Levedy Ensemble: Alone, Together - Cambridge performance: Voice and harp quintet, Levedy Ensemble, premiere their brand new commission: Alone, Together at Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge on Thursday 7th April 2022

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Levedy Ensemble: Alone, Together - Cambridge performance

Voice and harp quintet, Levedy Ensemble, premiere their brand new commission: Alone, Together

Add to my Calendar 07-04-2022 19:00 07-04-2022 21:00 36 Levedy Ensemble: Alone, Together - Cambridge performance Alone, Together is a creative response to the concept of isolation. Levedy Ensemble as a group were affected by the Coronavirus pandemic, not least because they were unable to work together, rehearse and perform. The pandemic encouraged Levedy Ensemble think about groups and communities for whom isolation is a part of their every day life; such as hospitals, nursing homes and prisons. Levedy Ensemble wished to develop a project that allowed them to express the isolation they had experienced, whilst reaching out to and working with often-isolated communities. Levedy Ensemble is passionate about championing the work of women in creative fields and commissioned rising female composer Shaye Poulton Richards to set seven poems written by female authors to music. The group also asked Shaye to write five accompanying soundscapes. The soundscapes, unlike the songs, are improvisatory, and use material written by Shaye to create artistic responses to the songs in the cycle. These soundscapes act as a tool through which Levedy Ensemble, partnered with charity Sing Inside, will work with isolated communities in prisons across the UK. Levedy Ensemble is a voice and harp quintet formed by students and graduates of Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Levedy Ensemble has found a niche performing works for upper voices with harp: in October 2020 they were announced winners of the inaugural Trinity Laban Carne Trust Chamber Music Competition and since have performed in venues in the UK and abroad with their most recent engagement being a collaboration with Lilium SoundArt in Padua, Italy. Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Trinity College Chapel
Trinity Street
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB2 1TQ
England

Thursday 7th April 2022
7:00 PM

Programme

Gustav Holst – Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Op.26
Shaye Poulton Richards – Alone, Together
Edmund Rubbra – A Hymn to the Virgin
Edmund Rubbra – Jesukin

Performers

Levedy Ensemble

Programme Note

Alone, Together is a creative response to the concept of isolation. Levedy Ensemble as a group were affected by the Coronavirus pandemic, not least because they were unable to work together, rehearse and perform. The pandemic encouraged Levedy Ensemble think about groups and communities for whom isolation is a part of their every day life; such as hospitals, nursing homes and prisons. Levedy Ensemble wished to develop a project that allowed them to express the isolation they had experienced, whilst reaching out to and working with often-isolated communities.

Levedy Ensemble is passionate about championing the work of women in creative fields and commissioned rising female composer Shaye Poulton Richards to set seven poems written by female authors to music. The group also asked Shaye to write five accompanying soundscapes. The soundscapes, unlike the songs, are improvisatory, and use material written by Shaye to create artistic responses to the songs in the cycle. These soundscapes act as a tool through which Levedy Ensemble, partnered with charity Sing Inside, will work with isolated communities in prisons across the UK.

Levedy Ensemble is a voice and harp quintet formed by students and graduates of Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Levedy Ensemble has found a niche performing works for upper voices with harp: in October 2020 they were announced winners of the inaugural Trinity Laban Carne Trust Chamber Music Competition and since have performed in venues in the UK and abroad with their most recent engagement being a collaboration with Lilium SoundArt in Padua, Italy.

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