Experience the brilliance of legendary soprano Julia Bullock in a work that shines a light on the life and legacy of Joséphine Baker – artist, activist and icon of resistance.
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Classical musicContemporary music
Always, Already There: Going Beyond
A mesmerising sequence of sung, played and communally-devised performances with music from Hannah Kendall to Alice Coltrane, marking the opening of theAlways, Already There weekend.
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Classical musicContemporary music
Always, Already There: Time Echoes
An ear-opening celebration of the engagement by Afrodiasporic composers past and present with the interaction between live instrumental and electronic music, featuring four exciting soloists.
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Classical musicContemporary music
Always, Already There: Black Art Notes
Leading improvisers and composer-performers are joined by students from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama to perform graphic and open score work by Afrodiasporic composers.
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Classical musicContemporary music
Always, Already There: Late Night with NikNak
NikNak reunites Jean-Michel Basquiat and John Cage through the turntables with a DJ set that is reminiscent of an improvised conversation in this relaxed late-night event.
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Classical musicContemporary music
Always, Already There: Apartment House – Not in Between
Pioneering group Apartment House present a programme of work by significant Afro-diasporic composers, covering over half a century of avant-garde and experimental music, for the first time in the UK.
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Classical musicTalks & events
Society of Black Composers and beyond: Keynote lecture...
Dr Harald Kisiedu lectures on the Society of Black Composers and the legacies of Dorothy Rudd Moore, Talib Rasul Hakim, Alvin Singleton and Olly Wilson.
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Classical music
Always, Already There: Words like Freedom
Join us for a compendium of Black Art Song focused on the female voice, devised by leading soprano Gweneth Ann Rand and pianist Allyson Devenish.
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Classical music
Always, Already There: building a burning house
TheAlways, Already There Ensemble are joined by three stellar singers at this celebratory concert marking the end of ourAlways, Already Thereweekend.
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Classical music
Arcadi Volodos in Recital
The award-winning pianist returns to the Hall, performing a moving programme of Schubert and Chopin that is personal and deeply introspective.
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Classical musicTheatre & dance
Love, Icebox
Pianist Alice Sara Ott presents Love, Icebox, Bryce Dessner's acclaimed work based on excerpts from the anthology of letters between John Cage and Merce Cunningham.
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Classical music
Alice Sara Ott & Academy of St Martin’s in the Fields
Alice Sara Ott and Academy of St Martin in the Fields collaborate for the first time to perform one of Alice’s signature pieces and a powerful programme of Ravel, Stravinsky and Mozart.
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Classical music
Schubert’s Winterreise: Alice Sara Ott & Benjamin Appl
Alice Sara Ott and Benjamin Appl unite for the world premiere of a new interpretation of Schubert’s Winterreise, directed by Andrew Staples.
