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Boulanger, Chaminade, Giles Swayne and more
The Hermes Experiment
Programme & Song Text
Date
Tue 20 Jul 2021, 7.30pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 70 minutes in duration, without an interval
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Artists

  • The Hermes Experiment
    • Héloïse Wernersoprano
    • Anne Denholm-Blairharp
    • Oliver Pashleyclarinet
    • Marianne Schofielddouble bass

Programme

  • Giles Swayne
    b. 1946
      • Chansons dévotes et poissonneuses Op. 141
        :
      • Les poissons mélomanes
  • Lili Boulanger
    1893-1918
      • Prelude in D flat
        (arranged by Oliver Pashley for harp, clarinet and double bass)
  • Cécile Chaminade
    1857-1944
      • La lune paresseuse
        (arranged by Marianne Schofield for harp, clarinet, soprano and double bass)
      • Ma première lettre
        (arranged by Marianne Schofield for harp, clarinet, soprano and double bass)
  • Kerry Andrew
    b. 1978
      • Fruit Songs
        (arranged by Anne Denholm-Blair)
  • Meredith Monk
    b. 1942
      • Double Fiesta
        (arranged by Anne Denholm-Blair)

Overview

The Hermes Experiment is a contemporary quartet made up of harp, clarinet, voice and double bass, which regularly commissions works (many of which can be heard in this evening’s programme) as well as capitalising on their own arranging skills for existing music. Tonight’s programme includes Kerry Andrew’s five sultry, quirky songs about fruit and Jeremy Thurlow’s ‘delicate, translucent’ Quiet Songs.

Supported by Cockayne Grants for the Arts, a donor advised fund at the London Community Foundation

With the partnership of Institut français du Royaume-Uni

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