Hebrides Ensemble

Le Jongleur De Notre Dame Preview

Hebrides Ensemble — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:40:51 +0100

Hebrides Ensemble, Scotland’s foremost contemporary music group, makes its debut at Opera North at 7.30pm on Friday 21 May in the Howard Assembly Room, in a programme of works by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. The Ensemble will give the Opera North premier of Maxwell Davies’ remarkable music-theatre work, Le Jongleur de Nortre Dame, directed by Joshua Armstrong. The concert is part of Opera North’s first full season at their new arts hub, the Howard Assembly Room situated within the beautifully restored Leeds Grand Theatre in the centre of Leeds. Le Jongleur is based on an ancient French legend and tells the tale in music of a juggler who enters an abbey and the exploits that ensue. Maxwell Davies’ work is a ‘sacred comedy’ written for instrumentalists, a singer, a juggler and a children‘s band. The role of the abbot is sung by baritone Håkan Vramsmo, and the juggler is played by the acclaimed acrobat, Chris Patfield. The work is extraordinary in that the other parts are written for the musicians and the flautist, clarinettist, percussionist and violinist all perform the roles of the monks and the Virgin Mary. For more info and tickets, visit http://www.operanorth.co.uk

Pierrot Lunaire Preivew (With Images)

Hebrides Ensemble — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:23:24 +0000

This version of the Pierrot Lunaire Preview contains embedded images as an enhanced podcast. Hebrides Ensemble will perform Arnold Schoenberg's landmark work Pierrot Lunaire alongside other works by Debussy, Chopin, Beamish and Grime, all inspired by the Commedia dell'arte. Pierrot Lunaire was written in 1912 for small chamber ensemble and speaker and will go on tour throughout Scotland in March 2010. This preview podcast features clips of the music that you will hear in the concert as well as interviews with Hebrides Ensemble's artistic director, Will Conway and composers Sally Beamish and Helen Grime. Music used includes clips of Pierrot Lunaire from the Arnold Schoenbery Centre (http://schoenberg.at/), Chopin's C sharp Minor Valse Op. 64 No. 2, Debussy's Sonata for Cello and Piano in D Minor and Beamish's Commedia. Thanks to Caroline Winn, BBC Radio 3 and the Scottish Music Centre. Interviews were by Dougal Perman, Fay Young and Lucy Campbell. This podcast was produced by Bobby Perman at Inner Ear (www.innerear.co.uk) for Hebrides Ensemble.

Pierrot Lunaire Preivew (Audio Only)

Hebrides Ensemble — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:59:29 +0000

Hebrides Ensemble will perform Arnold Schoenberg's landmark work Pierrot Lunaire alongside other works by Debussy, Chopin, Beamish and Grime, all inspired by the Commedia dell'arte. Pierrot Lunaire was written in 1912 for small chamber ensemble and speaker and will go on tour throughout Scotland in March 2010. This preview podcast features clips of the music that you will hear in the concert as well as interviews with Hebrides Ensemble's artistic director, Will Conway and composers Sally Beamish and Helen Grime. Music used includes clips of Pierrot Lunaire from the Arnold Schoenbery Centre (http://schoenberg.at/), Chopin's C sharp Minor Valse Op. 64 No. 2, Debussy's Sonata for Cello and Piano in D Minor and Beamish's Commedia. Thanks to Caroline Winn, BBC Radio 3 and the Scottish Music Centre. Interviews were by Dougal Perman, Fay Young and Lucy Campbell. This podcast was produced by Bobby Perman at Inner Ear (www.innerear.co.uk) for Hebrides Ensemble.

Rush Hour January Concerts

Hebrides Ensemble — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:37:10 +0000

January blues? Ease yourself into the New Year with Hebrides Ensemble's Rush Hour concerts: two early evening performances, two well-known works, and two Scottish premieres of highly evocative, distinctive and intriguing modern music. 21 January, get intimate with the Hebrides Ensemble as they perform Brahms’ sumptuous and much-loved string sextet, set against the dynamic, vivid, contemporary work of Mark Antony-Turnage. Brahms : String Sextet No. 1 in B flat major, Op.18 Turnage : Returning (2006) 28 January: Hebrides Ensemble perform Brahms’ sumptuous and much-loved string sextet, set against the dynamic, vivid, contemporary works of Helen Grime. Brahms : String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op 36 Grime : Into the Faded Air (2007) ** ** Helen Grime, an upcoming young Scottish composer who has recently created works for the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia and Hebrides Ensemble amongst others, will join us on the 28th to introduce her work and host an informal Q&A session after the performance. So, unwind after work with a glass of wine and some exhilarating music, expertly performed by one of the UK’s finest cutting edge chamber groups. www.hebridesensemble.com

Will Conway talks to Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

Hebrides Ensemble — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:44:21 +0100

The Hebrides Ensemble will perform some of Peter Maxwell Davies’ most celebrated chamber works together with works by fellow septuagenarian, Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen. This programme combines the Glasgow premiere of the String Trio, co-commissioned by Hebrides Ensemble for the St. Magnus Festival and Moving Still, a work written for the Kronos Quartet by Gudmundsen-Holmgreen. Sunday 1st November 2009, 8.00pm City Halls: Recital Room

Moving Still Teaser

Hebrides Ensemble — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:31:21 +0100

Hebrides Ensemble present a programme that combines the Glasgow premiere of the String Trio, co-commissioned by Hebrides Ensemble for the St. Magnus and City of London Festivals and the piece that this extract was taken from, ‘Moving Still’ a work written for the Kronos Quartet by Gudmundsen-Holmgreen. For more information about the event, go to glasgowconcerthalls.com and hebridesensemble.org.uk.