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March 2020
Dame Evelyn Glennie In Conversation with Katy Hamilton
At 6:30pm on the 4th of March 2020, join Evelyn for an in-conversation event with meditator Katy Hamilton. For ticket information, please visit here. Dame Evelyn Glennie is the first person in history to successfully create and sustain a full-time career as a solo percussionist, performing worldwide with the greatest conductors, orchestras, and artists. The Grammy award-winning percussionist, profoundly deaf from the age of 12 and who has honed her awareness of sound to such a degree that she describes…
Find out more »Candlelit Lute: Matthew Wadsworth & Dame Evelyn Glennie
Including music from Dowland, Philip Rosseter and Robert Johnson, Matthew Wadsworth offers a haven from the hustle and bustle of everyday life with an intimate solo programme. He is joined by Dame Evelyn Glennie as the two musicians present the world premiere of a new Chiltern Arts commission for theorbo and marimba by Stephen Goss – the same composer who worked with Matthew to write the first-ever Theorbo Concerto. The concert will be preceded by a pre-concert talk. Tickets available separately.
Find out more »April 2020
Surround Sound Music Festival – A Conversation with Evelyn Glennie | CANCELLED
This event has been cancelled due to COVID-19.
Find out more »Evelyn Glennie’s Percussion | CANCELLED
This event has now been cancelled. Conductor | Alexander Shelley Percussion | Evelyn Glennie From its exhilarating opening notes, Johannes Brahms’s Symphony No. 3 cemented his reputation as one of the three great Bs of music, alongside J.S. Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven. Deeply romantic and lyrical, Brahms’s third symphony illustrates his mastery of both tradition and innovation. Listen for the subtle nod to Canada’s national anthem in Launch!, a brief, sparkling fanfare from JUNO Award-winning composer Vivian Fung. Swirling woodwinds, strings, and…
Find out more »Concert in Taipei – Cancelled
More information to follow soon.
Find out more »May 2020
In Conversation with Evelyn Glennie – Cancelled
Join us as we welcome City Lit Fellow Dame Evelyn Glennie, for a special event on Friday 22 May. We are delighted to welcome international solo percussionist and composer, Dame Evelyn Glennie, to discuss her life and career with City Lit Principal, Mark Malcomson CBE. This lively discussion will include a sprinkling of musical demonstrations and an audience Q&A. This will be followed by the presentation of Evelyn’s Fellowship Award, to celebrate her newest achievement of becoming a City Lit…
Find out more »St David’s Wales with Trio HLK – CANCELLED
The world’s foremost solo percussionist, Dame Evelyn Glennie, will perform a jazz-inspired concert in collaboration with the Scottish ensemble, Trio HLK. The union of three distinct, forward thinking musical personalities Trio HLK playing with Evelyn Glennie is “a class all of its own: Trio HLK’s collaboration with percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie was an intense combination of complex musical ideas and virtuoso musicianship.”-Tony Benjamin, Jazzwise.
Find out more »June 2020
Istanbul Festival – CANCELLED
Virtuoso solo percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie who leads the field with visionary and innovative projects joins women musicians from Turkey in this concert, held in collaboration with the British Council’s WOW İstanbul - Women of the World Festival 2020. Pre-concert talk to be given by Evelyn with mediator 20:00 – 20:40pm Concert start time 9:00pm More information to follow/
Find out more »July 2020
Timber Festival | Evelyn Glennie – CANCELLED
Timber is a joint venture between the National Forest Company and Wild Rumpus, who have come together to create an international festival exploring the transformative impact of forests. For more information about this event, visit here.
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