13 April 2021 – Online event
Elaine Mitchener vocalist; Gordon Mackay violin; Mira Benjamin violin; Bridget Carey viola; Anton Lukoszevieze cello; Neil Charles double bass
Programme: Archie Shepp, Benjamin Patterson, Charles Mingus and more
Reviews: The Wire, TDE Promotions
2 September 2021
the then + the now = now time (UK Premiere)
Originally commissioned by MaerzMusik – Festival für Zeitfrage
Interview: The Guardian
8 March 2022
WOMENS WORK International Women’s Day
Elaine Mitchener vocalist; Sarah Saviet violin; Mira Benjamin violin; Bridget Carey viola; Tamaki Sugimoto cello; Heather Roche clarinet; Siwan Rhys piano
Programme: Pamela Z, Alison Knowles, Jennifer Walshe, Hannah Kendall, Tansy Davies, Matana Roberts and more
Review: The Wire
22 January 2023
The Rolling Calf
with Elaine Mitchener (vocals), Neil Charles (double bass), Jason Yarde (saxophone), Pat Thomas (piano, electronics)
26 May 2023
Eight Songs for a Mad King
Elaine Mitchener mezzo-contralto; Apartment House; Anton Lukoszevieze leader
Programme:
Albert M Fine (1932-1987), White On White for chamber ensemble
Peter Maxwell Davies (1934-2016), Eight Songs for a Mad King Op. 39
Interview: The Wire, The New York Times
Reviews: VAN Magazine, Prospect Magazine, Tempo
13 April 2024
Elaine Mitchener vocalist; Apartment House
Programme:
Elisabeth Luytens, Go, Said the Bird Op. 105
Rold Hind, Blue to The Throat (world premiere)
Jack Sheen, Press (world premiere)
Review: bachtrack
5 February 2025
Elaine Mitchener vocalist; Ensemble Klang
Programme: Tell! Jonkonnu, Tell! (world premiere) – Mikhail Johnson
Commissioned by Wigmore Hall
And works by Muhal Richard Abrams, Mark E Smith’s The Fall, Hannah Kendall, Jeanne Lee and Cassandra Miller
10 January 2026
Are ‘Friends’ Electric? – a concert for voice & electronics
Elaine Mitchener vox, Shamica Ruddock fx, Pat Thomas fx
Part One: SOLO THROAT remixed – vox with live electronics drawing on material from Elaine Mitchener’s album
Part Two: new works for voice and tape, fixed media and electronics, to include works by Jessie Cox, Laure M Hiendl, Yvette Janine Jackson, Loré Lixenberg, Amadeus Julian Regucera and Corie Rose Soumah
Reviews: The Guardian, The Wire
Works by John Dowland, Bob Marley, Barbara Strozzi, Joni Mitchell, and Robert Johnson (Tudor) and Robert Johnson (Blues Maestro).