An
Operatic Club Night at The CLF Art Cafe
Wednesday 28 and Thursday 29 October 2015
133 Rye Lane, Peckham, London SE15 4ST
Further details of the premiere of my opera The Genesis of Frankenstein as part of the Helios Collective's Toi Toi 2015
Leave
your suit and tie behind for two evenings of eclectic musical entertainment in
the heart of Peckham. Helios Collective has brought together music from London
to Jamaica, and from Finland to Brazil. Relax and experience modern opera
alongside rock, bossa nova, pop-fusion, jazz, and reggae. Toi Toi is a
celebration of new music, performed by talented international artists.
Tickets
available from: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/helioscollective
Full programme after the breakPROGRAMME
Wednesday 28 October 2015
Folarin
Akinmade (compere)
Folarin Akinmade is a
singer–songwriter from south Croydon. His music
ranges folk to funk, and everything in between.
Mimi
Doulton – King
Haraldʼs Saga by Judith Weir
King Haraldʼs
Saga is a ten-minute opera comprising eight
roles performed by a solo soprano. The opera is sung without any instrumental
accompaniment, and will be performed at Toi Toi by Mimi Doulton.
Helios
Collective – July
20th 1944 – A
Last Farewell by
Noah Mosely (new opera commission)
Conductor Noah Mosley /
Director Ella Marchment
July 20th 1944 chronicles
the attempt of Adam von Trott and his fellow conspirators to kill Hitler. It is
an opera about young people without a place in the world, desperately
struggling to maintain their dignity and to create a better society for them to
live in.
Helios
Collective – The
Genesis of Frankenstein by
Robert Hugill (new opera commission).
Conductor Noah Mosley /
Director Ella Marchment
Robert Hugill brings
much-needed revitalisation to the classical style through the energising
influence of vernacular and contemporary music. The Genesis of Frankenstein uses
three soloists as narrators to trace the roots of Victor Frankensteinʼs
obsession with creating a new human life, while delving into the horrors that haunt
his mind.
Ida
Ida is an all-female
pop–opera band that covers a spectrum of songs
from Dvořák to Jessie J, and all the way back to
Bizet. Sung with a piano accompanist or a cappella, the works always
have dynamic four-part harmonies.
Ergo
Phizmiz – Vogel
Europa
Vogel Europa is an opera that uses song, mixed language, and rhythmic spoken words. Taking cues from the intoned-voice operas of Robert Ashley and the sound-poetry exhibits of the Dadaists, Vogel Europa also references the work of Polish writer Bruno Schulz.
Vogel Europa is an opera that uses song, mixed language, and rhythmic spoken words. Taking cues from the intoned-voice operas of Robert Ashley and the sound-poetry exhibits of the Dadaists, Vogel Europa also references the work of Polish writer Bruno Schulz.
The
Hermes Experiment – Metropolis
The Hermes Experiment
is a four-piece ensemble (harp, clarinet, soprano, double bass) that focuses on
contemporary and experimental music. Metropolis is a new nine-episode
semi-improvised piece that places instruments in dialogue with the sounds of
the city.
General
Skank
General Skank is a
seven-piece reggae group based in London. Armed with dubby melodies, sweet
politically conscious vocals, and a stylistic mashup that ranges from roots to
rock-steady, and from dub to dancehall, General Skank is leading the vanguard
of the Brit Reggae Revival Army.
Miles
Russell – DJ
Thursday
29 October 2015
Shadwell
Opera
Shadwell Opera aims to provoke new audiences with socially and politically engaged works that engage contemporary sensibilities. Toi Toi will feature video screenings of Shadwell Opera projects.
Shadwell Opera aims to provoke new audiences with socially and politically engaged works that engage contemporary sensibilities. Toi Toi will feature video screenings of Shadwell Opera projects.
Victoria
Mulley – Try
Me Good King: Last Words of the Wives of Henry VIII by Libby Larsen.
Piano Niklas Oldermeier
/ Director by Greg Eldridge
Try
Me Good King, sung by soprano Victoria Mulley, is based
on the final words of Henry VIIIʼs wives, taken from
their final letters and, in applicable cases, execution speeches.
Helios
Collective – The
Genesis of Frankenstein by
Robert Hugill.
Conductor Noah Mosley /
Director Ella Marchment.
As performance on 28
October.
Helios
Collective – July
20th, 1944 – A
Last Farewell by
Noah Mosely.
Conductor Noah Mosley /
Director Ella Marchment.
As performance on 28
October.
Strange
Boy
Strange Boy features
the talented duo of Kieran Brunt and Matt Huxley. They are based in London and
perform electronic songs.
Miika
Hyytiänen – Hear Here
Miika Hyytiäinen
is a Finnish composer of experimental music theatre. Hear Here asks
several questions, including, what is musical space in terms of the mind, the
body, and the score; and how do the locations of compositions and performances
inspire, impact, and affect the resulting music?
Embaúba
Ensemble
In performing
Portuguese fado, contemporary Brazilian, and Cape Verdean songs, Embaúbaʼs
Ensemble’s repertoire offers rich possibilities for
expressing emotion.The singular taste of the Embaúba
tree’s fruit symbolises the bandʼs
distinctive sound.
Miles
Russell and Richard Jones – DJs
An after party will be
held at the CLF Art Cafe on the Thursday 29 October.
Helios Collective
Founded in 2012 by
Artistic Director Ella Marchment, Helios Collective provides opportunities for
artists across the creative spectrum. Helios Collective has rapidly earned a
reputation for putting on bold, high-quality productions, such as an opera–ballet
of Stravinsky's Renard, and an international tour of Sir Peter Maxwell
Davies’s Eight Songs For a Mad King.
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