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Proms Chamber Music 4: Dame Evelyn Glennie

Part of the Proms 2015 Series

Add to my Calendar 10-08-2015 13:00 10-08-2015 15:00 36 Proms Chamber Music 4: Dame Evelyn Glennie Returning to the Proms for the first time since 2007, award-winning Scottish percussionist Evelyn Glennie celebrates her 50th birthday with a musical party. She performs alongside pianist Philip Smith, showcasing not only her expressive virtuosity and versatility in works by John Psathas and Keiko Abe, but also her skill as a composer, in Orologeria aureola, a joint composition for Halo (metallic ‘handpan’) and tape. The performance also features a world premiere for Aluphone - an instrument invented only in 2011 and introduced at the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony by Glennie herself. There will be no interval Cadogan Hall, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Cadogan Hall
5 Sloane Terrace
Sloane Square, Belgravia
London
SW1X 9DQ
England

Programme

Keiko Abe – Prism Rhapsody
Evelyn Glennie & Phil Sheppard – Orologeria aureola
Bertram Wee – Dithyrambs: world premiere
John Psathas – View from Olympus: world premiere of this version

Performers

Evelyn Glennie – Percussion
 Philip Smith – piano

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Programme Note

Returning to the Proms for the first time since 2007, award-winning Scottish percussionist Evelyn Glennie celebrates her 50th birthday with a musical party. She performs alongside pianist Philip Smith, showcasing not only her expressive virtuosity and versatility in works by John Psathas and Keiko Abe, but also her skill as a composer, in Orologeria aureola, a joint composition for Halo (metallic ‘handpan’) and tape. The performance also features a world premiere for Aluphone - an instrument invented only in 2011 and introduced at the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony by Glennie herself.

There will be no interval

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