James Newby; Apartment House

Wigmore Hall, London, Great Britain

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7:30 PM

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Type: Classical Concert

City: London, Great Britain

Starts at: 19:30

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Ticket delivery: E-Tickets

E-tickets: Print at home or at the box office of the event if so specified. You will find more information in your booking confirmation email.

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You can only select the category, and not the exact seats.
If you order 2 or 3 tickets: your seats will be next to each other.
If you order 4 or more tickets: your seats will be next to each other, or, if this is not possible, we will provide a combination of groups of seats (at least in pairs, for example 2+2 or 2+3).

Programme

Overview

Embrace the beauty of uncertainty in a mesmerising chamber concert. From 12th-century sacred polyphony and Ina Boyle’s poignant lament to Meredith Monk’s haunting monody and Poulenc’s surreal masked ball, James Newby and Apartment House explore the many shades of agnosticism.In an age where absolutes often reign, this programme invites you to dwell in the fertile space of unknowing. James Newby’s luminous countertenor voice opens with the radiant splendor of 12th-century Parisian sacred polyphony, each soaring line echoing with untold mysteries. Ina Boyle’s setting of Edith Sitwell’s 'Still Falls the Rain' follows, a haunting elegy weaving poetry and music into a tapestry of poignant reflection. Meredith Monk’s single-line monody then distills emotion to its purest essence, a spellbinding interlude of intimate resonance. Finally, Poulenc’s 'Le bal masqué' sweeps the listener into a world of whimsical surrealism, its playful rhythms and masked characters challenging the boundaries between reality and imagination. Through this journey across centuries and styles, Apartment House and James Newby chart the many shades of agnosticism, celebrating music’s power to question, to wonder, and to unite.

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