Contemporary
We enjoy performing a variety of solo and chamber music by contemporary composers. Recent projects included premiering works by Philip Venables, Kerry Andrew, George Holloway, Joanna Lee and Robert Syzmanek
Joanna Lee Your Little Voice
Your little voice incorporates 7 distinct Vocal Styles: Child - Jazzy - Musical theatre - Normal/Arabic - Normal - Operatic - Sweet
It is inspired by singing, its mechanics and the wealth of vocal forms, styles and techniques present in today's society. It was composed as a fun, light-hearted, if somewhat challenging exploration and pyrotechnical display!
George Holloway: I believe in you, my soul
This SATB choral setting of a passage for Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself, recorded by the Highfield Ensemble at St Mary’s Church, Stoke Newington
Ruth Hopkins | Jacob Werrin | Duncan Appleby | Sam Poppleton
Listen to the final recording: http://georgehollowaycomposer.com/?p=824
Philip Venables: A Little Bit of Socialist Realism
This experimental work focuses on the poetry of young British poet Sean Bonney, who writes mainly about socialism, class warfare, politics and violence.
Soundhub Showcase Concert, LSO St Luke's
Philip Venables Director | Ashot Sarkissjan violin | London Sprechchor
Text by Sean Bonney
Kerry Andrew: The Sky Begins to Change
The Sky Begins To Change was written for K’antu Ensemble to perform at Cheltenham Festival, Barton Arts Festival and Shrewsbury Folk Festival. The 20-minute piece on the theme of “how we talk” was commissioned by the Arts Council and draws on material gathered during musical outreach sessions led by Live Music Now musicians with hundreds of older people in care homes in across the Midlands.
Rob Szymanek: Torch Song
LSO St Luke's Soundhub Performance
Performers:
Ruth Hopkins - Voice I | Robert Szymanek - Voice II | Percussion I - Sarah Mason | Percussion II - TBC
Cathy Berberian: Stripsody
In 1966, Berberian composed her first musical work, Stripsody for solo voice, an exploration of the onomatopoeic sounds of comic strips, which she used to convey a succession of amusing vignettes, illustrated by Roberto Zamarin.
