Hayden Thorpe: Song of Ness, featuring Guildhall School musicians
- 7.30pm
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About this event:
- Category:
- Classical Music | Featured | Jazz | Production Arts
- Event type:
- Booking required | In-person
- Admission:
- From £25
- Location:
- Milton Court Concert Hall
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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.
Alongside the music, dynamic projection mapping by Guildhall Digital Design & Production students animates Stanley Donwood’s illustrations through striking 2D and 3D visuals, layered with live-mixed elements throughout the show.
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
Part of the Barbican's Fragile Earth Series
The Barbican's new concert season tunes in to planet earth, an inexhaustible source of inspiration to artists, and the burning challenge of our time.
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
