Artist Residencies
Our residencies are a place for new work, new ideas and new collaboration
A place for new work, new ideas and new collaborations, our Artist Residencies feature pioneering artists who are pushing boundaries and breaking ground.
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Pekka Kuusisto, Ale Carr & Aurora Orchestra: Four Seasons
Performers
Aurora Orchestra
Pekka Kuusisto director, violin
Ale Carr cittern
Repertoire
Caroline Shaw: Plan & Elevation for string quartet
Sibelius: Symphony No.5 in E flat
Interval
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (with folk music improvisations)
Jean Rondeau: Goldberg Variations
Performers
Jean Rondeau organ
Repertoire
Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV.998
Manchester Collective & Sidiki Dembélé
Performers
Manchester Collective
Sidiki Dembélé Ensemble
Repertoire
Programme includes: -
Sidiki Dembélé: Teriya
Nwando Ebizie: New work (London premiere)
Rakhi Singh: Arrangements of and selections from John Playford, Henry Purcell, Hans Abrahamsen, Kevin Volans, Emily Hall and Edmund Finnis
Jean Rondeau, Nicolas Altstaedt & Thomas Dunford
Performers
Thomas Dunford lute
Nicolas Altstaedt cello
Jean Rondeau harpsichord
Repertoire
Programme includes: Works by Marais, Forqueray & Couperin
L Couperin: Prélude in E, G.14
F Couperin: Prélude from Suite No.1 in E minor from Pièces de violes
Marais: Feste champêtre from Suite d'un goût étranger, Pièces de viole, Bk.4; Marche persane dite la Savigny from Suite No.7 in E minor, Pièces de viole, Bk.5; Le tourbillon from Suite d'un goût étranger, Pièces de viole, Bk.4; Tombeau de Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe from Suite No.6 in E minor, Pièces de viole, Bk.2
de Visée: Allemande; Courante; Sarabande; Chaconne from Suite No.7 in D minor, Pièces de théorbe et de luth
Marais: Le grand ballet from Suite No.1 in A minor, Pièces de viole, Bk.3; Couplets des folies (Les folies d'Espagne) from Suite No.1 in D minor, Pièces de viole, Bk.2; Les voix humaines from Suite No.3 in D, Pièces de viole, Bk.2
F Couperin: La favorite (Chaconne à deux tems en rondeau) from Pièces de clavecin, Ordre No.3
Forqueray: La Sylva (Très tendrement); Jupiter (Modérément) from Suite No.5 in C minor, Pièces de viole arr. JB Forqueray for keyboard
Council: Pekka Kuusisto & Gabriel Kahane
Performers
Pekka Kuusisto violin
Gabriel Kahane
Manchester Collective: Black Gold
Performers
Manchester Collective
Repertoire
Bach: Selection of chorales from the Orgelbüchlein (Little Organ Book), BWV.599 - 644 arr. Manchester Collective
Tenney: Shimmer; Array (a'sysing) from Glissade
Sasha Scott: New work (London premiere)
Hildur Guðnadóttir: From the other place
Interval
Luke Mombrea: Black gold (with visuals by Nate Mohler)
Philip Glass at 90: Manchester Collective
Performers
Manchester Collective
Rylan Gleave vocals
Repertoire
Traditional: Kyrie eleison arr. Rylan Gleave
Philip Glass: Part 1 from String Quartet No.1
Edmund Finnis: String Quartet No.3 (Devotions)
Interval
Rylan Gleave: New work (London premiere)
Philip Glass: String Quartet No.5
While you're with us
Jeppe Hein: Appearing Rooms
A summer favourite returns to our site with water fountains to splash around and cool down in.
Thinking
Fountains
Water cascades and spouts over Klaus Weber’s bronze figures.
Modified Social Benches
Benches that challenge the space and distance we place between one another.
William Pye's Zemran
Pye’s beautiful stainless steel sculpture sits overlooking the Thames.