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| Concerto Grosso performed by Academy of Saint Martin in the Field |  |
QUAMINO'S MAP: new opera for Chicago Opera Theatre | |
Errollyn Wallen Composer of the Week Jan 3 - 7 2022 |  |
| Watch this thrilling performance of Concerto Grosso in a filmed performed by ASMF and conducted by John Butt. Live on Facebook and YouTube at 7.30pm January 21st 2022. | Music by Errollyn Wallen Libretto by Deborah Brevoort A story about the enduring pull of freedom – and the ends to which people will go to achieve it. Juba Freeman arrives in London after winning his freedom from slavery by fighting for the British in the Revolutionary War. Thrown headfirst into British society, he meets Amelia Alumond, a member of the British Black gentry, and reconnects with other ex-slaves who are struggling to build new lives for themselves as free men. Inspired by historical events, the opera sheds a light on a forgotten corner of history – and challenges current assumptions of what life was like in 18th-century London for a person of colour. Saturday, April 23, 2022 @ 7:30pm Friday, April 29, 2022 @ 7:30pm Sunday, May 1, 2022 @ 3pm #cotmap |
Donald Macleod chats to composer Errollyn Wallen about her heritage and musical upbringing. Belize-born British composer Errollyn Wallen has been called a “renaissance woman of contemporary music”. She’s a remarkably versatile and prolific composer, pianist and songwriter and one of our most in-demand musical voices today. She was the first black woman to have a piece performed at the Proms. In 1998, her music opened the 2012 Paralympic games. She's even been performed in space, aboard Nasa’s STS115 mission. Wallen writes in a kaleidoscopic range of styles; her music constantly crosses and re-crosses musical boundaries and it brims over with a sense of adventure and delight. All this week, Donald Macleod gets to know Errollyn as she dials into his studio from her Scottish lighthouse where she retreats to concentrate on her work. |
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