Trio Sonata Op. 2 No. 8
Rückert-Lieder
Bukoliki
Spell Book (world premiere tour)
A performance featuring music by the award-winning young composer Freya Waley-Cohen, including her arrangement of Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder, settings of five emotive poems by the influential German Romantic author whose poetry was a huge influence on Mahler’s composition. The concert also features a new chamber piece for mezzo-soprano and chamber ensemble, receiving its world premiere in this series of concerts.
We recently caught up with Freya Waley-Cohen and found out a little bit more about her and her music. Read the interview.
LONDON: PRE-CONCERT TALK
12.15pm: Freya Waley-Cohen discusses her new work with Dr Kate Kennedy ahead of its London premiere. This is a free but ticketed event – book here.
With thanks to the RVW Trust and Hinrichsen Foundation for supporting Freya Waley-Cohen’s commission.
"[Rebecca Tamás's book 'Witch]... inspired Waley-Cohen to write music as wild, energised and volatile as her subject matter. There was a folk-dance feel at times, but also a manic freneticism, particularly in the (I think) sardonic final song, Spell for Logic, which recalled Shostakovich at his most unhinged. Not comfortable listening, but striking and superbly put over by the mezzo-soprano Katie Bray and the virtuoso principals of the Britten Sinfonia."
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