James Weeks is an extraordinary
young talent: composer, conductor
and programmer. He has enthralled
Festival audiences with his
ensemble EXAUDI in recent
years, performing with a passion
and precision which have proved
breathtaking. ‘Weeks, for my money,
is one of the most inventive young
composers and conductors out
there.’ Tom Service, the Guardian
MONDAY
21 JUNE
James Weeks:
Tide Trilogy SPITALFIELDSMUSIC.ORG.UK
7.00pm – 8.00pm 020 7377 1362
View the art exhibition from 6pm
TUESDAY
Flowers East Gallery
£10
22 JUNE
James Weeks artistic director
Anton Lukoszevieze cello
Andrew Sparling clarinet Venus & Adonis
Christopher Redgate oboe d’amore
7.00pm – 8.00pm
Paul Archbold live electronics
Village Underground
James Weeks Tide Trilogy £15
world premiere
Rytis Mažulis Schisma La Nuova Musica
David Bates director
‘Tide Trilogy grew out of a series of Anna Dennis Venus
collaborations with three remarkable Damian Thantry Adonis
players – Anton Lukoszevieze, Chris Roderik Morris Cupid
Redgate and Andrew Sparling – and out
of an abiding interest in the landscapes Blow Venus & Adonis
of the English coast. It weaves three
virtuoso solo works together with live La Nuova Musica make their
electronics into an all-encompassing Spitalfields Music debut with a
sonic environment.’ James Weeks concert performance of John Blow’s
masterpiece. Originally written for a
Insight: 8.15pm private performance at the court of King
James Weeks in conversation about Charles II in 1638, Venus & Adonis,
his work with writer and composer through soliloquy, dialogue and chorus,
Christopher Fox. tells the tragic tale of ill-fated lovers in
a wonderful mélange of French, Italian
and English musical nuance.
Save 15% now when you book for
two or more concerts. Supported by Geoffrey Collens and
an anonymous donor James Weeks at Leon, Spitalfields
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