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Part of The Future is Green, our In Focus: The Climate Agenda takes place across two days. Our students will delve into the connection between music and climate change through contemporary chamber works by a range of composers. We’re also including new works by our students, past and present.

Experience powerful activism, breath-taking landscapes, and poignant reflections on our planet’s fragility.

Celebrating the spirit of fresh perspectives, Gabriella Smith’s Carrot Revolution is all about finding new contexts for old things and ideas. A new work by student composer Gloria Xia then makes way for Hans Abrahamsen’s musical portrayal of American writer David Thoreau’s pioneering time living in the woods. The afternoon closes with a movement from Bryce Dessner’s Impermanence ballet suite, which explores the juxtaposition between beauty and destruction, taking inspiration from the tragedy of the Australian bush fires of 2019-20.

Gabriella Smith Carrot Revolution for string quartet
Gloria Xia New work for wind quintet
Hans Abrahamsen Walden (Woodwind Quartet No 2)
Bryce Dessner Pulsing for string quartet

Student Musicians from RNCM

Tickets:
£2.50 (Under 26s and Students) + £1 Booking Fee
£5 (Full) + £1 Booking Fee

This event will end at approximately 2pm.