building a burning house

The Always, Already There Ensemble are joined by three stellar singers at this celebratory concert marking the end of our Always, Already There weekend.

Bringing together new work by Hannah Kendall, George Lewis, Jessie Cox and Olly Wilson’s stirring, political and prophetic song cycle, Of Visions and Truth, join us to mark the end of Always, Already There.

The Always, Already There Ensemble are joined by three stellar singers, Tom Randle, Sarah Jane Lewis and Yannis François, to perform the UK premiere of Olly Wilson’s transcendent cycle, meditating on mortality and oppression. The concert also features the UK premiere of Hannah Kendall’s new work building a burning house and Jessie Cox’s subversive The Sound of Music, as well as a recent work by the founder of Always, Already There, George Lewis. Each work uniquely represents the richness and non-temporality of Afrodiasporic expression and lived experience, past, present and future – of visions and truth.

Always, Already There is the first UK edition of George Lewis’s Afrodiasporic Incubator project. Curated by vocalist and composer Elaine Mitchener, in partnership with Guildhall School of Music & Drama. It explores the radical, varied and richly experimental work of Afrodiasporic composers, past and present.

Programme

Ben Patterson Paper Piece
Hannah Kendall building a burning house (Barbican co-commission, UK Premiere)
Jessie Cox Sound of Music
George Lewis …and other spirits
Olly Wilson Of Visions and Truth

Performers

Always Already There Ensemble
Jack Sheen conductor
Sarah Jane Lewis soprano
Tom Randle tenor
Yannis François baritone