Seasonal Quartet with Ali Smith

Program:

Anna Thorvaldsdottir: Spectra, excerpt from Autumn
Kate Moore: Fall, Falling
Anna Thorvaldsdottir: Spectra, excerpt from Winter
Alice Yeung: Inabsolute Zero
Peter Maxwell Davies: A Sad Paven for These Distracted Tymes
Seung Won Oh: In Spring: Echoes of a Silent Cry
Kinan Azmeh: Essays on Solitude
Sara Zamboni: Hymn to an English Summer

New European Ensemble

Flute: Felicia van den End
Clarinet: James Meldrum
Piano (July): Malgorzata Walentynowicz
Piano (August & October): Hanna Shybayeva
Violin 1: Rada Ovcharova
Violin 2: Alva Holm
Viola: Emlyn Stam
Cello: Willem Stam

Narrator: Ali Smith

Four female composers write for NEuE

A concert performance featuring readings from the novels Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter by Ali Smith, one of the most prominent authors of our time. Each year, the Scottish writer Smith produced a new novel addressing contemporary themes such as ecology, migration, Brexit, and more. NEuE has commissioned four female composers to create new ensemble works inspired by these novels. This unique blend of music and literature has been developed in collaboration with the National Theatre.

 

 

 

Dates

Fri 28 Aug '26
Edinburgh International Book Festival
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