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£20, £16 concessions, £5 under 16s & students*
1 hour 30 minutes, including interval
*A limited number of student tickets are available in advance. From 2 ½ hours before the performance, students can purchase any unsold tickets in person or over the phone at the £5 student price.
Barbara Strozzi Che si può fare
Edmund Finnis New Work – Out of the Dawn's Mind
Olli Mustonen Nonet No. 2
Benjamin Britten Les Illuminations
Our lives as we know them hang by a thread.
In a world that is often shocking and counterintuitive, sometimes all we can do is turn to art for answers. If we’re lucky, we might just find them. As Rimbaud writes in the very first line of Britten’s sparkling song-cycle ‘Les Illuminations’: “I alone have the key to this savage parade”. But perceptions can be deceiving.
This show is lighter than air – we present a set of ethereal music for voice and string orchestra that will transport listeners to another world, a world of incredible fragility and exquisite beauty.
To help us in the telling of these tales, we’re joined by two of our closest musical friends and collaborators, soprano Ruby Hughes and composer Edmund Finnis. In Ed’s latest commission for Manchester Collective, he turns his attention to the written word, setting six poems by the British poet Alice Oswald – poems about light, and nature, and time.
Alongside these twin song cycles, the Collective will bring to life Olli Mustonen’s exuberant Nonet No. 2. This is music full of life, bounce, and vigour – soaring melodies and earthy harmonies. In a volatile world, sometimes you just need a good tune to hang on to.
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- About the artists (click to expand)
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Known for their experimental programming and daring collaborations, Manchester Collective have expanded at speed since 2016 performing in 18 cities across Europe and the UK. Manchester Collective is a new kind of arts organisation with an aim to create intimate and intense human experiences built around live music. From concert halls to factories, recital halls to mills, Manchester Collective perform in diverse venues allowing audiences to open their ears and listen to their fresh, contemporary and classical music.
manchestercollective.co.uk
Image: Co-founders Rakhi Singh (L) and Adam Szabo (R); Image credit: Robin Clewley
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Ruby Hughes began her musical studies as a cellist graduating from the Guildhall School of Music in London. She went on to study voice at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Munich and the Royal College of Music, London, graduating in 2009.
Hughes is now a holder of a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award, shortlisted for a 2014 Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award and has won both First Prize and the Audience Prize at the 2009 London Handel Singing Competition and a former BBC New Generation Artist.
In the UK she has performed major roles with English National Opera, Garsington Opera, The Opera Group, Music Theatre Wales and Scottish Opera. She also appeared in Sir Jonathan Miller’s acclaimed production of the St Matthew Passion at the National Theatre.
rubyhughes.com
Image credit: Barry Hale
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