8th
Nov 2020
London Sound Gallery Festival, produced by The Gesualdo Six
Online broadcast, 5pm
The Hermes Experiment connect creative beginnings to nostalgic farewells and inevitable endings: works by Emily Hall, Errollyn Wallen and Alex Mills are performed alongside arrangements of pieces by Anna Meredith and Peter Maxwell Davies. Two new graphic scores by Anna Disley-Simpson and Jacob Fitzgerald, selected from a recent open ‘Call for Scores’, will be premiered by The Hermes Experiment and The Gesualdo Six in a collaborative performance.
15th
Nov 2020
Great Hall, Blackheath Halls, London – 5pm
Three new commissions from:
Eleanor Alberga, Deep Blue Sea
Ayanna Witter-Johnson, Draw The Line
Raymond Yiu, Written at Sunset
Kerry Andrew (arr. Denholm), Fruit Songs
Lily Boulanger (arr. Schofield), Attente & Reflets
Ewan Campbell, London, he felt fairly certain, had always been London
Sergei Prokofiev (arr. Schofield), Visions Fugitives
Clara Schumann (arr. Pashley), Liebst du um Schönheit
This concert is generously supported by The Michael Cuddigan Trust.
8th
Dec 2020
ROSL London Clubhouse, 6pm
We are delighted to be returning to ROSL in December to give a recital. Our programme will feature works by Freya Waley-Cohen, Errollyn Wallen, Graham Ross and Jeremy Thurlow as well as new arrangements of Clara Schumman and Lili Boulanger songs.
If you are unable to join us in person, this concert will be livestreamed, so register for a free place below for the online event.
21st
Mar 2021
Kings Place, 8pm
After six years and over sixty commissions, The Hermes Experiment celebrates its unique contribution to the new music scenes with the launch of their debut album HERE WE ARE. With their unique line-up of harp, clarinet, soprano and double bass, the sounds heard both live and recorded are like you’ve never heard before. The concert will feature works from their new album, released on Delphian Records, which includes some of the ensemble’s most-loved commissions from the past six years, travelling between different styles to showcase the possibilities of this distinctive line-up.
Tom Coult, new work (world premiere)
Josephine Stephenson, between the war and you
Anna Meredith (arr. Schofield), Fin like a Flower
Oliver Leith, Uh huh, Yeah
Emily Hall, I am happy living simply & The end of the ending
Errollyn Wallen, gun gun gun
Misha Mullov-Abbado, The Linden Tree
Robin Haigh, Kalimotxo