Mad Song perform Pierrot lunaire at Heath Street Baptist Church, London on Tuesday 21st November 2023

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Mad Song perform Pierrot lunaire

Add to my Calendar 21-11-2023 20:00 21-11-2023 22:00 36 Mad Song perform Pierrot lunaire Mad Song are a dynamic young ensemble who specialise in performances of 20th and 21st century music. Founded in 2019 they have become renowned for their committed performances, particularly of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’ Eight Songs for a Mad King, which they have performed around the UK. Their performance at the Aberystwyth Festival was lauded for its 'brutality and raw energy' (David Campbell) and their playing has been described as ‘beyond praise’ (Seen & Heard International). Mezzo soprano Rebekah Jones read music at King's College London and studied on the Masters course at the Royal College of Music as a Leverhulme Arts Scholar under the tutelage of Tim Evans-Jones. Known for her versatility and exceptional musicianship, Rebekah's solo career highlights include the roles of the Angel (Elgar's Dream of Gerontius - Dorking Halls 2021) , Mrs Lovett (Sweeney Todd - RCM Scenes 2020), Waitress/Mother (Greek - RCM scenes 2019), Alisa (Lucia di Lammermoor) with Fulham Opera, reprised at Grimeborn 2018, performances of Bach's B Minor Mass at St John's Smith Square (Winter 2021) and the St Endellion Music Festival (Easter 2017), Bach’s St Matthew Passion at Chichester Cathedral (Easter 2019), masterclasses with Michael Chance and Sir Thomas Allen (RCM, Summer 2019) and performing as part of the Winter 2016-17 season at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. They come together for a concert celebrating Schoenberg's masterpiece, Pierrot lunaire. The 21 songs of Schoenberg's melodrama will be preceded by Helen Grime's beautiful Pierrot Miniatures, inspired by other poems about the Pierrot character by Giraud. Opening the concert is the second performance of Rob Hao's Commedia, a contemporary take on the Commedia dell'arte tradition that inspired Schoenberg. Heath Street Baptist Church, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Heath Street Baptist Church
84 Heath Street
Hampstead
London
NW3 1DN
England

Tuesday 21st November 2023
8:00 PM

Programme

Rob Hao – Commedia
Helen Grime – Seven Pierrot Miniatures
Arnold Schoenberg – Pierrot Lunaire, Op.21

Performers

Rebekah Jones – mezzo-soprano
Joshua Ballance – Conductor

Mad Song

Programme Note

Mad Song are a dynamic young ensemble who specialise in performances of 20th and 21st century music. Founded in 2019 they have become renowned for their committed performances, particularly of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’ Eight Songs for a Mad King, which they have performed around the UK. Their performance at the Aberystwyth Festival was lauded for its 'brutality and raw energy' (David Campbell) and their playing has been described as ‘beyond praise’ (Seen & Heard International).

Mezzo soprano Rebekah Jones read music at King's College London and studied on the Masters course at the Royal College of Music as a Leverhulme Arts Scholar under the tutelage of Tim Evans-Jones. Known for her versatility and exceptional musicianship, Rebekah's solo career highlights include the roles of the Angel (Elgar's Dream of Gerontius - Dorking Halls 2021) , Mrs Lovett (Sweeney Todd - RCM Scenes 2020), Waitress/Mother (Greek - RCM scenes 2019), Alisa (Lucia di Lammermoor) with Fulham Opera, reprised at Grimeborn 2018, performances of Bach's B Minor Mass at St John's Smith Square (Winter 2021) and the St Endellion Music Festival (Easter 2017), Bach’s St Matthew Passion at Chichester Cathedral (Easter 2019), masterclasses with Michael Chance and Sir Thomas Allen (RCM, Summer 2019) and performing as part of the Winter 2016-17 season at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.

They come together for a concert celebrating Schoenberg's masterpiece, Pierrot lunaire. The 21 songs of Schoenberg's melodrama will be preceded by Helen Grime's beautiful Pierrot Miniatures, inspired by other poems about the Pierrot character by Giraud. Opening the concert is the second performance of Rob Hao's Commedia, a contemporary take on the Commedia dell'arte tradition that inspired Schoenberg.

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