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Aidan O'Rourke, Alice Zawadzki and Héloïse Werner

,Milton Court Concert Hall
A composite image featuring the five artists in the concert. From left to right: Kit Downes, Alice Zawadzki, Heloise Werner, Colin Alexander and Allan Clayton. The image has a pink overlay.

Celebrated singers Alice Zawadzki and Héloïse Werner are joined by fiddle player Aidan O'Rourke, pianist Kit Downes and cellist Colin Alexander in a programme of new works by each of the artists.

This sonorous and meditative programme of semi-improvised music features specially reworked pieces by these five exceptional artists. Devised for this concert, this 70-minute set will bring together the unique voices of the singers and blend them with the sounds of strings, piano, chamber organ and harmonium. 

Alice Zawadzki: ‘a genuine original’  (The Guardian)

Héloïse Werner: ‘classical’s new queen of weird’ (The Times)

Aidan O'Rourke: 'eclectically-minded fiddle-player renowned through his playing and composing' (The Scotsman)

Kit Downes: ‘one of the finest pianists of his generation’ (Jazzwise)

Colin Alexander: ‘contemplative and beguiling’ (The Observer)

Tagged with: Classical music Barbican Presents Contemporary music

The end time for this concert will be added here closer to the performance date

Produced by the Barbican

Performers

  • Alice Zawadzki   voice and violin
  • Héloïse Werner   voice and cello
  • Aidan O'Rourke*   scottish fiddle
  • Kit Downes   piano, chamber organ, harmonium and cello
  • Colin Alexander   cello

* Unfortunately Allan Clayton is unable to take part in this performance due to illness. We are delighted that Aidan O’Rourke will be performing instead, bringing his own sound of the Scottish fiddle to the collaboration.

Digital programme

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Milton Court Concert Hall

Location
Milton Court Concert Hall is located within the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and is approximately a 5 minute walk from the Barbican entrance on Silk Street.  

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Milton Court
Silk St, London
EC2Y 9BH

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