Héloïse Werner Album Launch: close-ups
Héloïse Werner, the innovative composer, soprano and star-on-the-rise, launches her new album at a special concert featuring plenty of musical surprises.
close-ups (Delphian Records) is an inventive, virtuosic and powerful programme for voice and strings, featuring new works by Werner along with music by outstanding women composers across the centuries, from Hildegard von Bingen and Barbara Strozzi to Errollyn Wallen.
Punctuated by improvised instrumental works full of colour and imagination, this performance of close-ups promises an abundance of musical surprises and a showcase of some of the most exciting string players currently working in the UK and internationally. A not-to-be-missed launch from a star on the rise.
Performers
Héloïse Werner soprano, cello
Max Baillie violin, viola, hardanger fiddle
Julian Azkoul violin
Ruth Gibson viola
Colin Alexander cello
Marianne Schofield double bass
Kit Downes cello
Repertoire
Hildegard of Bingen: O vis eternitatis arr. Alexander & Werner
Strozzi: Che si può fare arr. Birchall
Pinel: Sombres lieux arr. Schofield
Héloïse Werner: Les leçons du mardi
Héloïse Werner: Unspecified intentions arr. Alexander & Werner
Héloïse Werner: close-ups
Héloïse Werner: Lullaby for a sister
Errollyn Wallen: Tree
Improvisation: Instrumental work 1
Improvisation: Instrumental work 2
Improvisation: Instrumental work 3
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