Soundhub Showcase

Join us for an evening of cutting-edge contemporary music with four world premieres from the LSO Soundhub 2025/26 Members.

Xenia Pestova Bennet's Light Echoes tells an audiovisual story of a dying star through the endangered French Celtic language of Breton. Cameron Graham's Sweet People unveils the tapestry of cinema, flickering through history from the nickelodeon to today's modern media.

Connie Harris' Elegy for my hair intertwines dance and the sound-world of shaving, from the bristling to the silky smooth, to address modern beauty standards. Finally Sam Longbottom presents a cybernetic performance in a work for electromechanical clarinets and organ pipes.

Programme

Sam Longbottom Apricot Green Slip
Xenia Pestova Bennett Light Echos
Cameron Graham Sweet People
Connie Harris Elegy for my hair

Performers

Michelle Hormin clarinet
Oliver Pashley clarinet
Heather Roche clarinet
Alexander Roberts clarinet
Chihiro Ono violin
Colin Alexander cello
Evangeline Tang double bass
Sana Abu-Jabir percussion
Matthew Farthing percussion
Sue Blair harp
Ruth Wall harp
Xenia Pestova Bennett piano
Eliza McCarthy keyboard
Cameron Graham sensory percussion/electronics
Emrys van Seventer narrator
Ka Ki Christina Lai dancer/choreographer
Steve Lee video artist