What's On

Programme

J S Bach Sarabande from Suite No 1 in G major BWV 1007
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson Calvary Ostinato from Lamentations: Black/Folk Song Suite
Giacinto Scelsi Maknongan
Fredrick Gifford Difficult Grace for speaking cellist and electronics

J S Bach Sarabande from Suite No 2 in D minor BWV 1008
Nathalie Joachim Dam Mwen Yo for cello and electronics
Alvin Singleton Argoru II
Monty Adkins Winter Tendrils for cello, electronics and film

J S Bach Sarabande from Suite No 5 in C minor BWV 1011
Conrad Beck Moderato and Tranquillo from Drei Epigramme
Carlos Simon Between Worlds
Chinary Ung Khse Buon 

Performers

Seth Parker Woods cello

About

Part of Inspirational Artists

Hailed by The Guardian as ‘a cellist of power and grace’ who possesses ‘mature artistry and willingness to go to the brink’, two-time GRAMMY nominated cellist Seth Parker Woods has established his reputation as a versatile artist and innovator across multiple genres.

Thus Spoke Their Verse melds three centuries of music with themes of identity, storytelling, and the unique polyphonic capacities of a single instrument. Anchoring the programme are three Sarabandes from Johann Sebastian Bach’s first, second, and fifth cello suites. Woods uses these pieces as familiar yet fertile ground from which he expands into uncharted territory with works by Carlos Simon, Nathalie Joachim, and Giacinto Scelsi, among others.

The Sarabandes act as sonic markers, guiding listeners from the well-trod paths of classical music into more experimental and modern realms, presenting a bridge between past and future.

Our Inspirational Artists series is graciously support by The Haworth Trust.

Photo credit: Ben Gibbs

Tickets

Full Price £22
Student/Under 26 £14

Promoted by RNCM.

This event will include an interval and will end at approximately 9.30pm.