Hayden Thorpe: Song of Ness, featuring Guildhall School musicians
- 7.30pm
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- Category:
- Classical Music | Jazz
- Event type:
- Booking required | In-person
- Admission:
- From £25
- Location:
- Milton Court Concert Hall
Event information
Hayden Thorpe brings Ness to life, transforming Robert Macfarlane’s words into a spellbinding musical experience featuring Propellor Ensemble and musicians from Guildhall School of Music & Drama's Jazz, Strings and Wind, Brass & Percussion departments.
Through resplendent orchestration and ethereal choral arrangements, Song Of Ness reimagines the atmospheric landscapes of Orford Ness - once a weapons development site, now a rewilded place of paradox.
Inspired by Robert Macfarlane and illustrator Stanley Donwood’s Ness, Thorpe crafted the album by redacting words from the book to uncover hidden songs. With haunting melodies and innovative soundscapes, the echoes of history meet the forces of nature, brought to life in this one-of-a-kind performance featuring large ensemble, choir and projection mapping created from artwork by Stanley Donwood.
The performance will also include a world premiere of specially commissioned Ness work with new songs from Thorpe and Macfarlane alongside arrangements for orchestra and choir by Jack McNeill and Kerry Andrew, the creators behind the acclaimed album.
Promoted by the Barbican
Please note this performance may contain haze and strobe
Performers
Hayden Thorpe
Robert Macfarlane
Propellor Ensemble
Musicians from Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Venue information
Milton Court, based across the road from our Silk Street building, provides the School with world-class performance and training spaces, including a state of the art concert hall, a lyric theatre, a studio theatre and several major rehearsal rooms.
- Milton Court, 1 Milton Street, London, EC2Y 9BH
