Summer Premières: Helix Ensemble in Beeston at St John the Baptist Church, Beeston on Saturday 28th June 2025

Please note: This concert is in the past and has already taken place.

Summer Premières

Helix Ensemble in Beeston

Add to my Calendar 28-06-2025 19:30 28-06-2025 21:30 36 Summer Premières Helix Ensemble returns to St John's Church, Beeston on Saturday 28th June at 7.30pm for a brilliant concert directed by Adam Summerhayes, virtuosic violinist and composer of two works in the concert. Short works by Vaughan-Williams and Honegger lead to the nine movement suite Pelleas and Melisande by Sibelius that he originally wrote as incidental music for a play.   In the second half of the concert there are two world premieres; a chance to hear Adam perform his second violin concerto, titled 'Boiled in Lead', of which he wrote 'it should be very dancy, folky and fun', and before that a work also written by Adam which is a setting of a poem 'Hunger and the Swan', with words spoken by the poet, Jessie Summerhayes.   We are looking forward to learning these new works and bringing you a wonderful mix of music.  I do hope you will be able to join us. St John the Baptist Church, Beeston DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St John the Baptist Church
Church Street
Beeston
Nottinghamshire
NG9 1GA
England

Saturday 28th June 2025
7:30 PM

Programme

Arthur Honegger – Pastorale d'Été
Adam Summerhayes – Hunger and the Swan (2025)
Adam Summerhayes – Violin Concerto no.2 (2025)
Jean Sibelius – Pelleas et Melisande Suite
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Two Hymn Tune Preludes (1936)

Performers

Adam Summerhayes – Conductor / violin
Jessie Summerhayes – Voice

Helix Ensemble

Programme Note

Helix Ensemble returns to St John's Church, Beeston on Saturday 28th June at 7.30pm for a brilliant concert directed by Adam Summerhayes, virtuosic violinist and composer of two works in the concert. Short works by Vaughan-Williams and Honegger lead to the nine movement suite Pelleas and Melisande by Sibelius that he originally wrote as incidental music for a play.

In the second half of the concert there are two world premieres; a chance to hear Adam perform his second violin concerto, titled 'Boiled in Lead', of which he wrote 'it should be very dancy, folky and fun', and before that a work also written by Adam which is a setting of a poem 'Hunger and the Swan', with words spoken by the poet, Jessie Summerhayes.

We are looking forward to learning these new works and bringing you a wonderful mix of music. I do hope you will be able to join us.

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