Leading UK saxophonist Andy Sheppard, French bass virtuoso Michel Benita and extraordinary drummer Sebastian Rochford, have crossed paths many times, but the idea of this trio took shape in 2008 when they played together in 'Melody Gainsbourg' an instrumental celebration of the music of Serge Gainsbourg.
Expect an exceptional evening from three exceptional musicians on top of their game.
Leading UK saxophonist Andy Sheppard, French bass virtuoso Michel Benita and extraordinary drummer Sebastian Rochford, have crossed paths many times, but the idea of this trio took shape in 2008 when they played together in 'Melody Gainsbourg' an instrumental celebration of the music of Serge Gainsbourg.
Expect an exceptional evening from three exceptional musicians on top of their game.
Richard Thompson is one of this country's greatest songwriters and most distinctive of guitar virtuosos, capable of breathtaking drama and sublime delicacy, prompting Rolling Stone to hail him as “a perennial dark-horse contender for the title of greatest living rock guitarist.” His songs have been covered by everyone from David Gilmour to R.E.M via Elvis Costello.
Leading UK saxophonist Andy Sheppard, French bass virtuoso Michel Benita and extraordinary drummer Sebastian Rochford, have crossed paths many times, but the idea of this trio took shape in 2008 when they played together in 'Melody Gainsbourg' an instrumental celebration of the music of Serge Gainsbourg.
Expect an exceptional evening from three exceptional musicians on top of their game.
Richard Thompson is one of this country's greatest songwriters and most distinctive of guitar virtuosos, capable of breathtaking drama and sublime delicacy, prompting Rolling Stone to hail him as “a perennial dark-horse contender for the title of greatest living rock guitarist.” His songs have been covered by everyone from David Gilmour to R.E.M via Elvis Costello.
Early music iconoclast Philip Pickett joins forces with folk legend Richard Thompson in a programme of spicy ballads, folk songs and dances from Shakespeare’s London. With the internationally-renowned Musicians of the Globe they explore an eclectic mix of Elizabethan popular music from London's taverns, streets, coffee houses and private rooms, with a host of unusual instruments including violin, rebec, recorder, cittern, bandora, early guitar, viol and lute.
If one man embodies the kaleidoscopic new musical world of the ‘user-generated’ age it is Ludovico Einaudi. Routinely topping audience polls from the classical to the avant-garde, Einaudi has not only become one of the UK’s most popular composers, but has rendered traditional ideas of musical genre and audience divide obsolete.
If one man embodies the kaleidoscopic new musical world of the ‘user-generated’ age it is Ludovico Einaudi. Routinely topping audience polls from the classical to the avant-garde, Einaudi has not only become one of the UK’s most popular composers, but has rendered traditional ideas of musical genre and audience divide obsolete.
If one man embodies the kaleidoscopic new musical world of the ‘user-generated’ age it is Ludovico Einaudi. Routinely topping audience polls from the classical to the avant-garde, Einaudi has not only become one of the UK’s most popular composers, but has rendered traditional ideas of musical genre and audience divide obsolete.
Six-time Grammy nominated trumpeter/composer Dave Douglas and his Keystone band collaborate with experimental film-maker Bill Morrison composing new music for Spark of Being, a re-imagining of the Frankenstein story. Ambient and loosely structured, with its own brand of timelessness, it moves alongside grainy black-and-white footage to create a timeworn world where Frankenstein really existed.