Author: pierre

A Cry of Anguish: Eight Songs For A Mad King

David Grundy

“Eight Songs remains an intensely visceral piece with the capacity to shock. More than that, though, it prompts reflection on the treatment of mental health and the fraught legacies of empire, issues which are still very much with us.”

“The Job Is to Make the Score Live.” Elaine Mitchener on On Being Human as Praxis

Kristoffer Patrick Cornils

“On Being Human as Praxis” was conceived by Elaine Mitchener. The vocal artist invited five different composers—Jason Yarde, Matana Roberts, Laure M. Hiendl, Tansy Davies, and George E. Lewis—to respond to the work of the Jamaican feminist and cultural theorist Sylvia Winter.

Womens Work, Wigmore Hall

Jo Hutton

“The ensemble exit the stage to Alison Knowles’s Shuffle, concluding a powerful evening of profound reflection on women’s influence in the world.”