal March, from Caractacus 8
WALLEN, E Tiger 3
JACKSON, F Three Pieces 15
PHILIP BERG (The Queen’s Chapel of the Savoy)
BACH Prelude & Fugue in b, BWV 544 12
BACH Chorale Prelude, O Gott, du frommer Gott 5
ELGAR, arr Brewer Chanson de nuit 5
ELGAR, arr Hesford Triumphal March, from Caractacus 8
WALLEN, E Tiger 3
JACKSON, F Three Pieces 15
St Michael's Cornhill
St Michael's Alley
London EC3V 9DS
England
020 7283 3121
St Paul's Sinfonia
FRIDAY 18 JANUARY 2019 7:30pm
Photography
St. Alfege Church
Greenwich Church Street
London SE10 9BJ
England
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New Year New Artists Royal Northern Sinfonia
FRIDAY 18 JANUARY 2019 7:30pm
FONDANT
Errollyn Wallen's specially commissioned encore FONDANT to mark Royal Northern Sinfonia's 20th birthday will receive its second performance. Errollyn will also judge the Composer Competition.
Sage Gateshead
St. Mary's Square, Gateshead Quays
Gateshead NE8 2JR
England
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0191 443 4666
The Hermes Experiment
FRIDAY 11 JANUARY 2019 7:30pm
gun gun gun
WORLD PREMIERE of a setting of Terese Svoboda's poem ORLANDO IS US
The Crypt on the Green
Clerkenwell Close
London EC1R 0EA
England
0203 326 6978
Miller-Porfiris Duo
THURSDAY 27 DECEMBER 2018 7:30pm
Five Postcards
MP2 in Taiwan 2018
Smangus Kyokay
313 Hsinchu County
Jianshi Township
Taiwan
Smangus Kyokay
313 Hsinchu County
Jianshi Township
Taiwan
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PACE & HORSEPLAY performed at Cardiff University
TUESDAY 4 DECEMBER 2018 7:00pm
Director: Robert Fokkens
The Contemporary Music Group explores vocal and instrumental music by three major figures in British music, Master of the Queen’s Music Judith Weir, Belize-born composer and song-writer Errollyn Wallen, and Wales-based flautist and composer Lynne Plowman
The Contemporary Music Group explores vocal and instrumental music by three major figures in British music, Master of the Queen’s Music Judith Weir, Belize-born composer and song-writer Errollyn Wallen, and Wales-based flautist and composer Lynne Plowman
Cardiff University Concert Hall
Corbett Road
Cardiff SE10 9DW
United KingdomCF10 3EB
NEW WORK FOR CHINEKE! AT ST GEORGE'S BRISTOL
SUNDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2018
Joseph Boulogne String Quartet No 3 in G minor
Haydn Divertimento in C, Adagio and Variations
Errollyn Wallen New work
R Strauss (arr. Franz Hasenoehrl) Till Eulenspiegel einmal anders!
Beethoven Septet in E flat, Op 20
Welcome back to Chineke!, St George’s resident orchestra, and Europe’s first professional orchestra comprising a majority of black and minority ethnic musicians, founded by the pioneering double bass player Chi-chi Nwanoku OBE.
This will be their fourth visit and this varied programme performed by the Chineke! Ensemble is set to be just as thrilling. It features two beautiful movements from a recently discovered Haydn Divertimento, a virtuoso arrangement of Strauss’s Till Eulenspiegel and a new work by Errollyn Wallen whose Concerto Grosso made such an impact here last November. Beethoven’s ever popular Septet, with its famous Minuet movement also used in his Piano Sonata in G completes the programme.
‘Chineke! could deepen and enrich classical music in the UK for generations’ SIR SIMON RATTLE
Chineke.org
Haydn Divertimento in C, Adagio and Variations
Errollyn Wallen New work
R Strauss (arr. Franz Hasenoehrl) Till Eulenspiegel einmal anders!
Beethoven Septet in E flat, Op 20
Welcome back to Chineke!, St George’s resident orchestra, and Europe’s first professional orchestra comprising a majority of black and minority ethnic musicians, founded by the pioneering double bass player Chi-chi Nwanoku OBE.
This will be their fourth visit and this varied programme performed by the Chineke! Ensemble is set to be just as thrilling. It features two beautiful movements from a recently discovered Haydn Divertimento, a virtuoso arrangement of Strauss’s Till Eulenspiegel and a new work by Errollyn Wallen whose Concerto Grosso made such an impact here last November. Beethoven’s ever popular Septet, with its famous Minuet movement also used in his Piano Sonata in G completes the programme.
‘Chineke! could deepen and enrich classical music in the UK for generations’ SIR SIMON RATTLE
Chineke.org
St George's Bristol
Great George Street (Off Park Street)
Bristol BS1 5RR
England
0845 40 24 001
Aldeburgh Music's Big Sing! FRIDAY AFTERNOONS
FRIDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2018 12:00pm
MAP — Songs for Children Everywhere
Snape Maltings
Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Snape IP17 1SP
Suffolk IP17 1SP
England
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01728 687110
WORLD PREMIERE CAMBRIDGE MUSIC FESTIVAL
FRIDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2018 7:00pm
Following on from last year's rapturous reception of Wallen's Concerto Grosso, Chineke! Chamber Ensemble will give the world premiere of a brand new septet commissioned by Cambridge Music Festival.
PROGRAMME
Coleridge Taylor
Clarinet Quintet
Errollyn Wallen
New work (CMF commission)
Beethoven
Septet
PROGRAMME
Coleridge Taylor
Clarinet Quintet
Errollyn Wallen
New work (CMF commission)
Beethoven
Septet
Senate House
King's Parade
Cambridge CB2 1ST
England
Decus Ensemble
FRIDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2018 7:30pm
Music for Tigers
As part of the plainsightSOUND project, Decus ensemble performs music by Black British and African classical composers at Sutton House.
Charlton House
Charlton Road
London SE7 8RE
England
020 8856 3951
Decus Ensemble
SUNDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2018 3:00pm
Music for Tigers
As part of the plainsightSOUND project, Decus ensemble performs music by Black British and African classical composers at Sutton House.
FREE CONCERT
FREE CONCERT
Sutton House
2 And 4 Homerton High Street, Hackney
London E9 6JQ
England
+44 20 8986 2264
St Paul's Sinfonia
FRIDAY 19 OCTOBER 2018 7:30pm
Mighty River
St Alfege Church
Greenwich Church Street
London SE10 9BJ
England
My Feet May Take a Little While
FRIDAY 12 OCTOBER 2018 1:05pm
The Errollyn Wallen Songbook
As part of the Americana ’18 series at St John’s Smith Square, Michael Harper, tenor, Nadine Benjamin, soprano, Nigel Foster, pianist, are doing a recital called - Portrait of a Life (or Many): Art Songs from the African Diaspora featuring art songs by Black British and African American composers.
St. John's Smith Square
Smith Square
London SW1P 3HA
United Kingdom
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020 7222 1061
Haddo Arts Festival 2018
THURSDAY 11 OCTOBER 2018 6:00pm
MAP — Songs for Children Everywhere
Song for Haddo 2 builds on the success of the first Song for Haddo project. Professional musicians from McOpera return to work with local primary schools and string players from the three Academies (Ellon, Inverurie and Meldrum) to learn, rehearse and then perform during the Festival a selection of the new Friday Afternoon Songs written by this year’s Friday Afternoons composer, Errollyn Wallen who has composed her already acclaimed anthology, MAP: Songs for Children Everywhere. Also on the programme is the original Song for Haddo, a piece for strings and a new composition, working title Second Song for Haddo.
Haddo Arts
Methlick
Ellon AB41 7DU
Scotland
+44 1651 851770
Invisibility — Oxford
WEDNESDAY 10 OCTOBER 2018 7:30pm
Dervish
Holywell Music Room
Holywell Street
Oxford OX1 3SD
England
Performing to Hillary Clinton
MONDAY 8 OCTOBER 2018
The Errollyn Wallen Songbook
A special performance by Errollyn Wallen for Hillary Clinton at Oxford University as she is honoured at the Bonavero Institute, Oxford: An Evening Celebration of Three Remarkable Women
Matthew Sharp performs the Cello Concerto
FRIDAY 5 OCTOBER 2018 6:00pm
Cello Concerto
Matthew Sharp performs the Cello Concerto at Errollyn Wallen's alma mater.
Goldsmiths' College
14 Lewisham Way, New Cross
London SE14 6NW
England
BLACK CANTABS: MAKING HISTORY
1 OCTOBER-22 DECEMBER 2018
Black Cantabs: History Makers
Mon 1 October - Sat 22 December
Cambridge University Library
Black Cantabs: History Makers is a groundbreaking exhibition telling the stories of black students in Cambridge, from the forgotten pioneers of centuries past to the celebrated successes of today.
In it, a collection of photographic portraits including that of Errollyn Wallen (King's College) will celebrate centuries of black students at Cambridge (from 1700 to the present day) and inspire future generations.
Featuring trailblazers from the first black British army officer to the first black female composer to have a composition played at the Proms, the exhibition features famous faces such as Zadie Smith, Thandie Newton and Naomie Harris alongside rare archive images.
New portraits are being taken by the city of Cambridge’s chief chronicler, Sir Cam, including of classical composer Errollyn Wallen, jazz singer Justina Kehinde Ogunseitan and MP Diane Abbott.
These portraits will hang on the University Library’s 'Royal Corridor'.
This collection represents a reinvention of the traditional Cambridge portrait students may see on a daily basis and the exhibition opening marks the first day of the UK’s Black History Month (1 October).
Black Cantabs: History Makers runs from 1 October to 22 December at the University Library, before touring the University and Colleges. It builds on the painstaking research project undertaken by the Black Cantabs Society, the members of which are students and staff at the University. See the results of the project on the Society's website: blackcantabs.herokuapp.com
Cost: Free
Ages: ALL AGES
Mon 1 October - Sat 22 December
Cambridge University Library
Black Cantabs: History Makers is a groundbreaking exhibition telling the stories of black students in Cambridge, from the forgotten pioneers of centuries past to the celebrated successes of today.
In it, a collection of photographic portraits including that of Errollyn Wallen (King's College) will celebrate centuries of black students at Cambridge (from 1700 to the present day) and inspire future generations.
Featuring trailblazers from the first black British army officer to the first black female composer to have a composition played at the Proms, the exhibition features famous faces such as Zadie Smith, Thandie Newton and Naomie Harris alongside rare archive images.
New portraits are being taken by the city of Cambridge’s chief chronicler, Sir Cam, including of classical composer Errollyn Wallen, jazz singer Justina Kehinde Ogunseitan and MP Diane Abbott.
These portraits will hang on the University Library’s 'Royal Corridor'.
This collection represents a reinvention of the traditional Cambridge portrait students may see on a daily basis and the exhibition opening marks the first day of the UK’s Black History Month (1 October).
Black Cantabs: History Makers runs from 1 October to 22 December at the University Library, before touring the University and Colleges. It builds on the painstaking research project undertaken by the Black Cantabs Society, the members of which are students and staff at the University. See the results of the project on the Society's website: blackcantabs.herokuapp.com
Cost: Free
Ages: ALL AGES
Cambridge University Library
West Road
Cambridge CB3 9DR
England
BBC Radio 3 broadcast from Sage Gateshead
TUESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2018 7:00pm
FONDANT
Big RNS Birthday Gala
Radio 3 in Concert
The Royal Northern Sinfonia, celebrates its sixtieth anniversary with a monumental concert from the Sage Gateshead – including music of, and inspired by, the 'First Viennese School', archive recordings, and a new commission by Errollyn Wallen.
Beethoven: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
Fauré: Pavane
Mozart: Laudate Dominum
Mozart: Exsultate, Jubilate
FIRST INTERVAL
Poulenc: Concert champêtre
Prokofiev: Symphony No 1 in D Major, 'Classical'
Wallen: RNS Birthday Commission
SECOND INTERVAL
Haydn: Symphony No 6, ‘Le matin’
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Lars Vogt: Conductor
Mahan Esfahani: Harpsichord
Sarah Tynan: Soprano
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia
Radio 3 in Concert
The Royal Northern Sinfonia, celebrates its sixtieth anniversary with a monumental concert from the Sage Gateshead – including music of, and inspired by, the 'First Viennese School', archive recordings, and a new commission by Errollyn Wallen.
Beethoven: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
Fauré: Pavane
Mozart: Laudate Dominum
Mozart: Exsultate, Jubilate
FIRST INTERVAL
Poulenc: Concert champêtre
Prokofiev: Symphony No 1 in D Major, 'Classical'
Wallen: RNS Birthday Commission
SECOND INTERVAL
Haydn: Symphony No 6, ‘Le matin’
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Lars Vogt: Conductor
Mahan Esfahani: Harpsichord
Sarah Tynan: Soprano
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia
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Big RNS Birthday Gala
SUNDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2018 6:30pm
FONDANT
Errollyn was specially commissioned to compose a new orchestral work to help celebrate the 60th anniversary season of Royal Northern Sinfonia. The work will receive its world premiere at the special birthday gala and wii be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on Tuesday September 25th.
Sage Gateshead
St. Mary's Square, Gateshead Quays
Gateshead NE8 2JR
England
0191 443 4666
Revolution/Resurrection
SUNDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 2018
Concerto Grosso
America's most culturally diverse orchestra, the Southeast Symphony, celebrates its final concert of the 2017 - 18 season with the greatest undertaking in its 70-year history.
The program, entitled Revolution /Resurrection, is an American retrospective as well as a compelling narrative about the most influential American of the 20th century, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The Negro Spiritual was born out of the tragedy of slavery and evolved into the powerful anthems of the Civil Rights movement. Lettrice Lawrence, Bradley Baker, and Jacob Lusk (American Idol) breathe life into these songs including "Oh, Freedom", "Wade in the Water", "City Called Heaven", and "Strange Fruit" as we confront America's complex past and embrace hope for the future of our country.
Errollyn Wallen has achieved acclaim as one of the foremost composers of her generation. Southeast Symphony is proud to give the American premiere of her "Concerto Grosso" which features British-Nigerian virtuoso, Chi-chi Nwanoku, heralded worldwide as one of the great living virtuosos of the contrabass and founder of Chineke!
Gustav Mahler's Second Symphony is one of the undisputed masterpieces ever conceived. Invoking images of the resurrection and the afterlife, this work calls for gargantuan forces; large orchestra, grand chorus, pipe organ, and two soloists. The Southeast Symphony is thrilled to perform excerpts from this awe-inspiring work and to welcome acclaimed opera sensations, Jen Lindsay and Maria Dominique Lopez back to Los Angeles to perform with the orchestra.
The program, entitled Revolution /Resurrection, is an American retrospective as well as a compelling narrative about the most influential American of the 20th century, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The Negro Spiritual was born out of the tragedy of slavery and evolved into the powerful anthems of the Civil Rights movement. Lettrice Lawrence, Bradley Baker, and Jacob Lusk (American Idol) breathe life into these songs including "Oh, Freedom", "Wade in the Water", "City Called Heaven", and "Strange Fruit" as we confront America's complex past and embrace hope for the future of our country.
Errollyn Wallen has achieved acclaim as one of the foremost composers of her generation. Southeast Symphony is proud to give the American premiere of her "Concerto Grosso" which features British-Nigerian virtuoso, Chi-chi Nwanoku, heralded worldwide as one of the great living virtuosos of the contrabass and founder of Chineke!
Gustav Mahler's Second Symphony is one of the undisputed masterpieces ever conceived. Invoking images of the resurrection and the afterlife, this work calls for gargantuan forces; large orchestra, grand chorus, pipe organ, and two soloists. The Southeast Symphony is thrilled to perform excerpts from this awe-inspiring work and to welcome acclaimed opera sensations, Jen Lindsay and Maria Dominique Lopez back to Los Angeles to perform with the orchestra.
Royce Hall
10745 Dickson Court, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Los Angeles CA 90095
United
(310) 825-2101
WORLD PREMIERE BY NYCGB AT SNAPE MALTINGS
MONDAY 27 AUGUST 2018
MY GRANNY SARAH
World premiere of excerpts from the Powder Monkey
22-23 AUGUST 2018
The Powder Monkey
A wholly innovative new opera produced by Brolly Productions (Rachana Jadhav and Dominic Hingorani).
Excerpts of this work in development will be premiered at the National Maritime Museum.
Excerpts of this work in development will be premiered at the National Maritime Museum.
National Maritime Musem
Romney Road
London SE10 9NF
England
Errollyn Wallen and Band live at King's Cross
TUESDAY 24 JULY 2018 6:30pm
The Errollyn Wallen Songbook
A rare performance of Errollyn Wallen's inimitable songs.
The band members are the very best of British musicians:
Tim Harries (bass) James Gambold (drums) Rakhvinder Singh (violin) Rebekah Allan (violin) Clifton Harrison (viola) Joseph Spooner (bass)
The concert is free.
The band members are the very best of British musicians:
Tim Harries (bass) James Gambold (drums) Rakhvinder Singh (violin) Rebekah Allan (violin) Clifton Harrison (viola) Joseph Spooner (bass)
The concert is free.
Lewis Cubitt Square
1 - 3 Stable Street
London N1C 4UZ
England
International Guitar Festival Young Artist Platfor
FRIDAY 20 JULY 2018 7:30pm
Two Guitars
World premiere of Two Guitars given by the Housden-Tarlton Guitar Duo
Kings Place
90 York Way
London N1 9AG
England
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020 7520 1490
Celebrating Nelson Mandela His Letters, His Legacy
TUESDAY 17 JULY 2018 7:00pm
The Errollyn Wallen Songbook
Taking place at the Union Chapel in London, the event features letters by Nelson Mandela from his time in prison, most of which have remained unpublished until now. A selection of the letters will be read by an array of high-profile people across literature, politics, journalism and activism, including journalist Gary Younge, poet and novelist Jackie Kay, author and academic Zoe Wicomb, winner of the Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry Jay Bernard, actor and artistic director of the Young Vic theatre Kwame Kwei-Armah, and composer Errollyn Wallen.
The evening is directed and produced by Josette Bushell-Mingo OBE. Bushell-Mingo’s career spans 35 years as an award-winning actress and director both internationally and in the UK. She is currently co-artistic director for Riksteatern, Sweden.
They will be joined by the book’s editor Sahm Venter and Zamaswazi Dlamini-Mandela, one of Nelson Mandela’s granddaughters who provided the foreword to the book.
Director of English PEN, Antonia Byatt, says, “English PEN is delighted to be celebrating Nelson Mandela’s legacy of championing human rights. We are thrilled to be joined by leading writers, actors and activists to mark the significance of his years in prison in his centenary year. Today hundreds of writers languish in prison for speaking out, as Mandela did. At PEN we know communication with the outside world for prisoners is crucial; through PEN thousands of people around the world have sent letters to writers in prison to bolster their spirit and to support freedom of expression.”
Editor Sahm Venter, says, “Madiba’s letters are each, on their own, so rich and each one adds to the existing body of knowledge about his life in prison and at times, before he went in. Every piece of writing by Madiba adds a new thread to the existing body of knowledge we have of him and his life and times.”
The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela provides a deeply personal view of Mandela’s period of imprisonment from 1962 to 1990, painting an intimate portrait of a political activist who was as much a devoted husband, adoring father, dedicated student (studying for a law degree behind bars), and abiding friend.
A father of five when he was sentenced to life imprisonment, his letters home became a critical means of parenting in absentia – particularly as he was denied visitation rights until his children had reached the age of sixteen.
During his incarceration, Mandela would pen a multitude of letters to loved ones, compatriots, prison authorities, and government officials. At first he was only allowed to write and receive one letter of five hundred words every six months. Even when restrictions were finally loosened regarding the length and regularity of his correspondence, his jailors continued censoring his letters for political overtones – even innocuous references. The ultimate output reflects the famed Mandela willfulness and resilience; here every word is chosen as if his life depended upon it.
This event will be BSL interpreted.
The evening is directed and produced by Josette Bushell-Mingo OBE. Bushell-Mingo’s career spans 35 years as an award-winning actress and director both internationally and in the UK. She is currently co-artistic director for Riksteatern, Sweden.
They will be joined by the book’s editor Sahm Venter and Zamaswazi Dlamini-Mandela, one of Nelson Mandela’s granddaughters who provided the foreword to the book.
Director of English PEN, Antonia Byatt, says, “English PEN is delighted to be celebrating Nelson Mandela’s legacy of championing human rights. We are thrilled to be joined by leading writers, actors and activists to mark the significance of his years in prison in his centenary year. Today hundreds of writers languish in prison for speaking out, as Mandela did. At PEN we know communication with the outside world for prisoners is crucial; through PEN thousands of people around the world have sent letters to writers in prison to bolster their spirit and to support freedom of expression.”
Editor Sahm Venter, says, “Madiba’s letters are each, on their own, so rich and each one adds to the existing body of knowledge about his life in prison and at times, before he went in. Every piece of writing by Madiba adds a new thread to the existing body of knowledge we have of him and his life and times.”
The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela provides a deeply personal view of Mandela’s period of imprisonment from 1962 to 1990, painting an intimate portrait of a political activist who was as much a devoted husband, adoring father, dedicated student (studying for a law degree behind bars), and abiding friend.
A father of five when he was sentenced to life imprisonment, his letters home became a critical means of parenting in absentia – particularly as he was denied visitation rights until his children had reached the age of sixteen.
During his incarceration, Mandela would pen a multitude of letters to loved ones, compatriots, prison authorities, and government officials. At first he was only allowed to write and receive one letter of five hundred words every six months. Even when restrictions were finally loosened regarding the length and regularity of his correspondence, his jailors continued censoring his letters for political overtones – even innocuous references. The ultimate output reflects the famed Mandela willfulness and resilience; here every word is chosen as if his life depended upon it.
This event will be BSL interpreted.
WORLD PREMIERE OF WORK FOR VOICES AND ORCHESTRA
SATURDAY 9 JUNE 2018
ONLY
Commissioned by Festival Myrelingues
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For the bicentenary of the abolition of slavery in France (with a law passed on 15th April 1818), Ignatius Sancho and Chevalier Saint Georges’ works will be published for the first time. Errollyn Wallen, a British female composer born in Belize, was chosen to fulfil the festival’s vision and compose a new work in response to the two Afro-West Indian 18th century composers' ones.
www.bourse-du-travail.com/symphonic-gospel-49406.html
For the bicentenary of the abolition of slavery in France (with a law passed on 15th April 1818), Ignatius Sancho and Chevalier Saint Georges’ works will be published for the first time. Errollyn Wallen, a British female composer born in Belize, was chosen to fulfil the festival’s vision and compose a new work in response to the two Afro-West Indian 18th century composers' ones.
Bourse du Travail
205, Place Guichard
Lyon 69003
France
+33 (0) 4 72 10 30 3
WORLD PREMIERE OF NEW CONCERTO FOR KOSMOS ENSEMBLE
SATURDAY 19 MAY 2018 7:00pm
Errollyn Wallen's new COncerto for the Kosmos Ensemble is inspired by music from around the world.
It is generously supported by Music in Action, Jersey, where it will premiere
It is generously supported by Music in Action, Jersey, where it will premiere
World Premiere
FRIDAY 11 MAY 2018 3:30pm
MAP — Songs for Children Everywhere
World premiere of Errollyn Wallen's new anthology of songs commissioned by Snape Maltings
Albemarle Centre
60 Ferensway
Hull HU2 8LN
England
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WORLD PREMIERE IN NEBRASKA
SUNDAY 6 MAY 2018 6:00pm
The Keys to Your House
Lincoln Symphony have commissioned an encore piece to mark Anton Miller's 30th year as concertmaster and Ed Polochick's 20th as Music Director.
The new work will be performed by Anton Miller and Ed Polochick and is dedicated to anton Miler, Ed Polochick and Rita Porfiris.
The new work will be performed by Anton Miller and Ed Polochick and is dedicated to anton Miler, Ed Polochick and Rita Porfiris.
Lied Centre for the Performing Arts
301 N 12th Street
Lincoln NE 68588
USA
(402) 472-4700
Premiere of new work for Orgelbüchlein project
TUESDAY 24 APRIL 2018 7:30pm
Bruhns: Praeludium in E minor (Great)
Orgelbüchlein Project: 5 Selected Pieces:
Errollyn Wallen: Ach, was ist doch unser Leben? (World premiere)
JS Bach: Chorale-prelude, Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV.639
Kalevi Aho: Herr Gott, erhalt uns für und für, die reine Katechismuslehr (World premiere)
JS Bach: Chorale-prelude, Heut' triumphiret Gottes Sohn, BWV.630
Thierry Escaich: Gott Vater, der du deine Sonn (World premiere)
Schumann: Mässig, doch nicht zu langsam (No.4); Lebhaft (No.5) from 6 Fugues on the name BACH, Op.60
Parry: Fantasia and Fugue in G, Op.188
Interval
Liszt: Fantasia and Fugue on `Ad nos, ad salutarem undam', S.259
Orgelbüchlein Project: 5 Selected Pieces:
Errollyn Wallen: Ach, was ist doch unser Leben? (World premiere)
JS Bach: Chorale-prelude, Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV.639
Kalevi Aho: Herr Gott, erhalt uns für und für, die reine Katechismuslehr (World premiere)
JS Bach: Chorale-prelude, Heut' triumphiret Gottes Sohn, BWV.630
Thierry Escaich: Gott Vater, der du deine Sonn (World premiere)
Schumann: Mässig, doch nicht zu langsam (No.4); Lebhaft (No.5) from 6 Fugues on the name BACH, Op.60
Parry: Fantasia and Fugue in G, Op.188
Interval
Liszt: Fantasia and Fugue on `Ad nos, ad salutarem undam', S.259
Royal Festival Hall
Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, London SE1 8XX
London se1 8XX
England
Chineke! perform with Errollyn Wallen at Teatro Re
SATURDAY 14 APRIL 2018 10:00am
Concerto Grosso
Errollyn Wallen's Concerto Grosso will be performed as part of the World Opera Forum conference in April. The soloists are Tai Murray (violin) Chi-chi Nwanoku (double bass) and Errollyn Wallen (piano).
Teatro Real
Plaza de Isabel II, s/n. 28013
Madrid s/n. 28
Spain
Concert curated by Jasmin Kent Rodgman
SATURDAY 17 MARCH 2018 3:00pm
In Our Lifetime
ERROLLYN WALLEN In Our Lifetime
SALENA GODDEN Shade from 'The Good Immigrant’
JASMIN KENT RODGMAN FEAT. SALENA GODDEN New Work
AYANNA WITTER-JOHNSON FEAT. SOLOMON O.B New Work
LYRIX ORGANIX X SOPHIA THAKUR Feds (Poetry for the Man Dem) from ‘UnFold - EP2’
LYRIX ORGANIX X LAURIE OGDEN Superpowers from 'UnFold - EP2’
George Jackson conductor
Salena Godden poet
Laurie Ogden poet
Sophia Thakur poet
Solomon O.B poet
Adam Jondelius baritone
LSO String Trio & Percussion
SALENA GODDEN Shade from 'The Good Immigrant’
JASMIN KENT RODGMAN FEAT. SALENA GODDEN New Work
AYANNA WITTER-JOHNSON FEAT. SOLOMON O.B New Work
LYRIX ORGANIX X SOPHIA THAKUR Feds (Poetry for the Man Dem) from ‘UnFold - EP2’
LYRIX ORGANIX X LAURIE OGDEN Superpowers from 'UnFold - EP2’
George Jackson conductor
Salena Godden poet
Laurie Ogden poet
Sophia Thakur poet
Solomon O.B poet
Adam Jondelius baritone
LSO String Trio & Percussion
LSO St Luke's
161 Old Street
London EC1V 9NG
England
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Kathleen Battle: Underground Railroad
FRIDAY 16 MARCH 2018 7:30pm
Mighty River
Sara Jobin, conductor
Clarence Smith Community Chorus - Clarence R. Smith, Jr.
The Voices at BGSU - Christopher Carter, director
Errollyn Wallen - Selection from Mighty River
Arr. Sylvia Olden Lee - Lord, How Come Me Here?
Arr. & Orch. Robert Sadin - Go Down, Moses
William L. Dawson - Ezekiel Saw de Wheel
Arr. & Orch. Robert Sadin - Mary Had a Baby
Arr. Roland Hayes - Over My Head/Two Wings
Arr. & Orch. Robert Sadin - Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Arr. & Orch. Evelyn Simpson, Curenton/Arr. Betty Jackson King - Ride Up in the Chariot
Arr. & Orch. Hale Smith - This Little Light of Mine, Jesus, Lay Your Head in the Window, Witness
Moses Hogan - Hold On
Arr. & Orch. Robert Sadin - I Don’t Feel No Ways Tired/Father Alone
Arr. Jacqueline Hairston - Fix Me, Jesus
Five-time Grammy Award winning soprano Kathleen Battle has captivated audiences around the world with her luminous voice and unique artistry. One of the first Black American women to perform at the world's leading opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Covent Garden in London, and La Scala in Milan, Kathleen Battle will bring to Toledo a special program of stories and spirituals inspired by the extraordinary journey to freedom during times of slavery.
Kathleen Battle only performs this program in cities along the Underground Railroad. It will showcase local treasures, including the Clarence Smith Community Chorus and the Voices at BGSU. Don't miss this special, once-in-a lifetime concert that celebrates Toledo’s part in freedom with the legendary Kathleen Battle!
Clarence Smith Community Chorus - Clarence R. Smith, Jr.
The Voices at BGSU - Christopher Carter, director
Errollyn Wallen - Selection from Mighty River
Arr. Sylvia Olden Lee - Lord, How Come Me Here?
Arr. & Orch. Robert Sadin - Go Down, Moses
William L. Dawson - Ezekiel Saw de Wheel
Arr. & Orch. Robert Sadin - Mary Had a Baby
Arr. Roland Hayes - Over My Head/Two Wings
Arr. & Orch. Robert Sadin - Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Arr. & Orch. Evelyn Simpson, Curenton/Arr. Betty Jackson King - Ride Up in the Chariot
Arr. & Orch. Hale Smith - This Little Light of Mine, Jesus, Lay Your Head in the Window, Witness
Moses Hogan - Hold On
Arr. & Orch. Robert Sadin - I Don’t Feel No Ways Tired/Father Alone
Arr. Jacqueline Hairston - Fix Me, Jesus
Five-time Grammy Award winning soprano Kathleen Battle has captivated audiences around the world with her luminous voice and unique artistry. One of the first Black American women to perform at the world's leading opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Covent Garden in London, and La Scala in Milan, Kathleen Battle will bring to Toledo a special program of stories and spirituals inspired by the extraordinary journey to freedom during times of slavery.
Kathleen Battle only performs this program in cities along the Underground Railroad. It will showcase local treasures, including the Clarence Smith Community Chorus and the Voices at BGSU. Don't miss this special, once-in-a lifetime concert that celebrates Toledo’s part in freedom with the legendary Kathleen Battle!
Art from Dangerous Places I BBC Radio 4
THURSDAY 15 MARCH 2018 11:30am
Composer Errollyn Wallen meets some of the artists working in places of conflict, violence and oppression around the world. She hears their personal testimonies and explores why art and music, poetry and drama can sometimes flourish in times and locations of danger and violence.
What use is art in a warzone, and what can these individuals and their work tell artists in more peaceful places about making art that helps us question and communicate?
Producer Michael Umney
What use is art in a warzone, and what can these individuals and their work tell artists in more peaceful places about making art that helps us question and communicate?
Producer Michael Umney
The Ritz Chamber Players with Lawson Ensemble
1-1 MARCH 2018 7:30pm
Five Postcards
Hendricks Avenue Baptist Church
4001 Hendricks Avenue
Jacksonville, Florida Fl 32207
USA
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Toledo Symphony Orchestra, conductor Sara Jobin
SUNDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2018 5:00pm
Mighty River
Sara Jobin, Resident Conductor of Toledo Symphony Orchestra will be conducting the inspirational orchestral work, Mighty River
St Martin de Porres Catholic Church
Toledo, Ohio
USA
BBC Radio 3 broadcast of BBC Singers concert
WEDNESDAY 14 FEBRUARY 2018 2:20pm
PACE
The concert on October 6th at St Gabriel’s Pimlico will be broadcast on 14th February in the Lunchtime Concert slot on Radio 3, around 2.40pm, after the Josep Pons piece. If you find you are unable to tune in, the programme will be available to listen to on the BBC iPlayer for 30 days after the date of the broadcast,
Durham Vocal Festival
TUESDAY 6 FEBRUARY 2018 6:00pm
The Lighthouse Wave
THE LIGHTHOUSE WAVE is one of Mahogany Opera's mini-operas for young people. Five primary schools will stage five mini operas especially for young people. This will be the culmination of an intensive few weeks of rehearsals and practices. Each Snappy Opera has been developed by a different creative partnership working closely with the groups to bring the stories, characters and music to life.
Gala Theatre
Millennium Place
Durham DH1 1WA
England
ANON at Kennedy Centre LIVESTREAMED
SUNDAY 4 FEBRUARY 2018 6:00pm
ANON
Peabody Opera take Wallen's acclaimed chamber opera to the Millennium Stage of The Kennedy Centre.
The opera will be streamed live at 6pm (1pm UK time)
The opera will be streamed live at 6pm (1pm UK time)
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
2700 F Street,
NW Washington, DC 20566
USA
Tuned to Shortwave Nights
TUESDAY 30 JANUARY 2018 7:45pm
For Airi
Philippa brings together a stunning solo violin programme ranging from the Baroque serenity of Biber, Telemann and Bach to the flamboyant sonata by Lebanese composer Naji Hakim and she will also be joined tonight by the composers Errollyn Wallen and Wendy Hiscocks who introduce their pieces, both inspired to some degree by the aspiration of flight...
The Shortwave Factory, The Biscuit Factory
100 Clements Road
London SE16 4DG
England
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INVITED CONCERT of preview of Friday Afternoons
FRIDAY 19 JANUARY 2018 1:30pm
A very special sharing of selected songs from
FRIDAY AFTERNOONS — a new work commissioned by Snape Music.
At The Red House, Aldeburgh, Suffolk
FRIDAY AFTERNOONS — a new work commissioned by Snape Music.
At The Red House, Aldeburgh, Suffolk
Chineke! at St George's Bristol
SUNDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2017
Concerto Grosso
Chineke! continue their autumn tour of Errollyn Wallen's Concerto Grosso at this great venue.
St Georges Bristol
Great George Street (off Park Street)
Bristol B51 5RR
England
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Chineke!
THURSDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2017
Concerto Grosso
Commisisoned by Orchestra of the Swan and published by Peters Edition, Concerto Grosso has been taken up by Chineke! who bring tremendous verve and virtuosity to the work — qualities which brought the house down in their first performance of the work in Rotterdam at Classical:NEXT in May.
Turner Sims Concert Hall
University of Southampton
Southampton SO17 1BJ
England
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Cambridge Music Festival
WEDNESDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2017
Concerto Grosso
After the rapturous reception of Chineke's bravura performance of Concerto Grosso at Classical: NEXT in Rotterdam, Chineke! perform the work again at Errollyn's alma mater, King's College, Cambridge.
King's College Chapel
King's College, King's Parade
Cambridge CB2 1ST
United Kingdom
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ANON
4 NOVEMBER 2017-30 APRIL 2018
ANON
ANON will be toured by Peabody Chamber Opera between November 2017 to April 2018
Venue details TBC
Venue details TBC
London Song Festival: A Quiet Revolution
FRIDAY 20 OCTOBER 2017 7:15pm
Peace on Earth
Performed by
Nadine Benjamin, soprano, Julien van Maellerts, baritone. & Nigel Foster, piano.
Peace on Earth is published by Peters Edition in
The Errollyn Wallen Songbook
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Nadine Benjamin, soprano, Julien van Maellerts, baritone. & Nigel Foster, piano.
Peace on Earth is published by Peters Edition in
The Errollyn Wallen Songbook
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Hinde Street Methodist Church
Thayer Street
London W1
England
WORLD PREMIERE of THE NEGRO SPEAKS OF RIVERS
SATURDAY 7 OCTOBER 2017
World premiere of new choral work for The Ebor Singers
Setting of Langston Hughes' acclaimed poem.
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Setting of Langston Hughes' acclaimed poem.
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CONCERT BY BBC SINGERS
FRIDAY 6 OCTOBER 2017 6:00pm
PACE
Once again, the BBC Singers are delighted to perform as the guests of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA) in a concert celebrating the work of black and minority ethnic composers.
The concert follows BASCA’s Europe-wide call for scores from their members and is a fantastic opportunity to hear new and challenging choral music, conducted by James Morgan, in the beauty of St Gabriel’s Church, Pimlico.
Admission to this recording is on a first-come, first-served basis. Please note that as not everyone who asks for tickets uses them, to make sure we have a full house we send out more tickets than there are places. We do our best to get the numbers right, but unfortunately we occasionally have to disappoint people so please arrive early.
The concert follows BASCA’s Europe-wide call for scores from their members and is a fantastic opportunity to hear new and challenging choral music, conducted by James Morgan, in the beauty of St Gabriel’s Church, Pimlico.
Admission to this recording is on a first-come, first-served basis. Please note that as not everyone who asks for tickets uses them, to make sure we have a full house we send out more tickets than there are places. We do our best to get the numbers right, but unfortunately we occasionally have to disappoint people so please arrive early.
St Gabriel's Pimlico
Warwick Square
London SW1V 2AD
England
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Roman River Festival
THURSDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 2017
Cello Concerto
Matthew Sharp cello
Theatre Royal Voices Christopher Borrett, director
Soprano: Emma Walshe and Gwen Martin
Alto: Kate Symonds Joy and Rebekah Jones
Tenor: Daniel Joy and Jonathan Hanley
Bass: Nicholas Ashby and Christopher Borrett
Festival Ensemble led by Clio Gould
Orlando Jopling conductor
full-bloodied, dramatic, supple – Matthew Sharp’s playing captures the attention right through to the end of this major cello concerto” – The Strad on this performance
Matthew Sharp with celloMatthew Sharp conjures the festival into life with a sweep of his bow, his effervescent playing and engaging personality bringing Errollyn Wallen’s best work to life.
Theatre Royal Voices Christopher Borrett, director
Soprano: Emma Walshe and Gwen Martin
Alto: Kate Symonds Joy and Rebekah Jones
Tenor: Daniel Joy and Jonathan Hanley
Bass: Nicholas Ashby and Christopher Borrett
Festival Ensemble led by Clio Gould
Orlando Jopling conductor
full-bloodied, dramatic, supple – Matthew Sharp’s playing captures the attention right through to the end of this major cello concerto” – The Strad on this performance
Matthew Sharp with celloMatthew Sharp conjures the festival into life with a sweep of his bow, his effervescent playing and engaging personality bringing Errollyn Wallen’s best work to life.
Queen Street Bus Depot
Queen Street
Colchester
England
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Trio Sonorite
FRIDAY 21 JULY 2017 1:00pm
Dervish
Concert lasts for approximately 45 minutes
St Barnabas Church Ealing
Pitshanger Lane, Ealing
London W5 1QG
England
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PEACE IN EVERY VOICE — New YVC Unite Festival 2017
TUESDAY 18 JULY 2017 7:00pm
MESSAGE
Peace in Every Voice - NewYVC Unite Festival 2017
Stratford Circus Arts Centre and Living Song present a singing festival where 500 young voices from east London and beyond celebrate the power of song to unite.
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Performers
New Young Voice Collective Unite Massed Choir
Dunfermline Junior Chorus
Aspiro Choir
Ricards Lodge Chamber Choir
Doreen Rao guest conductor
Jane Wheeler musical director
Naveen Arles choral leader
Pam Hulme choral leader
Errollyn Wallen guest composer, piano
Gouri Choudhury guest artist, singer
Band:
Steve Lodder keyboard
Mathis Richet drums, percussion
Shammi Pithia flute, bass
Repertoire
Britten: God moves in a mysterious way from Saint Nicolas
Vaughan Williams: Let beauty awake from Songs of Travel
Jim Papoulis: Bemyanyi bersama
Stevie Wonder: Don't you worry 'bout a thing arr. Steve Lodder
Frode Fjellheim: Eatnemen Vuelie
Mark Sirett: Inngiqtuq (She sings)
Traditional: Love is the light of the world arr. Wayland Rogers
David L. Brunner: Living song
Errollyn Wallen: [with M. Dhar, A. Gichinga, S. Pithia, N. Scarlett & J. Wheeler]: Message
Isley Brothers: Harvest for the world arr. J. Wheeler
Stratford Circus Arts Centre and Living Song present a singing festival where 500 young voices from east London and beyond celebrate the power of song to unite.
read more
Performers
New Young Voice Collective Unite Massed Choir
Dunfermline Junior Chorus
Aspiro Choir
Ricards Lodge Chamber Choir
Doreen Rao guest conductor
Jane Wheeler musical director
Naveen Arles choral leader
Pam Hulme choral leader
Errollyn Wallen guest composer, piano
Gouri Choudhury guest artist, singer
Band:
Steve Lodder keyboard
Mathis Richet drums, percussion
Shammi Pithia flute, bass
Repertoire
Britten: God moves in a mysterious way from Saint Nicolas
Vaughan Williams: Let beauty awake from Songs of Travel
Jim Papoulis: Bemyanyi bersama
Stevie Wonder: Don't you worry 'bout a thing arr. Steve Lodder
Frode Fjellheim: Eatnemen Vuelie
Mark Sirett: Inngiqtuq (She sings)
Traditional: Love is the light of the world arr. Wayland Rogers
David L. Brunner: Living song
Errollyn Wallen: [with M. Dhar, A. Gichinga, S. Pithia, N. Scarlett & J. Wheeler]: Message
Isley Brothers: Harvest for the world arr. J. Wheeler
Royal Festival Hall
Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, London SE1 8XX
London se1 8XX
England
ORCHESTRA X AT ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL
SATURDAY 8 JULY 2017 12:00pm
Mighty River
Selected to be part of PRS Foundation's New Music Biennial, MIGHTY RIVER is performed by Orchestra X at Royal Festival Hall on Saturday July 8th at 12pm. Tickets are free but ticketed.
Royal Festival Hall
Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, London SE1 8XX
London se1 8XX
England
RESIDENCY SUPERGROUP (JAMES REDWOOD) Hull City Hal
SUNDAY 2 JULY 2017 1:00pm
The resident composers and participants of Hull 2017 — Jason Singh, Sam Lee, Brian Irvine, Eliza Carthy and Errollyn Wallen — come together to perform music under the directorship of James Redwood.
Hull City Hall
Queen Victoria Square
Hull HU1 3HF
England
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PRSF New Music Biennial/Hull City of Culture
SATURDAY 1 JULY 2017
Mighty River
Errollyn Wallen's orchestral work Mighty River will be performed by her own Orchestra X at the riverfront as part of PRSF New Music Biennial celebrations at Hull which is City of Culture 2017.
Watch out for details of performances at London's Southbank Centre and in Oxford.
The producers of these special events are Oxford Contemporary Music.
Watch out for details of performances at London's Southbank Centre and in Oxford.
The producers of these special events are Oxford Contemporary Music.
Roots of the City
SATURDAY 24 JUNE 2017 3:00pm
Journey to Mighty River, Hull 2017
Over the past year I have been working with schoolchildren and refugees from Open Door. We have created a work which explores the themes of my orchestral work MIGHTY RIVER which will be performed in Hull as part of the PRSF New Music Biennial and Hull City of Culture celebrations.
It has been a joy and a privilege working with the people of Hull.
It has been a joy and a privilege working with the people of Hull.
Hull City Hall
Queen Victoria Square
Hull HU1 3HF
England
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Chineke! at Classical:NEXT
WEDNESDAY 17 MAY 2017 8:30pm
Concerto Grosso
Chineke! perform Errollyn Wallen's Concerto Grosso in the opening concert of Classical:NEXT.
De Doelen
Schouwburgplein 50 3012 CL
Rotterdam
Netherlands
LONDON PERFORMANCE OF SCENES FROM SABINA SPIELREIN
4-6 MAY 2017 7:30pm
Sabina Spielrein
National Opera Studio performances at Wilton's Music Hall
1 Graces Alley, London E1 8JB
Directed by David Pountney
1 Graces Alley, London E1 8JB
Directed by David Pountney
Pro Musica Columbus Chamber Orchestra, Ohio
1-1 APRIL 2017
Romeo Turn
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SNAPPY OPERAS TOUR
24 MARCH-4 APRIL 2017
The Lighthouse Wave
The Lighthouse Wave is one of 5 mini-operas for young people to perform. The Lighthouse Wave (libretto and music by Errollyn Wallen) tells the story of the day an enormous wave came over the top of the lighthouse.
Sounds Like She on BBC Radio 3
11-11 MARCH 2017
Features Errollyn Wallen performing Hush from song-cycle HUSH.
Director Polly Thomas
Director Polly Thomas
In Tune co-curated & presented with Sean Rafferty
WEDNESDAY 8 MARCH 2017 4:30pm
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ANON in the USA
16-19 FEBRUARY 2017
ANON
ANON, libretto and music by Errollyn Wallen will receive
4 performances by Peabody Chamber Opera on February 16, 17 and 18, 2017 @ 7:30 pm and 2/19/2017 @ 3:00 pm
Venue: Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 West Preston St.,
Baltimore, MD 21201 - USA
Further details to be announced
4 performances by Peabody Chamber Opera on February 16, 17 and 18, 2017 @ 7:30 pm and 2/19/2017 @ 3:00 pm
Venue: Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 West Preston St.,
Baltimore, MD 21201 - USA
Further details to be announced
Errollyn Wallen/Porfiris-Miller Duo/ Airi Yoshioka
TUESDAY 14 FEBRUARY 2017 7:30pm
For this special Baltimore premiere Errollyn is joined by the renowned Miller-Porfiris Duo (Rita Porfiris, viola and Anton Miller, violin) who will perform Five Postcards specially composed for them by Errollyn Wallen. Airi Yoshioka, violin, will perform For Airi, also specially commissioned from Errollyn.
Errollyn Wallen’s opera ANON is being performed by Peabody Chamber Opera from Feb 16 – 19 at Baltimore Theatre Project.
Tickets: $20 in advance/$23 at door./$10 full-time students with ID
Errollyn Wallen’s opera ANON is being performed by Peabody Chamber Opera from Feb 16 – 19 at Baltimore Theatre Project.
Tickets: $20 in advance/$23 at door./$10 full-time students with ID
An die Musik Live!
409 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
USA
Lara Downes: America Again
FRIDAY 10 FEBRUARY 2017 7:00pm
Greenwich Variations
Downes examines America in these turbulent times through the lens of her own mixed African American and Eastern European background, using a breadth of American music across multiple genres and styles. She calls this music a tribute to the generations of Americans-black and white, men and women, immigrants and pioneers - who have dreamed the impossible, telling the stories of their journeys, loves and longings, hardships and hopes.
Detroit Institute of Arts
5200 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48202
USA
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New Year, New Artists
FRIDAY 27 JANUARY 2017 7:30pm
Dervish
Lars Vogt conductor
Gabriel Schwabe cello
Asya Fateyeva saxophone
Danae Dörken piano
Royal Northern Sinfonia
SCHUMANN Cello Concerto
GLAZUNOV Saxophone Concerto
Interval
MATTI PAKKANEN Parlando
ERROLLYN WALLEN Dervish
BENJAMIN YUSUPOV Rome from Cultures of the Past
MOZART Piano Concerto No.21 (This piece features in Classic FM’s top 100 Hall of Fame)
Three glorious concertos with three terrific stars of tomorrow, and three exciting pieces of new music. Curious about the future of classical music? Join us and find out more.
RNS At Home series 2016/17 supported by The Barbour Foundation
Post-concert spotlight performance
We were all very sorry that Royal Northern Sinfonia Music Director Lars Vogt was taken ill back in November, and unable to be at Sage Gateshead to perform Beethoven’s ‘Emperor’ Concerto. The phrase ‘the show must go on’ certainly rang true that evening, however, and we were extremely grateful to Peter Donohoe who travelled up from Oxford at very short notice to perform the concerto to a packed out Sage One with no rehearsal.
Lars was extremely sad about not being able to perform after so much preparation and so we are delighted to inform you that as a special treat he will be performing the ‘Emperor’ Concerto as a post-concert performance at New Year, New Artists on Friday 27 January.
For more information on our featured composers visit www.errollynwallen.com, www.byusupov.com
Press release: New Year New Artists festival kicks off at Sage Gateshead with a special concert in Sage One
Bar 5 for Under 30s
If you are under 30 our Bar 5 scheme entitles you to a ticket on selected performances for just £5 plus a FREE bottle of Heineken. Find out more.
17 and Under* or Unemployed?
Tickets are available for £5 in advance for RNS At Home and on the day for RNS Presents and RNS Nights Out subject to availability. (*With accompanying adult).
Dine With Us
Complete your Sage Gateshead experience by booking a pre-show dinner. Our Brasserie and Cafe are always open on concert evenings (and afternoons!), and we have some delicious dinner options on offer to accompany your concert package.
You can add a dining voucher to your ticket order, or click here to book if you already have your tickets.
Take the Bus!
Catch the bus to selected concerts at Sage Gateshead, at just £8 return. Buses run from:
HEXHAM via Chollerford, Wall, Acomb, Eastwood and Corbridge
ALNWICK via Amble, Warkworth, Felton, Morpeth, Wideopen and Gosforth
CARLISLE via Brampton
TEESSIDE via Guisborough, Great Ayton, Stokesley, Coulby Newham
You can book your bus online by adding it to your ticket order, or alternatively call 0191 443 4661 if you have already purchased tickets.
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Booking Information
Friday 27th January, 2017. 7.30pm
Pre-concert talk at 6.30pm. Buses from Alnwick and Hexham.
Venue: Sage One
Tickets: £12.90, £19.89, £29.56, £37.63. Concessions Available. Bar 5.
Gabriel Schwabe cello
Asya Fateyeva saxophone
Danae Dörken piano
Royal Northern Sinfonia
SCHUMANN Cello Concerto
GLAZUNOV Saxophone Concerto
Interval
MATTI PAKKANEN Parlando
ERROLLYN WALLEN Dervish
BENJAMIN YUSUPOV Rome from Cultures of the Past
MOZART Piano Concerto No.21 (This piece features in Classic FM’s top 100 Hall of Fame)
Three glorious concertos with three terrific stars of tomorrow, and three exciting pieces of new music. Curious about the future of classical music? Join us and find out more.
RNS At Home series 2016/17 supported by The Barbour Foundation
Post-concert spotlight performance
We were all very sorry that Royal Northern Sinfonia Music Director Lars Vogt was taken ill back in November, and unable to be at Sage Gateshead to perform Beethoven’s ‘Emperor’ Concerto. The phrase ‘the show must go on’ certainly rang true that evening, however, and we were extremely grateful to Peter Donohoe who travelled up from Oxford at very short notice to perform the concerto to a packed out Sage One with no rehearsal.
Lars was extremely sad about not being able to perform after so much preparation and so we are delighted to inform you that as a special treat he will be performing the ‘Emperor’ Concerto as a post-concert performance at New Year, New Artists on Friday 27 January.
For more information on our featured composers visit www.errollynwallen.com, www.byusupov.com
Press release: New Year New Artists festival kicks off at Sage Gateshead with a special concert in Sage One
Bar 5 for Under 30s
If you are under 30 our Bar 5 scheme entitles you to a ticket on selected performances for just £5 plus a FREE bottle of Heineken. Find out more.
17 and Under* or Unemployed?
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Friday 27th January, 2017. 7.30pm
Pre-concert talk at 6.30pm. Buses from Alnwick and Hexham.
Venue: Sage One
Tickets: £12.90, £19.89, £29.56, £37.63. Concessions Available. Bar 5.
Sage Gateshead
St. Mary's Square, Gateshead Quays
Gateshead NE8 2JR
England
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0191 443 4666
New opera for Mahogany Opera
SUNDAY 1 JANUARY 2017
Errollyn is currently composing a ten minute opera commissioned by Mahogany Opera as part of their inventive Snappy Opera series. Premiere will take place in January in Cumbria. More information to follow.
Errollyn featured on Songs of Praise BBC One
16-16 OCTOBER 2016 4:15pm
Songs of Praise BBC One
Filmed at Strathy Point Lighthouse in North Scotland.
Filmed at Strathy Point Lighthouse in North Scotland.
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EW reading poetry by Svoboda,Kay, Larkin, Hughes
5-5 OCTOBER 2016
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Wednesday 5 October 2016
THE RESONANCE FM POETRY LIBRARY TAKEOVER
The Poetry Library
LITERATURE PERFORMANCE POETRY/SPOKEN WORD OTHER SHOWS
Join us as Resonance FM take over the library for an evening,
Resonance FM invite special poetry-loving guests from across the arts to delve into the shelves and explore what poetry means to them.
See musician and performance artist Anat Ben-David, artist Bob and Roberta Smith, composer Errollyn Wallen and comedian Matilda Wnek read and discuss their selections from The Poetry Library's collection. Poet Richard Scott hosts the evening.
The event will air live on Resonance FM and you can be one of the few to experience this live event in person.
The Poetry Library at Royal Festival Hall
Free but booking essential. Email specialedition@poetrylibrary.org.uk to reserve your place.
This event will be broadcast live from 8pm. Audience members should arrive for 7.45pm. Latecomers will not be admitted.
5 October 2016, 19:45pm - 21:00pm
Wednesday 5 October 2016
THE RESONANCE FM POETRY LIBRARY TAKEOVER
The Poetry Library
LITERATURE PERFORMANCE POETRY/SPOKEN WORD OTHER SHOWS
Join us as Resonance FM take over the library for an evening,
Resonance FM invite special poetry-loving guests from across the arts to delve into the shelves and explore what poetry means to them.
See musician and performance artist Anat Ben-David, artist Bob and Roberta Smith, composer Errollyn Wallen and comedian Matilda Wnek read and discuss their selections from The Poetry Library's collection. Poet Richard Scott hosts the evening.
The event will air live on Resonance FM and you can be one of the few to experience this live event in person.
The Poetry Library at Royal Festival Hall
Free but booking essential. Email specialedition@poetrylibrary.org.uk to reserve your place.
This event will be broadcast live from 8pm. Audience members should arrive for 7.45pm. Latecomers will not be admitted.
5 October 2016, 19:45pm - 21:00pm
Musical Director of Voices of the Revolution
24 AUGUST-5 SEPTEMBER 2016
Errollyn is delighted to be working as Musical Director for In Place of War organisation. Bringing together the talents of music from across the globe for performance at festivals including Shambala, Festival No.6, Ronnie Scott's and Freedom Festival in Hull. The performance in Hull will also start Errollyn Wallen's year long residency as part of Hull's City of Culture celebrations.
MANCHESTER ROYAL EXCHANGE
FRIDAY 17 JUNE 2016 5:30pm
ADAM'S APPLE
Does the sound of our voice communicate who we are?
Led by Canadian performer Tristan Whiston who is joined by other transgender and LBGT singers, this original song cycle explores and celebrates the voice and gender identity.
Inspired by in-depth conversations with transgender people and those who are closest to and support them, this joyful and mesmerising music gives voice to a new community.
The creative team:
Polly Thomas – director
Alex Bulmer – writer
Tristan Whiston – writer/singer/actor
Errollyn Wallen – composer
Led by Canadian performer Tristan Whiston who is joined by other transgender and LBGT singers, this original song cycle explores and celebrates the voice and gender identity.
Inspired by in-depth conversations with transgender people and those who are closest to and support them, this joyful and mesmerising music gives voice to a new community.
The creative team:
Polly Thomas – director
Alex Bulmer – writer
Tristan Whiston – writer/singer/actor
Errollyn Wallen – composer
Royal Exchange Theatre
St Ann's Square
Manchester M2 7DH
England
0161 833 9833
LIFT FESTIVAL
SATURDAY 4 JUNE 2016 9:15pm
ADAM'S APPLE
3 - 4 June, 9.15pm
Hoxton Hall
Does the sound of our voice communicate who we are?
Led by Canadian performer Tristan Whiston who is joined by other transgender and LBGT singers, this original song cycle explores and celebrates the voice and gender identity.
Inspired by in-depth conversations with transgender people and those who are closest to and support them, this joyful and mesmerising music gives voice to a new community.
The creative team:
Polly Thomas – director
Alex Bulmer – writer
Tristan Whiston – writer/singer/actor
Errollyn Wallen – composer
This performance will follow STELLA, a new theatre piece by Neil Bartlett. We recommend you see them as a double bill and make a night of it.
Hoxton Hall
Does the sound of our voice communicate who we are?
Led by Canadian performer Tristan Whiston who is joined by other transgender and LBGT singers, this original song cycle explores and celebrates the voice and gender identity.
Inspired by in-depth conversations with transgender people and those who are closest to and support them, this joyful and mesmerising music gives voice to a new community.
The creative team:
Polly Thomas – director
Alex Bulmer – writer
Tristan Whiston – writer/singer/actor
Errollyn Wallen – composer
This performance will follow STELLA, a new theatre piece by Neil Bartlett. We recommend you see them as a double bill and make a night of it.
Hoxton Hall
130 Hoxton Street
London N1 6SH
England
020 7684 0060
WORLD PREMIERE LIFT FESTIVAL
FRIDAY 3 JUNE 2016 9:15pm
ADAM'S APPLE
3 - 4 June, 9.15pm
Hoxton Hall
Does the sound of our voice communicate who we are?
Led by Canadian performer Tristan Whiston who is joined by other transgender and LBGT singers, this original song cycle explores and celebrates the voice and gender identity.
Inspired by in-depth conversations with transgender people and those who are closest to and support them, this joyful and mesmerising music gives voice to a new community.
The creative team:
Polly Thomas – director
Alex Bulmer – writer
Tristan Whiston – writer/singer/actor
Errollyn Wallen – composer
This performance will follow STELLA, a new theatre piece by Neil Bartlett. We recommend you see them as a double bill and make a night of it.
Hoxton Hall
Does the sound of our voice communicate who we are?
Led by Canadian performer Tristan Whiston who is joined by other transgender and LBGT singers, this original song cycle explores and celebrates the voice and gender identity.
Inspired by in-depth conversations with transgender people and those who are closest to and support them, this joyful and mesmerising music gives voice to a new community.
The creative team:
Polly Thomas – director
Alex Bulmer – writer
Tristan Whiston – writer/singer/actor
Errollyn Wallen – composer
This performance will follow STELLA, a new theatre piece by Neil Bartlett. We recommend you see them as a double bill and make a night of it.
Hoxton Hall
130 Hoxton Street
London N1 6SH
England
020 7684 0060
ADAM's APPLE (world premiere) LIFT festival
THURSDAY 2 JUNE 2016
A new work with writer Alex Bulmer, Polly Thomas and Errollyn Wallen exploring transitioning and its effect on the voice. A new work for choirs and soloists.
Orchestre des Pays de Savoie
TUESDAY 24 MAY 2016
Orchestre de Pays de Savoie perform PHOTOGRAPHY in Aix Les Bains (73) - concert with Renaud Capuçon
Orchestre des Pays de Savoie
FRIDAY 13 MAY 2016
Orchestre de Pays de Savoie perform PHOTOGRAPHY in Montmelian (73) including a concert for schools) – concert with Mathilde Opinel
Orchestre des Pays de Savoie
THURSDAY 28 APRIL 2016
Orchestra de Pays de Savoie perform PHOTOGRAPHY at St Malo (Festival Classique au Large) — concert with Amihai Grosz
THIS FRAME IS PART OF THE PAINTING new album
FRIDAY 18 MARCH 2016
Orchestra X, Continuum Ensemble, Gerry O'Riordan, Matthew Sharp, Nicholas Kok, Andrew Keener, David Le Page are just some of the talents involved in the new album entitled THIS FRAME IS PART OF THE PAINTING. Released by NMC in March 2016
Listen out for a sneak preview on BBC Radio 3's Essential Classics January 5th
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06tky49
Listen out for a sneak preview on BBC Radio 3's Essential Classics January 5th
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06tky49
ENSEMBLE X perform in Frontiers festival
SATURDAY 5 MARCH 2016 6:00pm
Ensemble X perform at Frontiers festival, Birmingham Conservatoire of Music.
Works by Joe Cutler, Jeremy Peyton Jones and Errollyn Wallen
Works by Joe Cutler, Jeremy Peyton Jones and Errollyn Wallen
Orchestre des Pays de Savoie
SUNDAY 14 FEBRUARY 2016 5:00pm
Orchestre de Pays de Savoie perform PHOTOGRAPHY in Valence (21)
Orchestre de Pays de Savoie
MONDAY 8 FEBRUARY 2016 12:00pm
Photography
Orchestre de Pays Savoie perform PHOTOGRAPHY in Annecy
concert for students)
concert for students)
Orchestre de Pays de Savoie
SUNDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2016 2:30am
Photography
Orchestre de Pays Savoie perform PHOTOGRAPHY at Saint Jean de Maurienne (73) in a concert for schools
Orchestre des Pays de Savoie
THURSDAY 28 JANUARY 2016 8:30pm
Photography
Orchestre de Pays Savoie perform PHOTOGRAPHY (for string orchestra) in Epernay (51)
Theatre Salmenazar
Theatre Salmenazar
Mr McFall's Chamber perform black apostrophe
SATURDAY 9 JANUARY 2016 7:30pm
Mr McFall's perform black apostrophe, specially commissioned by them, in Linlithgow.
Rob Cowan/ Errollyn Wallen on Essential Classics
TUESDAY 5 JANUARY 2016
Cello Concerto
Catch a sneak preview of the Cello Concerto which will be released March 18th on NMC label.This programme will be available as a podcast
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Hemingway Between the Wars — featuring NEW WORK
TUESDAY 8 DECEMBER 2015
A December 2015 concert collaboration between The Morgan Library & Museum and Cygnus Ensemble, Hemingway Between Two Wars will feature five contemporary composers in fresh dialogue with a brief-but-vibrant epoch in 20th-century literature and the arts. Specially commissioned works from American composers Laura Kaminsky, Damon Ferrante, Jessie Montgomery, William Anderson, and British composer Errollyn Wallen will zoom in on the cultural milieu within which Ernest Hemingway found himself during his Parisian sojourn of the 1920s. The program will not only engage with this towering American literary figure, but also those cultural luminaries in his orbit, mostly fellow expats. All five works will be scored for Cygnus Ensemble’s exotic fusion of winds, strings, and two guitars, in addition to guest vocalists for the pieces by Wallen and Anderson, and the Sheer Pluck guitar orchestra for the piece by Anderson.
The Morgan Library
225 Madison Avenue
New York City NY 10016
USA
(212) 685-0008
Rebuttal Blues
SUNDAY 15 NOVEMBER 2015 7:00pm
Singscape, the superb a capella group will be giving the second performance of Rebuttal Blues No. 1
St Mary Magdalen Church
Magdalen Street
Oxford OX1 3AE
England
World premiere — The Isle of Tiree
SUNDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2015 6:45pm
ive and Alive Flute and Harp Duo, Anna Noakes and Gabriella Dall'Olio, will return on Sunday 1st November to the Cutty Sark's Edwards Studio Theatre, following a sold out evening last season. in the program music by Bach, Liebermann, Faure, Tchaikowsky, Ibert, Boulanger, a world premiere by Errollyn Wallen, and a carousel of South American tunes. This year we have a further treat for you all: percussion legend Gary Kettel - and Anna's other half!- will join in to wave goodbye to the sailors at the end of the concert!
All are celebrated Professors at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance next door, where they help the young generations get fit for the profession.
Please do come along if you are free; and this year, students can book half price tickets!
Advance booking for all is recommended.
All are celebrated Professors at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance next door, where they help the young generations get fit for the profession.
Please do come along if you are free; and this year, students can book half price tickets!
Advance booking for all is recommended.
Cutty Sark. Michael Edwards Studio Theatre
King William Walk
London SE10 9HT
England
Keynote speech at New Music Scotland conference
FRIDAY 23 OCTOBER 2015 12:00pm
This year's theme is on Collaboration. Errollyn Wallen speaks about her broad and multi-faceted experience in collaboration and in producing new work.
Arts Center, Aberdeen
33 King Street
Aberdeen AB24 5AA
Scotland
Harmonious Muses featuring Anton Miller (violin)
18-18 OCTOBER 2015 5:00pm
Park Slope
Midtown Arts & Theatre Centre
Houston
USA
John Butt organ recital
SATURDAY 10 OCTOBER 2015 6:30pm
Tiger
John Butt Organ Recital
Saturday 10 October 2015, 6.30pm
The Chapel
John Butt
Another corner stone of music in chapel is the organ recital series and we could not hope for a more suitable performer for the occasion than John Butt.
John is an artist of the very highest quality who has been closely associated with King’s College throughout his career, ever since serving as Organ Scholar.
He performs a richly varied programme including works by Olivier Messiaen and the ever-thrilling King’s alumna Errollyn Wallen.
Free entry (retiring collection)
Part of KING'S 500 Contemporary Music Festival: Epiphany Through Music
Saturday 10 October 2015, 6.30pm
The Chapel
John Butt
Another corner stone of music in chapel is the organ recital series and we could not hope for a more suitable performer for the occasion than John Butt.
John is an artist of the very highest quality who has been closely associated with King’s College throughout his career, ever since serving as Organ Scholar.
He performs a richly varied programme including works by Olivier Messiaen and the ever-thrilling King’s alumna Errollyn Wallen.
Free entry (retiring collection)
Part of KING'S 500 Contemporary Music Festival: Epiphany Through Music
King's College Chapel
King's College, King's Parade
Cambridge CB2 1ST
United Kingdom
black apostrophe
THURSDAY 8 OCTOBER 2015 7:30pm
Mr McFall's Chamber performs at Mitchell Library, Glasgow
London premiere of McFall's commission
TUESDAY 6 OCTOBER 2015 7:30pm
London premiere of new work for Mr McFall's Chamber. Tracing the roots between Scotland and the Caribbean
Kings Place
90 York Way
London N1 9AG
England
020 7520 1490
WORLD PREMIERE of new work for McFall's
SUNDAY 4 OCTOBER 2015
A major new workfor Mr Mcfall's Chamber — tracing the fascinating connection between Scotland and the Caribbean. Performances in London and Scotland. Watch this space.
WORLD PREMIERE
MONDAY 7 SEPTEMBER 2015
Rebuttal Blues
A brand new work for Papagena choir. In praise of the blues and a rebuttal to bad blues men.
Dorchester Abbey
Dorchester on Thames
Dorchester, Oxfordshire OX10 7HH
United Kingdom
Hawks and Horses
SUNDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 2015
Hawks and Horses (text by William Shakespeare)
Second performance at Broadway theatre, Peterborough, of Hawks and Horses by Peterborough Sings, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Will Prideaux
WORLD PREMIERE
SUNDAY 30 AUGUST 2015
Hawks and Horses (text by William Shakespeare)
World Premiere of Hawks and Horses (William Shakespeare) for Peterborough Male Voice Choir, Peterborough Women's Choir, Peterborough Youth Choir, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Will Prideaux
St. John's Smith Square
Smith Square
London SW1P 3HA
United Kingdom
020 7222 1061
New Song for NewVic/Newham
TUESDAY 7 JULY 2015
Errollyn Wallen will receive the premiere of a brand new song - HEAVENLY - commissioned for Newham Music's Festival of Music & Performing Arts, on Tuesday 7 July at the beautiful art-deco Troxy in Limehouse, East London.
Troxy
490 Commercial Road
London E1 0HX
United Kingdom
0844 249 1000
Music on the Hill, Rhode Island
SATURDAY 13 JUNE 2015
Romeo Turn
Holy Apostles Catholic Church
800 Pippin Orchard Road, Cranston
Rhode Island
USA
Music on the Hill/Miller-Porfiris Duo
THURSDAY 11 JUNE 2015
Five Postcards
SS Rose and Clement Catholic Church
111 Long Street, Warwick
Rhode Island
USA
Errollyn Wallen at Belize Jazz Fest
FRIDAY 5 JUNE 2015 9:00pm
Errollyn is delighted to be performing solo and with Carlos Perrote and his band in Belize Jazz Fest.
The performance will take place at the Radisson Fort George Hotel
The performance will take place at the Radisson Fort George Hotel
What's Up Doc? Talk at Oxford University
TUESDAY 28 APRIL 2015 5:00pm
Talk by Errollyn Wallen on her work as a composer
Free event — open to all
Part of the Music Research Colloquia Series
Free event — open to all
Part of the Music Research Colloquia Series
Faculty of Music, Oxford
St Aldate's
Oxford OX1 1DB
UK
01865 276125
Diaspora
FRIDAY 17 APRIL 2015
What: Evening events
When: Fri 17 April 2015 18:30 – 22:00
Where: Design Studio
EVENING EVENT: Join the Shrine Synchro System and their guests as their musical installations celebrate and animate the history of the struggle, splendour and success of black communities across the UK from the 1950’s to present day.
Join the amazing Errollyn Wallen around a grand piano singing Tottenham Tunes; fix up, look sharp at the 70s inspired Caribbean barbershop; exult in the Gospel of the promenading IDMC choir; soak up the cool of bluesy rock with one-man-band Lewis Floyd Henry, hang out at Larry Achiampong’s African Soul Food Hot Spot installation, and celebrate the legendary sound system culture of the late great Duke Vin with a DJ set that hits the spot with Rita Ray and Max Reinhardt.
18.30-21.45
When: Fri 17 April 2015 18:30 – 22:00
Where: Design Studio
EVENING EVENT: Join the Shrine Synchro System and their guests as their musical installations celebrate and animate the history of the struggle, splendour and success of black communities across the UK from the 1950’s to present day.
Join the amazing Errollyn Wallen around a grand piano singing Tottenham Tunes; fix up, look sharp at the 70s inspired Caribbean barbershop; exult in the Gospel of the promenading IDMC choir; soak up the cool of bluesy rock with one-man-band Lewis Floyd Henry, hang out at Larry Achiampong’s African Soul Food Hot Spot installation, and celebrate the legendary sound system culture of the late great Duke Vin with a DJ set that hits the spot with Rita Ray and Max Reinhardt.
18.30-21.45
Victoria and ALbert Museum
Cromwell Road
London SW7 2RL
England
020 7942 2211
OTHER MINDS FESTIVAL
SATURDAY 7 MARCH 2015
The Errollyn Wallen Songbook
Errollyn Wallen has been invited back to The Other Minds Festival in San Francisco for a performance of her celebrated songs.
Errollyn will be sharing the stage with Laurie Anderson, Meredith Monk and John Luther Adams, amongst others.
Errollyn will be sharing the stage with Laurie Anderson, Meredith Monk and John Luther Adams, amongst others.
SF Jazz Centre
201 Franklin Street
San Francisco CA 94102
USA
+1 866 920 5299
OTHER MINDS FESTIVAL
FRIDAY 6 MARCH 2015
The Errollyn Wallen Songbook
Errollyn Wallen has been invited back to The Other Minds Festival in San Francisco for a performance of her celebrated songs.
Errollyn will be sharing the stage with Laurie Anderson, Meredith Monk and John Luther Adams, amongst others.
Errollyn will be sharing the stage with Laurie Anderson, Meredith Monk and John Luther Adams, amongst others.
SF Jazz Centre
201 Franklin Street
San Francisco CA 94102
USA
+1 866 920 5299
Festival Myrelingues
SUNDAY 1 MARCH 2015
Triptych
St Louis de La Guillotiere
150 Rue du Fbg Montmelian 73000 Chambery
Lyon
France
Crossing the Borders 2
TUESDAY 24 FEBRUARY 2015 7:30pm
Are You Worried About the Rising Cost of Funerals?
Concert also including the music of Adriessen and Joe Cutler
Cardiff University Concert Hall
Corbett Road
Cardiff SE10 9DW
United KingdomCF10 3EB
Young Composers Meeting
22-27 FEBRUARY 2015
YCM
The 21th Young Composers Meeting – Podium Gigant Apeldoorn from February 22 – February 27 2015. Seniors Martijn Padding, Richard Ayres, Cathy van Eck and Errollyn Wallen, vocal coach Gerda van Zelm and chaired by Louis Andriessen.
The YCM is organized by orkest de ereprijs in collaboration with the International Gaudeamus Muziekweek (Composition Competition) in co-operation with Podium Gigant. The intention of the Meeting is to give young composers (max. age 30 years) the opportunity to exchange ideas about contemporary music and at the same time being part of the learning process of composing with an ensemble at hand. Requirements for participation of the Young Composers meeting 2015 are:
The 21th Young Composers Meeting – Podium Gigant Apeldoorn from February 22 – February 27 2015. Seniors Martijn Padding, Richard Ayres, Cathy van Eck and Errollyn Wallen, vocal coach Gerda van Zelm and chaired by Louis Andriessen.
The YCM is organized by orkest de ereprijs in collaboration with the International Gaudeamus Muziekweek (Composition Competition) in co-operation with Podium Gigant. The intention of the Meeting is to give young composers (max. age 30 years) the opportunity to exchange ideas about contemporary music and at the same time being part of the learning process of composing with an ensemble at hand. Requirements for participation of the Young Composers meeting 2015 are:
Conferment and talk for Mansfield Lecture Series
FRIDAY 6 FEBRUARY 2015 5:00pm
The ceremony for Errollyn Wallen's Honorary Fellowship will take place at 5pm. Principal, Baroness Helena Kennedy, QC, will say a few words of welcome, followed by a citation and presentation to Errollyn Wallen of her certificate followed by a talk by Errollyn lasting 35-40 minutes which is followed by a question and answer session. Baroness Helena Kennedy is the convenor.
The Junior Common Room, Mansfield College
Mansfield Road
Oxford 0X1 3TF
United Kingdom
New York premiere screening of DIVE
THURSDAY 22 JANUARY 2015 7:30pm
New York pemiere screening of DIVE – short film directed by Nicole Haran featuring music by Errollyn Wallen
New Filmmakers and the ANthology Film Archives
32 Second Ave @ 2nd Street
New York City NY 10003
USA
Peace on Earth
FRIDAY 19 DECEMBER 2014 6:15pm
CHRISTMAS AT TWILIGHT
Celebrating the spirit of midwinter festivities through the centuries, exceptional cellist Matthew Sharp, a cappella vocal trio Voice, and a group of musicians draw together Medieval harmonies, festive folk songs and carols for a unique Christmas concert.
Peace on Earth will be in the programme.
Celebrating the spirit of midwinter festivities through the centuries, exceptional cellist Matthew Sharp, a cappella vocal trio Voice, and a group of musicians draw together Medieval harmonies, festive folk songs and carols for a unique Christmas concert.
Peace on Earth will be in the programme.
Howard Assembly Room
Opera North Grand Theatre, 46 New Briggate, Leeds
Leeds LS1 6NU
United Kingdon
Peace on Earth
TUESDAY 16 DECEMBER 2014 7:30pm
Caroline Kay-Moat (coloratura soprano) performs in a concert featuring Strauss: Four Last Songs and Wallen: Peace on Earth
Vale Church
Alderney
Guernsey
United Kingdom
Belize Music Feastival
SUNDAY 14 DECEMBER 2014 4:00pm
Concert including the music of Errollyn Wallen
Belize premiere of Park Slope for violin and piano
Songs from The Errollyn Wallen Songbook featuring
Errollyn and children from the Belize School of Music
Belize premiere of Park Slope for violin and piano
Songs from The Errollyn Wallen Songbook featuring
Errollyn and children from the Belize School of Music
Bliss Centre for Performing Arts
Southern Foreshore
Belize City
Belize
+501 227-2110
The Creative Process of Songwriti
SATURDAY 13 DECEMBER 2014 11:00am
Errollyn shares her process of composing songs and discusses the fundamentals of a good song.
Bliss Centre for Performing Arts
Southern Foreshore
Belize City
Belize
+501 227-2110
The Belize Music Feastival
WEDNESDAY 10 DECEMBER 2014 7:00pm
Belize School of Music presents a feast of music including the works of Errollyn Wallen performed by the composer herself.
George Price Centre for peace and Development
Price Centre Road
Belmopan
Belize
501 822 1054
Sabina Spielrein/CCO/David Pountney
SUNDAY 7 DECEMBER 2014 7:00pm
Sabina Spielrein, Errollyn Wallen's latest opera in progress (libretto by David Pountney) is having a libretto reading and excerpts of the music performed. Directed by David Pountney
Afterwards there will be a panel discussion.
Afterwards there will be a panel discussion.
the cell
338 West 23rd Street
New York City NY 10013
USA
Being a Composer – a talk by Errollyn Wallen
THURSDAY 23 OCTOBER 2014 4:00pm
167, Richard Hoggart Building
ADMISSION FREE
Errollyn Wallen goes back to the room where her first compositions were performed and talks about her life as a composer
ADMISSION FREE
Errollyn Wallen goes back to the room where her first compositions were performed and talks about her life as a composer
Goldsmiths' College
14 Lewisham Way, New Cross
London SE14 6NW
England
Cath Barton (Wales Arts Review) paper on ANON
18-19 OCTOBER 2014
Cath Barton (from Wales Arts Review) will give a paper on Errollyn Wallen's recent opera ANON for WNO as part of the
5th International "Music on Stage' conference
The paper is entitled ‘Accessibility and relevance of opera to teenagers’
Part of the 5th International "Music on Stage' conference
5th International "Music on Stage' conference
The paper is entitled ‘Accessibility and relevance of opera to teenagers’
Part of the 5th International "Music on Stage' conference
Rose Bruford College
Lamorbey Park, Burnt Oak Lane,
Sidcup, Kent DA15 9DF
England
020 8308 2600
A Peal for Bells
FRIDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 2014 7:00pm
The Errollyn Wallen Songbook
Errollyn Wallen is performing in a special concert to raise money for restoring the bells of St Mary's Church, Walthamstow.
Other special guests include Richard Wilson (One Foot in the Grave), Stuart Wild and Steve Lewinson.
Other special guests include Richard Wilson (One Foot in the Grave), Stuart Wild and Steve Lewinson.
St Mary's Church
Church End Road
London E17 9RJ
United Kingdom
EQUATOR FESTIVAL Ignite/Shiva Nova
20-20 SEPTEMBER 2014 4:30pm
A new work, BURN (Alto Flute and Double Bass) for Ignite.
Kings Place
90 York Way
London N1 9AG
England
020 7520 1490
ANON – NEW OPERA FOR WELSH NATIONAL OPERA
SUNDAY 27 JULY 2014 3:00pm
ANON come to the Tete a Tete festival for its London premiere.
Platform Theatre, Central Saint Martins
University of the Arts London, Handyside Street, King's Cross
London N1C 4AA
United Kingdom
FALLING
SUNDAY 27 JULY 2014
Daedalus
Melanie Pappenheim: Falling
Sunday 27 July 3pm & 5pm
Free / Pre-booking essential via the IF: 2014 website
In a solo voice-theatre performance delivered within MK Gallery’s Cadences exhibition, acclaimed performer Melanie Pappenheim sings three uplifting songs about hitting the ground in a response to the themes of falling, destruction and gravity.
With staging by Emma Bernard and costume created by Deborah Thomas, this promises to be a musical and visual treat. Featured composers - Paul Clark: Coloro, Orlando Gough: Falling and Errollyn Wallen: Daedelus.
- See more at: www.mkgallery.org/events/2014_07_26/melanie_pappenheim_falling/#sthash.hFfwS5Qw.dpuf
Sunday 27 July 3pm & 5pm
Free / Pre-booking essential via the IF: 2014 website
In a solo voice-theatre performance delivered within MK Gallery’s Cadences exhibition, acclaimed performer Melanie Pappenheim sings three uplifting songs about hitting the ground in a response to the themes of falling, destruction and gravity.
With staging by Emma Bernard and costume created by Deborah Thomas, this promises to be a musical and visual treat. Featured composers - Paul Clark: Coloro, Orlando Gough: Falling and Errollyn Wallen: Daedelus.
- See more at: www.mkgallery.org/events/2014_07_26/melanie_pappenheim_falling/#sthash.hFfwS5Qw.dpuf
MK Gallery
900 Midsummer Blvd
Milton Keynes MK9 3QA
United Kingdom
01908 676 900
ANON – NEW OPERA FOR WELSH NATIONAL OPERA
SATURDAY 26 JULY 2014 7:00pm
ANON comes to the Tete a Tete festival for its London premiere.
Platform Theatre, Central Saint Martins
University of the Arts London, Handyside Street, King's Cross
London N1C 4AA
United Kingdom
FALLING
SATURDAY 26 JULY 2014
Daedalus
Melanie Pappenheim: Falling
Saturday 26 July 3pm & 7pm
Free / Pre-booking essential via the IF: 2014 website
In a solo voice-theatre performance delivered within MK Gallery’s Cadences exhibition, acclaimed performer Melanie Pappenheim sings three uplifting songs about hitting the ground in a response to the themes of falling, destruction and gravity.
With staging by Emma Bernard and costume created by Deborah Thomas, this promises to be a musical and visual treat. Featured composers - Paul Clark: Coloro, Orlando Gough: Falling and Errollyn Wallen: Daedelus.
- See more at: www.mkgallery.org/events/2014_07_26/melanie_pappenheim_falling/#sthash.hFfwS5Qw.dpuf
Saturday 26 July 3pm & 7pm
Free / Pre-booking essential via the IF: 2014 website
In a solo voice-theatre performance delivered within MK Gallery’s Cadences exhibition, acclaimed performer Melanie Pappenheim sings three uplifting songs about hitting the ground in a response to the themes of falling, destruction and gravity.
With staging by Emma Bernard and costume created by Deborah Thomas, this promises to be a musical and visual treat. Featured composers - Paul Clark: Coloro, Orlando Gough: Falling and Errollyn Wallen: Daedelus.
- See more at: www.mkgallery.org/events/2014_07_26/melanie_pappenheim_falling/#sthash.hFfwS5Qw.dpuf
MK Gallery
900 Midsummer Blvd
Milton Keynes MK9 3QA
United Kingdom
01908 676 900
DAEDALUS and DERVISH
WEDNESDAY 23 JULY 2014 6:30pm
Sophie Harris, cellist and Ian Belton, piano perform Dervish for cello and piano.
Daedalus (arranged by Ian Belton) will also be featured on the programme including Melanie Pappenhiem, voice.
Daedalus (arranged by Ian Belton) will also be featured on the programme including Melanie Pappenhiem, voice.
St. Andrew the Apostle
Church Street, Holt
Norfolk NR25 6BB
United Kingdom
Cautionary Tales
SUNDAY 20 JULY 2014 11:00am
CAUTIONARY TALES goes to Latitude in a brand new production presented by The Errollyn Wallen Company. This family opera was a hit when premiered by Opera North in 2010 and it returns with a great cast featuring Sarah Redgwick, Clare McCaldin, Mark LeBrocq and Dawid Kimberg. Directed by Daniele Guerra, Musical director, Peter Foggitt.
Latitude Festival
Henham Park, Beccles, Southwold
Suffolk NR34 8AN
United Kingdom
Mr McFall's Chamber BEEHIVE&FIVE POSTCARDS
SUNDAY 22 JUNE 2014
Beehive (from Are You Worried About the Rising Cost of Funerals?) and Intense from Five Postcards are performed as part of a concert by Mr. McFall's Chamber in a concert entitled on the Shore of the Mind.
St. John's Church
Princes Street
Edinburgh
Scotland
Mr McFall's Chamber BEEHIVE&FIVE POSTCARDS
THURSDAY 19 JUNE 2014 7:30pm
Beehive (from Are You Worried About the Rising Cost of Funerals?) and Intense from Five Postcards are performed as part of a concert by Mr. McFall's Chamber in a concert entitled on the Shore of the Mind.
Brodick Hall
Isle of Arran KA27 8DL
Scotland
01770 302375
Mr McFall's Chamber BEEHIVE&FIVE POSTCARDS
WEDNESDAY 18 JUNE 2014 8:00pm
Beehive (from Are You Worried About the Rising Cost of Funerals?) and Intense from Five Postcards are performed as part of a concert by Mr. McFall's Chamber in a concert entitled on the Shore of the Mind.
An Lanntair Arts Centre
Kennth Street
Stornoway HS1 2DS
Scotland
01851 708480
ERROLLYN AND HER SONGS
SUNDAY 15 JUNE 2014 12:00pm
Errollyn performs from her acclaimed Songbook
Kettle's Yard
Castle Street
Cambridge CB3 0AQ
United Kingdom
01223 748100
Relevant Tones radio interview
SATURDAY 24 MAY 2014
Broadcast Saturday May 24th 5pm Chicago time.
Interview with Seth Boustead
Interview with Seth Boustead
FULL FATHOM FIVE for Melodia Women's Choir
SUNDAY 4 MAY 2014
Full Fathom Five
Music to Celebrate Shakespeare 450
May 3 & 4, 2014
Music to Celebrate Shakespeare 450
Featuring the second performance of the new commissioned work by celebrated British composer Errollyn Wallen, MBE, and other works.
Visit us again for new details.
May 3 & 4, 2014
Music to Celebrate Shakespeare 450
Featuring the second performance of the new commissioned work by celebrated British composer Errollyn Wallen, MBE, and other works.
Visit us again for new details.
FULL FATHOM FIVE for Melodia Women's Choir
SATURDAY 3 MAY 2014 7:00pm
Full Fathom Five
Music to Celebrate Shakespeare 450
May 3 & 4, 2014
Music to Celebrate Shakespeare 450
Featuring the world premiere of commissioned work by celebrated British composer Errollyn Wallen, MBE, and other works.
Visit us again for new details.
May 3 & 4, 2014
Music to Celebrate Shakespeare 450
Featuring the world premiere of commissioned work by celebrated British composer Errollyn Wallen, MBE, and other works.
Visit us again for new details.
Cello Concerto, Dervish and Songs
FRIDAY 2 MAY 2014 7:30pm
A concert featuring the London premiere of Wallen's Cello Concerto and Dervish composed for Matthew Sharp, with a special appearance by Errollyn Wallen (piano and voice) performing from The Errollyn Wallen Songbook.
Kings Place
90 York Way
London N1 9AG
England
www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on-book-tickets/music/undiscovered-country-renaissance-woman#.UuMg7bvFLow
020 7520 1490
ANON
WEDNESDAY 26 MARCH 2014
Two performances: 4pm and 7pm
www.wno.org.uk/anon
www.wno.org.uk/anon
Foyle Studio - Mac
Cannon Hill Park
Birmingham B12 9QH
United Kingdom
0121 446 3232
ANON
TUESDAY 25 MARCH 2014
Two performances: 4pm and 7pm
www.wno.org.uk/anon
www.wno.org.uk/anon
Newhampton Arts Centre
Dunkley Street
Wolverhampton WV1 4AN
United Kingdom
01902 572090
NIGHT PASSAGE for solo guitar
SATURDAY 22 MARCH 2014 5:00pm
Laura Snowden performs Night Passage for solo guitar which is dedicated to the memory of Arthur Horatio Douglas Wallen
Purcell Room
Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road
London SE1 8XX
United Kingdom
ANON
TUESDAY 18 MARCH 2014
Two performances" 4pm and 7pm
www.wno.org.uk/anon
www.wno.org.uk/anon
Gloucester Guildhall
23 Eastgate St.
Gloucester GL1 1NS
United Kingdom
01452 503050
ANON – NEW OPERA FOR WELSH NATIONAL OPERA
MONDAY 17 MARCH 2014
Two performances: 4pm and 7pm
www.wno.org.uk/anon
www.wno.org.uk/anon
Wickham Theatre
Cantock's Close
Bristol BSB 1UB
United Kingdom
0117 331 5084
ANON – NEW OPERA FOR WELSH NATIONAL OPERA
FRIDAY 14 MARCH 2014
ANON
Tour of new opera (libretto and music by Errollyn Wallen) begins March 2014. Director Wils Wilson, designer Amanda Stoodley
Cast includes Meeta Raval, Claire Wild and Joanna Foote (sopranos)
Performances at 4pm and 7pm
www.wno.org.uk/anon
Cast includes Meeta Raval, Claire Wild and Joanna Foote (sopranos)
Performances at 4pm and 7pm
www.wno.org.uk/anon
Llanover Hall Arts Centre
Romilly Road, Canton
Cardiff CF5 1FH
Wales
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029 2063 1144
BBC Symphony Orchestra play Mighty River
THURSDAY 13 MARCH 2014 7:00pm
Mighty River
Programme: a cappella work performed by BBC Singers, Wallen's Mighty River and Elgar Symphony No 1
A live broadcast for Commonwealth Day
A live broadcast for Commonwealth Day
BBC Maida Vale Studios
Delaware Road
London W9 2LG
United Kingdom
Errollyn returns to Symphony Space, New York
FRIDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2014 7:30pm
Errollyn is delighted to have been invited back to Symphony Space Music of Now marathon – for a 75 minute concert devoted to her music. Special guests include RIta Porfiris (viola) and Anton Miller (violin) for whom she composed Five Postcards which will receive its New York premiere in the concert.
More details to follow.
More details to follow.
Symphony Space
2537 Broadway
New York 10025
USA
(212) 864-5400
Vanishing Point
TUESDAY 21 JANUARY 2014 7:30pm
Are You Worried About the Rising Cost of Funerals?
In Geometry textbooks we're told that parallel lines never meet but, from our visual perspective, they do meet at the horizon or the vanishing point as it's called.
Similarly in music it seems that singer/songwriters and composers have very little in common. But, as in geometry the truth depends on our perception. Vanishing Point will reveal the fascinating intersection of pop music and contemporary classical that is a emerging as a major trend.
Program
Are You Worried About the Rising Cost of Funerals? by Errollyn Wallen
Errollyn Wallen is an accomplished composer and singer/songwriter and the perfect person to open up the evening. This piece for soprano and string quartet is strictly notated like a good classical piece should be, but has the light feel and catchy tunes of the pop world.
Four Songs by Beck
Beck annoyed radio stations but delighted composers by releasing his new album Song Reader only in the form of sheet music. Four of our composer members will arrange the songs for soprano and the Palomar ensemble. The composers are Brian Baxter, Andy Costello, Michael Miller, and Greg Steinke.
Conceive a Man by William Jason Raynovich
The founder and Artistic Director of the MAVerick Ensemble, composer William Jason Raynovich's Conceive a Man for soprano and cello will here be reimagined by jazz vocalist Christy Bennett
Three Songs by Jennifer Hall
A favorite singer/songwriter of Palomar ensemble violinist Jeff Yang, Hall's haunting voice and insightful lyrics have made her a trusted Chicago favorite. Instead of a band, she'll front the Palomar ensemble in three arrangements of her original tunes.
Kong Must Dead
Composer Ben Hjertman is a difficult guy to pin down. He's equally comfortable writing for orchestra and other classical ensembles as he is with a rock band. His high octane band Kong Must Dead will play a set of his music to close out the night.
Similarly in music it seems that singer/songwriters and composers have very little in common. But, as in geometry the truth depends on our perception. Vanishing Point will reveal the fascinating intersection of pop music and contemporary classical that is a emerging as a major trend.
Program
Are You Worried About the Rising Cost of Funerals? by Errollyn Wallen
Errollyn Wallen is an accomplished composer and singer/songwriter and the perfect person to open up the evening. This piece for soprano and string quartet is strictly notated like a good classical piece should be, but has the light feel and catchy tunes of the pop world.
Four Songs by Beck
Beck annoyed radio stations but delighted composers by releasing his new album Song Reader only in the form of sheet music. Four of our composer members will arrange the songs for soprano and the Palomar ensemble. The composers are Brian Baxter, Andy Costello, Michael Miller, and Greg Steinke.
Conceive a Man by William Jason Raynovich
The founder and Artistic Director of the MAVerick Ensemble, composer William Jason Raynovich's Conceive a Man for soprano and cello will here be reimagined by jazz vocalist Christy Bennett
Three Songs by Jennifer Hall
A favorite singer/songwriter of Palomar ensemble violinist Jeff Yang, Hall's haunting voice and insightful lyrics have made her a trusted Chicago favorite. Instead of a band, she'll front the Palomar ensemble in three arrangements of her original tunes.
Kong Must Dead
Composer Ben Hjertman is a difficult guy to pin down. He's equally comfortable writing for orchestra and other classical ensembles as he is with a rock band. His high octane band Kong Must Dead will play a set of his music to close out the night.
Architectural Artifacts
4325 N. Ravenswood
Chicago
USA
Libretto reading of ANON
MONDAY 20 JANUARY 2014 8:00pm
ANON
NewOp Week concludes on January 20th at 8pm, at the cell with a libretto reading of ANON an opera-in-progress by the esteemed British composer Errollyn Wallen with her own libretto. Tickets will go on sale very soon.
the cell
338 West 23rd Street
New York City NY 10013
USA
In the Depths of Dead Love
SUNDAY 1 DECEMBER 2013 10:00pm
Music for the new Howard Barker play In the Depths of Dead Love
Featuring cellist Joseph Spooner
With Richard E Grant as Chin, Francesca Annis as Hasi, Michael Bertenshaw as Ghang, Jane Bertish as Mrs Hu and Arthur Hughes as Student.
Producer, Peter Kavanagh for the BBC
Sunday December 1st 10pm Radio 3
Featuring cellist Joseph Spooner
With Richard E Grant as Chin, Francesca Annis as Hasi, Michael Bertenshaw as Ghang, Jane Bertish as Mrs Hu and Arthur Hughes as Student.
Producer, Peter Kavanagh for the BBC
Sunday December 1st 10pm Radio 3
NIGHT PASSAGE for solo guitar
SUNDAY 3 NOVEMBER 2013 2:00pm
Night Passage
Young Artist Platform – Laura Snowden
Sage Gateshead
St. Mary's Square, Gateshead Quays
Gateshead NE8 2JR
England
0191 443 4666
NIGHT PASSAGE for solo guitar
SATURDAY 2 NOVEMBER 2013 2:00pm
Night Passage
YOUNG ARTIST PLATFORM - Michael Butten
Michael Butten is a brilliant young guitarist.
His programme includes John Dowland, Manuel de Falla, Joaquín Rodrigo and Philip Cashian’s Talvi (an IGF Commission) as well as Errollyn Wallen’s NIGHT PASSAGE in homage to Benjamin Britten (Festival Commission). The work is dedicated to the memory of Arthur Horatio Douglas Wallen.
Michael Butten is a brilliant young guitarist.
His programme includes John Dowland, Manuel de Falla, Joaquín Rodrigo and Philip Cashian’s Talvi (an IGF Commission) as well as Errollyn Wallen’s NIGHT PASSAGE in homage to Benjamin Britten (Festival Commission). The work is dedicated to the memory of Arthur Horatio Douglas Wallen.
Sage Gateshead
St. Mary's Square, Gateshead Quays
Gateshead NE8 2JR
England
0191 443 4666
NIGHT PASSAGE for solo guitar- WORLD PREMIERE
SATURDAY 26 OCTOBER 2013 3:00pm
Night Passage
Night Passage, for solo guitar, written as a homage to Benjamin Britten and dedicated to the memory of Arthur Horatio Douglas Wallen, receives its world premiere by Michael Butten in the Young Artist Platform concert.
The work was commissioned by IGF.
www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on-book-tickets/music/young-artist-platform-concert-with-michael-butten-and-laura-snowden#.UmQf_rvLiZI
The work was commissioned by IGF.
www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on-book-tickets/music/young-artist-platform-concert-with-michael-butten-and-laura-snowden#.UmQf_rvLiZI
Kings Place
90 York Way
London N1 9AG
England
020 7520 1490
Project WIMUST - Women in Music Uniting Strategies
THURSDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 2013 6:30pm
Five Postcards
Five Postcards is performed in a presentation (introduction by MEP Mary Honeyball) of Women in Music Uniting Strategies for Talent.
Errollyn Wallen will also speak on a panel including Margaret Lucy Wilkins, Hon. Harriet Harman and Patricia Adkins Chiti
Errollyn Wallen will also speak on a panel including Margaret Lucy Wilkins, Hon. Harriet Harman and Patricia Adkins Chiti
Europe House
32 Smith Square
London SW1P 3EU
England
Errollyn at the Wapping Project
TUESDAY 25 JUNE 2013 7:45pm
In her first live performance since being awarded the Ivor Novello Award for Classical Music, Errollyn Wallen will perform a variety of works from her catalogue of songs and piano music.
Tickets can be purchased by calling 020 7680 2080 or on the door
Tickets can be purchased by calling 020 7680 2080 or on the door
Errollyn interviewed on Midweek (Radio 4)
WEDNESDAY 19 JUNE 2013 9:00am
Memory,Reflection and the Passing of Time
24 MAY-15 JULY 2013
A fascinating installation at Wapping Project featuring the music of Billy Cowie and Errollyn Wallen.
A piano plays alone in a darkened room underground...
A piano plays alone in a darkened room underground...
Wapping Hydraulic Power Station
Wapping Wall
London E1W 3SG
United Kingdom
Dulwich Festival – Sophie Harris (cello)
FRIDAY 17 MAY 2013 8:00pm
Dervish
Fri, 17th May 2013 - 8:00pm - 9:30pm
Holst Hall, JAGS
Acclaimed cellist Sophie Harris performs an exquisite programme with pianist Dominic Saunders of stunning pieces for the cello including Arvo Pärt's Fratres, Gavin Bryars' The South Downs and Brahms F major Sonata. Sophie performs regularly as a soloist with many of Britain's leading chamber ensembles and is the cellist with the Duke Quartet. A truly inspiring evening awaits.
Holst Hall, JAGS
Acclaimed cellist Sophie Harris performs an exquisite programme with pianist Dominic Saunders of stunning pieces for the cello including Arvo Pärt's Fratres, Gavin Bryars' The South Downs and Brahms F major Sonata. Sophie performs regularly as a soloist with many of Britain's leading chamber ensembles and is the cellist with the Duke Quartet. A truly inspiring evening awaits.
James Allen Girls School
144 East Dulwich Grove
London SE22 8TE
England
The Mansion Series
SUNDAY 7 APRIL 2013
Five Postcards
Schumann: Märchenerzählungen for Clarinet, Viola and Piano, Op. 132 (Fairy Tales)
Artists: Edward Polochick (Piano); Anton Miller (Violin); Rita Porfiris (Viola)
Mozart: Duo for Violin and Viola no 1 in G major, K 423
Artists: Anton Miller (Violin); Rita Porfiris (Viola)
Wallen: Five Postcards
Artists: Anton Miller (Violin); Rita Porfiris (Viola)
Bruch: Pieces (8) for Clarinet/Violin, Viola/Cello and Piano, Op. 83
Artists: Edward Polochick (Piano); Anton Miller (Violin); Rita Porfiris (Viola)
Artists: Edward Polochick (Piano); Anton Miller (Violin); Rita Porfiris (Viola)
Mozart: Duo for Violin and Viola no 1 in G major, K 423
Artists: Anton Miller (Violin); Rita Porfiris (Viola)
Wallen: Five Postcards
Artists: Anton Miller (Violin); Rita Porfiris (Viola)
Bruch: Pieces (8) for Clarinet/Violin, Viola/Cello and Piano, Op. 83
Artists: Edward Polochick (Piano); Anton Miller (Violin); Rita Porfiris (Viola)
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ERROLLYN WALLEN/ORPHY ROBINSON/CLEVELAND WATKISS
THURSDAY 4 APRIL 2013 7:30pm
A series of concerts held on the 1st Thursday of each month. These concerts will feature established musicians from diverse ethnic backgrounds & histories, Performing notated and un-noted improvised music.
These celebrated musicians share histories that can see them fit as comfortably into a wide spectrum of celebrated western musical genres, while simultaneously embracing the myriad of complex audio soundscapes at the heart of the rich musical tapestry of styles synonymous with the African classical music Diaspora.
Their use of improvisational languages and spontaneous explorations are also fused with traditional European notions of harmonic and melodic inventions.
The first concert in the series will take place on 4th April 2013, coinciding with the 45th anniversary of the assassination of African-American Civil Rights campaigner, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The evening’s performances will be a response and celebration of his legacy.
These celebrated musicians share histories that can see them fit as comfortably into a wide spectrum of celebrated western musical genres, while simultaneously embracing the myriad of complex audio soundscapes at the heart of the rich musical tapestry of styles synonymous with the African classical music Diaspora.
Their use of improvisational languages and spontaneous explorations are also fused with traditional European notions of harmonic and melodic inventions.
The first concert in the series will take place on 4th April 2013, coinciding with the 45th anniversary of the assassination of African-American Civil Rights campaigner, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The evening’s performances will be a response and celebration of his legacy.
St. George's Bloomsbury
Bloomsbury Way, Bloomsbury,
London WC1A 2HR
England
KATE RYDER
THURSDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2013 7:30pm
More Light
TIM RICHARDS and KATE RYDER perform their own works and improvisations and works by GERSHWIN, ELLINGTON, ERROLLYN WALLEN and MICHAEL FINNISSY, TIM RICHARDS and others.
Schott Recital Room
48 Great Marlborough Street
London W1F 7BB
United Kingdom
010 7292 6090
MUSIC OF NOW MARATHON
2-2 FEBRUARY 2013 5:00pm
Following her debut in 2011, Errollyn has been invited back to perform a selection of her works for piano and voice at Symphony Space in New York.
Symphony Space
2537 Broadway
New York, NY 10025
212.864.1414 x 292
Symphony Space
2537 Broadway
New York, NY 10025
212.864.1414 x 292
Symphony Space
2537 Broadway
New York 10025
USA
(212) 864-5400
FOCUS! 2013:British Music since World War II
TUESDAY 29 JANUARY 2013 8:00pm
The Girl In My Alphabet
British Music Since World War II
HARRISON BIRTWISTLE (England) Crowd for harp (2005)
Emily Hoile, harp
SIMON BAINBRIDGE (England) Clarinet Quintet (1993)*
Saerom Kim, clarinet
Clare Semes and Jennifer Liu, violins
William Bender, viola
Sean Hawthorne, cello
JOHN TAVENER (England) Epistle of Love for voice and piano (2000)
Rachel Wilson, mezzo-soprano
Siyi Fang, piano
CORNELIUS CARDEW (England) Volo Solo, for a virtuoso (1965)
Sae Hashimoto, marimba
Corey Schutzer, double bass
MICHAEL ZEV GORDON (England) Fragments from a Diary for violin, clarinet, and piano (2005)**
Elizabeth Derham, violin
Jae Youn Chung, clarinet
Daniel K. Kurland, piano
ERROLLYN WALLEN (Belize/England) The Girl in my Alphabet for 2 pianos and 8 hands (1990)***
Peter Dugan, Jeremy Jordan, Ben Laude, and Christopher Schmitt, pianists
* First performance outside of Europe
** U.S. Premiere
*** New York Premiere
FREE tickets available 1/11
7pm Panel discussion with Michael Zev Gordon, Deirdre Gribbin, David Wordsworth, and Errollyn Wallen, moderated by Joel Sachs
HARRISON BIRTWISTLE (England) Crowd for harp (2005)
Emily Hoile, harp
SIMON BAINBRIDGE (England) Clarinet Quintet (1993)*
Saerom Kim, clarinet
Clare Semes and Jennifer Liu, violins
William Bender, viola
Sean Hawthorne, cello
JOHN TAVENER (England) Epistle of Love for voice and piano (2000)
Rachel Wilson, mezzo-soprano
Siyi Fang, piano
CORNELIUS CARDEW (England) Volo Solo, for a virtuoso (1965)
Sae Hashimoto, marimba
Corey Schutzer, double bass
MICHAEL ZEV GORDON (England) Fragments from a Diary for violin, clarinet, and piano (2005)**
Elizabeth Derham, violin
Jae Youn Chung, clarinet
Daniel K. Kurland, piano
ERROLLYN WALLEN (Belize/England) The Girl in my Alphabet for 2 pianos and 8 hands (1990)***
Peter Dugan, Jeremy Jordan, Ben Laude, and Christopher Schmitt, pianists
* First performance outside of Europe
** U.S. Premiere
*** New York Premiere
FREE tickets available 1/11
7pm Panel discussion with Michael Zev Gordon, Deirdre Gribbin, David Wordsworth, and Errollyn Wallen, moderated by Joel Sachs
Paul Hall, The Juilliard School
The Juilliard School, 60 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York City NY 1002
USA
The Colony Club book launch
MONDAY 10 DECEMBER 2012 7:00pm
In celebration of Sophie Parkin's book 'The Colony Club 1948 - 2008'. Errollyn will perform her new song 'The Colony Room Club' setting the words from Sophie Parkin's obituary poem for Michael Wojas.
The Chelsea Arts Club
143 Old Church Street
London SW3 6EB
England
020 7376 3311
A ResCen Symposium
TUESDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2012 6:00pm
A ResCen Symposium: ‘Composing and Performing in the Age of Globalisation: Errollyn Wallen at the London Paralympics 2012’
The symposium explores the creative conditions of writing and performing music for a global event in reference to the range of themes in the opening ceremony of the Paralympic games, such as enlightenment, human rights and the homecoming of athletes. The themes were approached by musical composition, communal participation, emotional reach and through scopes of architecture, audiences and worldwide media. Video examples of the world premieres of Errollyn Wallen’s Principia and Spirit in Motion will be viewed and reflected on by the artist herself and then in a question-and-answer session.
The evening will be introduced by Dr. Ola Johansson, discussing the challenges of artistic performances in the age of globalization. Errollyn Wallen will develop and explore this by examining her own experiences and insight into the ideas of Composing and Performing in the Age of Globalization including her personal perspective on her work for the London Paralympics 2012. The evening will conclude with a generously assigned question-and-answer session open to the public.
The event will be chaired by Dr. Ola Johansson, Reader in Contemporary Performance Practice at the Centre for Research into Creation in the Performing Arts.
The symposium explores the creative conditions of writing and performing music for a global event in reference to the range of themes in the opening ceremony of the Paralympic games, such as enlightenment, human rights and the homecoming of athletes. The themes were approached by musical composition, communal participation, emotional reach and through scopes of architecture, audiences and worldwide media. Video examples of the world premieres of Errollyn Wallen’s Principia and Spirit in Motion will be viewed and reflected on by the artist herself and then in a question-and-answer session.
The evening will be introduced by Dr. Ola Johansson, discussing the challenges of artistic performances in the age of globalization. Errollyn Wallen will develop and explore this by examining her own experiences and insight into the ideas of Composing and Performing in the Age of Globalization including her personal perspective on her work for the London Paralympics 2012. The evening will conclude with a generously assigned question-and-answer session open to the public.
The event will be chaired by Dr. Ola Johansson, Reader in Contemporary Performance Practice at the Centre for Research into Creation in the Performing Arts.
Steinway Hall
44 Marylebone Lane
London W1U 4DB
England
NYFOS Next: Carla Kihlstedt and Friends
TUESDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2012 7:00pm
The Errollyn Wallen Songbook
NYFOS NEXT:
CARLA KIHLSTEDT & FRIENDS
November 13, 2012 at 7:00PM
Featuring music by CARLA KIHLSTEDT, LISA BIELAWA,
MATTHIAS BOSSI, SARAH KIRKLAND SNIDER, EDEN MACADAM-SOMER,
SUSAN BOTTI, NILS FRYKDAHL, ERROLLYN WALLEN,
NICOLA LEFANU, LAUTARO MANTILLA
Performers include
violinist-vocalist CARLA KIHLSTEDT
keyboardist and drummer MATTHIAS BOSSI
violinist-vocalist EDEN MACADAM-SOMER
cellist NICHOLAS CANELLAKIS
members of ROOMFUL OF TEETH
NYFOS Associate Artistic Director and pianist MICHAEL BARRETT
Mary Flagler Cary Hall at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music
450 West 37th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues
Admission $10 (free for NYFOS subscribers) • Reservations are required
646-230-8380 or info@nyfos.net
Hour-long concert / No intermission / Complimentary beverages
CARLA KIHLSTEDT & FRIENDS
November 13, 2012 at 7:00PM
Featuring music by CARLA KIHLSTEDT, LISA BIELAWA,
MATTHIAS BOSSI, SARAH KIRKLAND SNIDER, EDEN MACADAM-SOMER,
SUSAN BOTTI, NILS FRYKDAHL, ERROLLYN WALLEN,
NICOLA LEFANU, LAUTARO MANTILLA
Performers include
violinist-vocalist CARLA KIHLSTEDT
keyboardist and drummer MATTHIAS BOSSI
violinist-vocalist EDEN MACADAM-SOMER
cellist NICHOLAS CANELLAKIS
members of ROOMFUL OF TEETH
NYFOS Associate Artistic Director and pianist MICHAEL BARRETT
Mary Flagler Cary Hall at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music
450 West 37th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues
Admission $10 (free for NYFOS subscribers) • Reservations are required
646-230-8380 or info@nyfos.net
Hour-long concert / No intermission / Complimentary beverages
Mary Flagler Cary Hall at the DiMenna Center for C
450 West 37th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues
New York City
USA
646-230-8380
Out of the Cage all day event
FRIDAY 26 OCTOBER 2012 5:15pm
The Girl In My Alphabet
The Girl in My Alphabet for piano duo will be performed by Errollyn Wallen and Douglas Finch in the Mackerras Room as part of a concert featuring John Cage's Sonata and Interludes
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
King Charles Court, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich SE10 OLD
London SE10 9JF
United Kingdom
Keynote Speaker: MUSIC ON STAGE conference
SATURDAY 20 OCTOBER 2012 10:00am
Errollyn Wallen will open the 4th International Conference of MUSIC ON STAGE at Rose Bruford College on October 20th with a keynote speech. She will discuss her groundbreaking work and will also reflect on the exciting challenges and processes of creating music theatre at this time in history.
PERFORMANCE AT OXFORD UNIVERSITY
FRIDAY 12 OCTOBER 2012 6:00pm
The 'Alain Locke in the 21st Century' event will be a two-day
symposium at the University of Oxford's Rothermere American Institute
on the 12th to the 13th of October 2012 (conference website is
www.alainlocke21.webs.com ). Rhodes House has nominated Locke Rhodes
Scholar of the Week for the same period. The event also coincides with the publication of The Works of Alain Locke by Oxford University Press
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The symposium promises to be a stimulating set of conversations and performances celebrating
Locke's relationship to Anglo-American culture and black modernity in
his time, and into the future. Confirmed speakers include Paul Gilroy,
Jackie Goldsby, Sarah Meer, and Kenneth Warren. There will be a musical performance by the multi-award winning British composer Errollyn Wallen MBE.
The symposium organisers are Elleke Boehmer, Laura Marcus, Michele Mendelssohn and
Lloyd Pratt of the English Faculty. The event has the support of the
American Embassy, Hertford (Locke's college), Rhodes House, the
Rothermere American Institute, the English Faculty, and the British
Association of American Studies.
symposium at the University of Oxford's Rothermere American Institute
on the 12th to the 13th of October 2012 (conference website is
www.alainlocke21.webs.com ). Rhodes House has nominated Locke Rhodes
Scholar of the Week for the same period. The event also coincides with the publication of The Works of Alain Locke by Oxford University Press
ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199795048.do#.UD0ltqObe_s
The symposium promises to be a stimulating set of conversations and performances celebrating
Locke's relationship to Anglo-American culture and black modernity in
his time, and into the future. Confirmed speakers include Paul Gilroy,
Jackie Goldsby, Sarah Meer, and Kenneth Warren. There will be a musical performance by the multi-award winning British composer Errollyn Wallen MBE.
The symposium organisers are Elleke Boehmer, Laura Marcus, Michele Mendelssohn and
Lloyd Pratt of the English Faculty. The event has the support of the
American Embassy, Hertford (Locke's college), Rhodes House, the
Rothermere American Institute, the English Faculty, and the British
Association of American Studies.
Errollyn Wallen
TUESDAY 9 OCTOBER 2012 7:00pm
The Errollyn Wallen Songbook
Performance at private reception hosted by Leader of Royal Greenwich, Cllr Chris Roberts and Ruth Mackenzie, OBE, Director of the Cultural Olympiad.Greenwich Council to celebrate the world class cultural and cultural riches and creative industries of the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
The Cutty Sark
Greenwich
London SE10 9DW
United Kingdom
Talk at V&A
FRIDAY 5 OCTOBER 2012 6:30pm
To Know Thy Self, Looking Beyond– Coleridge-Taylor from a Composer's Perspective
Victoria and ALbert Museum
Cromwell Road
London SW7 2RL
England
020 7942 2211
PRINCIPIA for massed choirs and orchestra
WEDNESDAY 29 AUGUST 2012
Premiere of specially composed work for the opening ceremony of the 2012 Paralympic Games. Performed by London Symphony Orchestra and choirs from around London
Olympic Stadium
London
Olympic Stadium
London
SPIRIT IN MOTION for soprano and orchestra
WEDNESDAY 29 AUGUST 2012
Premiere of specially commissioned work for soprano and orchestra to be performed by Denise Leigh and the London Symphony Orchestra at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Paralympic Games
Olympic Stadium
London
UK
ROYAL GREENWICH/ITV documentary
SUNDAY 29 JULY 2012 7:00pm
This ITV documentary on Royal Greenwich features Errollyn in conversation with John Sergeant talking about DIAMOND GREENWICH specially composed to mark the Queen's visit to the borough celebrating its newly granted Royal status.
TRIPTYCH – A NEW ORGAN WORK FOR THOMAS TROTTER
WEDNESDAY 13 JUNE 2012 2:00pm
TRIPTYCH, a new work specially written for celebrated organist Thomas Trotter to commemorate the 21st anniversary of Birmingham Symphony Hall and the 10th anniversary of the organ.
Symphony Hall
Broad Street
Birmingham B1 2EA
England
Manchester Lines
12 JUNE-7 JULY 2012
Manchester Lines
As well as producing regularly at The Lowry, the Library Theatre Company will also stage Manchester Lines, its second site-specific piece in the city of Manchester, in summer 2012. Written by Manchester poet and writer Jackie Kay, directed by leading director Wils Wilson and with music composed by Errollyn Wallen, Manchester Lines follows the company’s huge success of its adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Hard Times, which played to packed houses in a converted Victorian mill in June 2011.
Number One First Street, Manchester UK
Number One First Street, Manchester UK
NEW WORK FOR THE QUEEN'S DIAMOND JUBILEE
WEDNESDAY 25 APRIL 2012
Errollyn has been commissioned by Trinity College of Music and Greenwich Council to compose a work specially for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. The work is for orchestra and chorus.
Cutty Sark Gardens
Greenwich
London SE10 0AA
United Kingdon
ALL WOMEN ARE DIVINE
THURSDAY 8 MARCH 2012 7:00pm
Errollyn is delighted to be taking part as international guest at this concert in Stockholm to mark International Women's Day. Invited by sensational operatic trio DIVINE who will perform her Impossible Love, Errollyn will herself perform songs and piano works
Hedvig Eleonora Church
Stockholm
Sweden
TOUR OF CAUTIONARY TALES (Opera North)
2-28 MARCH 2012 7:30pm
Howard Assembly Room, Leeds March 2nd- 6th 2012
The Dukes, Lancaster March 16th
Queen's Hall, Hexham March 20th
Thoresby Riding Hall, March 24th
Square Chapel, Halifax March 27th - 28th
The Dukes, Lancaster March 16th
Queen's Hall, Hexham March 20th
Thoresby Riding Hall, March 24th
Square Chapel, Halifax March 27th - 28th
St. Paul's Inaugural Recital of the New Organ
25 JANUARY 2012-25 DECEMBER 2011 9:30am
Tiger
Inaugural Recital of the new William Drake organ in the Order of the British Empire Chapel of St. Paul's Cathedral
Organist: Thomas Trotter
Organist: Thomas Trotter
St. Paul's Cathedral
St. Paul's Churchyard
London EC4M 8AD
England
YES
22-26 NOVEMBER 2011 7:45pm
World premiere of new opera commissioned by Royal Opera House
Librettist Bonnie Greer
Librettist Bonnie Greer
Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House
Covent Garden
London WC2E 9DD
UK
ANIMAL MAGIC
14-14 NOVEMBER 2011 1:00pm
Thomas Trotter, acclaimed organist, performs TIGER
Birmingham Town Hall
Victoria Square
Birmingham
UK
I Wouldn´t Normally Say
THURSDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2011
Philip Edward Fisher performs I WOuldn´t Normally Say for solo piano.
Bargemusic
Fulton Ferry Landing, nr. Brooklyn Bridge
New York
USA
Woogie Boogie
28-28 OCTOBER 2011 10:30am
Friday, 28th October, 2011
Woogie Boogie
Featuring Philippa Mo (violin) and Errollyn Wallen (piano)
She has written her eleventh opera, she has performed live as a tap-dancing hostess on television, she has received an MBE and she has sent her CDs into space. Errollyn Wallen´s music is sparkling, startling, intelligent and beautiful – and best of all, she is here to perform her compositions herself! She will be singing a selection of her own songs and will join with Philippa Mo to play her chamber works with violin as well as a lively sonata by Handel.
Woogie Boogie
Featuring Philippa Mo (violin) and Errollyn Wallen (piano)
She has written her eleventh opera, she has performed live as a tap-dancing hostess on television, she has received an MBE and she has sent her CDs into space. Errollyn Wallen´s music is sparkling, startling, intelligent and beautiful – and best of all, she is here to perform her compositions herself! She will be singing a selection of her own songs and will join with Philippa Mo to play her chamber works with violin as well as a lively sonata by Handel.
St. Alfege Church
Greenwich Church Street
London SE10 9BJ
England
Woogie Boogie
7-7 OCTOBER 2011 10:30am
Friday, 7th October, 2011
Woogie Boogie
Featuring Philippa Mo (violin) and Errollyn Wallen (piano)
She has written her eleventh opera, she has performed live as a tap-dancing hostess on television, she has received an MBE and she has sent her CDs into space. Errollyn Wallen´s music is sparkling, startling, intelligent and beautiful – and best of all, she is here to perform her compositions herself! She will be singing a selection of her own songs and will join with Philippa Mo to play her chamber works with violin as well as a lively sonata by Handel.
Woogie Boogie
Featuring Philippa Mo (violin) and Errollyn Wallen (piano)
She has written her eleventh opera, she has performed live as a tap-dancing hostess on television, she has received an MBE and she has sent her CDs into space. Errollyn Wallen´s music is sparkling, startling, intelligent and beautiful – and best of all, she is here to perform her compositions herself! She will be singing a selection of her own songs and will join with Philippa Mo to play her chamber works with violin as well as a lively sonata by Handel.
St.Barnabas Church
Calton Avenue
London SE21 7DG
England
Telling the Stories of Our Time
20-20 AUGUST 2011 9:00pm
Composer Errollyn Wallen talks about the making of her eleven operas, revealing the fascinating processes of her art. She will also be including examples from her next opera, YES, with librettist Bonnie Greer, commissioned by the Royal Opera House, will premiere at Linbury Studio Theatre in November. Telling the Stories of Our Time will include live performance from Omar Ebrahim, Bonnie Greer, Natalie Raybould and Errollyn Wallen.
Riverside Studios
Crisp Road, Hammersmith
London W6 9RL
England
020 8237 1111
The Girl in My Alphabet
FRIDAY 5 AUGUST 2011
US premiere of original version: 2 pianos, eight hands
Tanglewood Music Festival, USA
Tanglewood Music Festival, USA
Portraits of Errollyn Wallen by Gill Robinson
WEDNESDAY 13 JULY 2011 6:00pm
Private viewing of portraits of Errollyn Wallen by Gill Robinson.
Inspired by Errollyn Wallen's music.
ONE NIGHT ONLY
6 - 8.30pm
Inspired by Errollyn Wallen's music.
ONE NIGHT ONLY
6 - 8.30pm
Steinway Hall
44 Marylebone Lane
London W1U 4DB
England
Five Postcards
WEDNESDAY 6 JULY 2011 6:00pm
Rita Porfiris and Anton Miller perform the work specially written for them by Errollyn Wallen
Trinity College Chapel
Hartford, Connecticut
Trinity College Chapel
Hartford, Connecticut
A performance of Bruise Blood and Faultline
WEDNESDAY 20 APRIL 2011 8:00pm
BRUISE BLOOD features beatbox artist Shlomo in an original interpretation of Steve Reich's COME OUT, developed in collaboration with Glyn Perrin. The much celebrated FAULTLINE features a score by Scanner with composition for live voice by Errollyn Wallen. Shobana Jeyasingh's athletic dancers bring a fierce dynamism to the work, vividly portraying the turbulent tensions amongst British Asian youth today.
Posthof Theatre
Linz
Austria
Excerpt of FAULTLINE (composed with Scanner)
SUNDAY 17 APRIL 2011 7:30pm
Celebrating Shobana Jeyasingh
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Southbank Centre
London
UK
SONGS FROM THE ERROLLYN WALLEN SONGBOOK
SUNDAY 27 MARCH 2011 4:00pm
Maita Robinson (soprano)
Matthew Goh (pianoforte)
Matthew Goh (pianoforte)
Cautionary Tales
SATURDAY 12 MARCH 2011 6:30pm
Howard Assembly Room
The Leeds Grand Theatre
46 New Briggate
Leeds
UK
0844 848 2706
Cautionary Tales
THURSDAY 10 MARCH 2011 7:00pm
World premiere of new opera, commissioned by Opera North
Text by Hilaire Belloc, Adapted by Pia Furtado with additional text by Pia Furtado and Errollyn Wallen
Howard Assembly Room
Text by Hilaire Belloc, Adapted by Pia Furtado with additional text by Pia Furtado and Errollyn Wallen
Howard Assembly Room
The Leeds Grand Theatre
46 New Briggate
Leeds
UK
0844 848 2706
FOR AIRI
FRIDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2011
Airi Yohioka, violin
Americas Society
680 Park Avenue
New York
USA
+1 212-628-3200
ERROLLYN WALLEN, PIANO & VOICE
MONDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2011 4:00pm
Symphony Space
2537 Broadway
New York 10025
USA
(212) 864-5400
YES
THURSDAY 3 FEBRUARY 2011 7:30pm
Excerpts from YES, new opera commissioned by Royal Opera House
Librettist Bonnie Greer
EXPOSURE series
Librettist Bonnie Greer
EXPOSURE series
Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House
Covent Garden
London WC2E 9DD
UK
SONGS: Of Crumpling Rocks; North; My Feet May Take
WEDNESDAY 26 JANUARY 2011 1:00pm
Angela Caesar (soprano)
Allyson Devenish (piano)
Open University Club Lunchtime Concert
Allyson Devenish (piano)
Open University Club Lunchtime Concert
The Open University
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
UK