“Due to unforeseen circumstances” is a phrase I now read with a raised eyebrow, a wry chuckle, and the knowledge of how much worry this can cause a small company. Due to our own “unforeseen circumstance” these last couple of months, we will be seeing a new face in the cast of Art Sung – Edith Sitwell at the next …
The performance of Art Sung – Edith Sitwell, Behind her Façade on Thursday 14th March, 2024 at the Barnes Music Festival turned into something beyond what any of us imagined after a chance meeting with the film maker Tony Palmer. On the evening of 7th February 1922, poet Edith Sitwell and composer William Walton gave a private performance of “Façade”, their groundbreaking …
2024 is shaping up to be an exciting year for Art Sung. Confirmed dates for Art Sung – Edith Sitwell, Behind her Façade are: Sunday 11thFebruary, 3pm, VocalFest24, Music in New Malden, New Malden Methodist Church, 49 High St, New Malden, Surrey, KT3 4BY https://musicinnewmalden.com/news/ Thursday 14thMarch, 7.30, Barnes Music Festival –https://barnesmusicfestival.com/events/art-sung-edith-sitwell-behind-her-facade/ Monday 1stJuly, Buckingham Music Festival. Details of the festival …
The long-awaited Art Sung flyer is finally here! Illustrator Rachel Hunt, who created the flyer for the Jane Bathori production in 2021, has surpassed herself. During our discussions over the previous months, she very quickly picked up on the element of playfulness inherent in both the poems and Edith’s personality. She writes: As I researched Edith Sitwell, what became apparent …
As we make the transition from summer to autumn, the work on Art Sung – Edith Sitwell picks up the pace: with the initial script in place, James Symonds, our video magician, is hatching exciting ideas and Roxani Eleni Garefalaki, our director, is already planning stage moves. Songs have been chosen, mainly with texts by Edith Sitwell herself, and, for …
Great news! We are extremely grateful to have received funding for a second time from the Marchus Trust for the development of our latest Art Sung project, Art Sung – Edith Sitwell, Behind her Façade. We now have 3 confirmed performances for ‘Edith’: London Song Festival on Friday 24th November 2023. The Barnes Festival on Thursday 14th March, 2024. Music …
On Monday July 10th at the Buckingham Summer Music Festival, we will be shining the spotlight on Clara Schumann. Until quite recently, she was mainly remembered as a distinguished pianist and the spouse of the quintessential Romantic composer Robert Schumann. However, the bicentenary of her birth in 2019 prompted new research and interest in her compositions and her life including …
“Shall we play piano duets?” asked pianist and London Song Festival director Nigel Foster after the successful premiere of ‘Art Sung – Clara Schumann’. This was at the end of 2019 so it took a while for us to get going as sitting next to someone at a piano keyboard wasn’t an option for quite some time! Scroll forward a …
Spring of 2023 brings an exciting new project for Art Sung. We are exploring the amazing life of the gloriously eccentric poet Dame Edith Sitwell. Despite her notorious and iconic literary status on the world stage for much of the 20th century, she has become largely overlooked in recent years. Her collaboration with the young composer William Walton on her …
I’m over the moon that tenor Christopher Lemmings has agreed to join us for Art Sung-Jane Bathori at the London Song Festival. Christopher and I were students together at GSAMD back in the day! It’s a great pleasure to be working with him again. He is rarely heard these days in the UK as he has forged a very impressive …