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Garden Museum
5 Lambeth Palace Road
Lambeth Palace
London
SE1 7LB
England
Programme
Robert Hugill – The Gardeners
Performers
William Vann – Conductor
Peter Brathwaite – baritone
Julian Debreuil – bass-baritone
Magid El-Bushra – countertenor
Flora McIntosh – mezzo-soprano
Georgia Mae Bishop – mezzo-soprano
FifteenB Productions
Programme Note
The Gardeners - a new chamber opera by Robert Hugill and Joanna Wyld
'A beautiful piece, beautifully performed' - Seen and Heard International
After its triumphant premiere at Conway Hall in June 2019, Robert Hugill and Joanna Wyld's chamber opera The Gardeners returns for a further performance at the Garden Museum, the UK's only museum celebrating British gardens and gardening.
'Quite a feat! ... It lingers in the memory' - Classical Source
Inspired by a newspaper article, The Gardeners is set in a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in a war-torn country amongst the family of gardeners who look after the cemetery, The Gardeners treats the themes of tolerance, remembrance and brotherhood using the garden as a metaphor for the possibility of growth and renewal.
'Hugill's music has a moving serenity and stillness' - Opera Today
The graves belong to the Dead, who once invaded the land in which they lie. Tensions rise between three generations of the same family who look after war graves in a politically divided region.
'A composer of discernment, imagination and drive' Tempo Magazine on Robert Hugill's When a Man Knows
You can read a selection of reviews of the premiere at Conway Hall at The Gardeners website
https://www.thegardeners.org/the-gardeners-reviews
where there is also a selection of Robert Piwko's photographs of
the event:
https://www.thegardeners.org/conway-hall-premiere/
Further details from https://www.thegardeners.org/
Tickets £25 including a glass of wine, which will be served before the in the Garden Museum's lovely garden.
The Old Gardener - Peter Brathwaite (baritone)
The Gardener - Julian Debreuil (bass-baritone)
The Angry Young Man - Magid El Bushra (counter-tenor)
The Mother - Georgia Mae Bishop (mezzo-soprano)
The Grandmother - Flora McIntosh (mezzo-soprano)
Oliver Wass (harp), Charlotte Amherst (violin), Joanna Patrick (viola), Sophie Haynes (cello), Max Welford (clarinet)
William Vann (conductor)
