Mad Song & Rebekah Jones at High Barnet Chamber Music Festival at St John the Baptist Church, London on Friday 14th July 2023

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Mad Song & Rebekah Jones at High Barnet Chamber Music Festival

Part of the High Barnet Chamber Music Festival 2023

Add to my Calendar 14-07-2023 20:00 14-07-2023 22:00 36 Mad Song & Rebekah Jones at High Barnet Chamber Music Festival 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 at HBCMF for a concert celebrating Schoenberg's masterpiece, Pierrot lunaire. Amongst the 21 songs of Schoenberg's melodrama, they are slotting in Helen Grime's beautiful Pierrot miniatures, inspired by other poems about the Pierrot character by Giraud. Rounding off the concert is a newly commissioned work by Australian composer Rob Hao. St John the Baptist Church, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St John the Baptist Church
Wood Street
Chipping Barnet
London
EN5 4BW
England

Friday 14th July 2023
8:00 PM

Programme

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

Performers

Rebekah Jones – mezzo-soprano
Joshua Ballance – Conductor

Mad Song

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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 at HBCMF for a concert celebrating Schoenberg's masterpiece, Pierrot lunaire. Amongst the 21 songs of Schoenberg's melodrama, they are slotting in Helen Grime's beautiful Pierrot miniatures, inspired by other poems about the Pierrot character by Giraud. Rounding off the concert is a newly commissioned work by Australian composer Rob Hao.

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