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October 2020
Evelyn Glennie and the World Doctors Orchestra – POSTPONED
Evelyn Glennie and the WDO bring you Joseph Schwantner's thrilling percussion concerto and Karl Jenkins' eternally popular Armed Man mass About this Event Ludwig van Beethoven – ‘Egmont’ Overture Joseph Schwantner – Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra Karl Jenkins – The Armed Man Dame Evelyn Glennie joins the World Doctors Orchestra in celebrating 70 years of the NHS. In their first visit to the UK, the WDO join forces with a massed NHS choir in what will be an historic…
Find out more »May 2021
‘Mindstream’ Vara Konserthus, Sweden – POSTPONED
Evelyn performs at the Vara Konserthus, Sweden Programme includes works by Jill Jarman and Andrea Tarrodi
Find out more »October 2021
World Doctors’ Orchestra featuring Evelyn Glennie
Program Malcolm Arnold, A Grand, Grand Festival Overture Michael Daugherty, Dreamachine for Solo Percussion and Orchestra Arnold Bax, Tintagel, Tone Poem for Orchestra Edward Elgar, Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma" World Doctors Orchestra Stefan Willich, conductor Evelyn Glennie, percussion The proceeds of the concert will be donated to Pathway - Healthcare for homeless people. The concert session is generously supported by The Doctors Laboratory (TDL).
Find out more »June 2022
Veni Veni Emmanuel with Martyn Brabbins and the BBC SSO
Thirty years ago Dame Evelyn Glennie premiered Sir James MacMillan’s Percussion Concerto, Veni, Veni, Emmanuel. Here, she returns to that work, praised for its ‘instant accessibility’ and ‘exuberant physicality’ (The Telegraph) for a special anniversary performance.
Find out more »September 2022
Flanders Festival: Looping Time – Evelyn Glennie and O/Modernt
For the festive opening of Flanders Festival Ghent in St Bavo’s Cathedral we’ll be welcoming Sweden’s most innovative ensemble. Our festival theme ‘time’ is woven into their name. O/Modernt (Swedish for On-Modern) is a unique concept originating from the brain of violist, conductor and artistic director Hugo Ticciati. They have borrowed their motto from composer John Cage: Invent the past, revise the future and they always combine the old and the new in a surprising way. For this concert O/Modernt is bringing…
Find out more »October 2022
Dame Evelyn Glennie and Land’s End Ensemble
A special concert celebrating Land’s End Ensemble’s 25th anniversary. Evelyn Glennie is thrilled to present new works by composers she carefully selected for this event: Eugene Astapov (CAN) - Tiny Shattered Pieces (amplified violin & percussion) - World Premiere Generously supported by Ontario Arts Council Dorothy Chang (CAN/USA) - Fragility (cello & percussion) - World Premiere Generously supported by Barlow Endowment for Music Composition Vincent Ho (CAN) - Nostalgia (vibraphone & piano) - World Premiere Generously supported by Walt and Irene DeBoni and…
Find out more »Prelude to the Grand Finale of the European Capital of Culture
The concert of the world-famous percussionist Evelyn Glennie and the experimental musician from Senta, Szilárd Mezei, will be held on 9 October at the City Concert Hall, starting at 8 p.m. Their concert, which represents an interesting artistic combination, will be an introduction to the last programme arch of the European Capital of Culture – Other? Europe. Tickets for the concert are available from 20 September 2022.
Find out more »December 2022
EVELYN GLENNIE + TRIO HLK
Pioneering solo percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie plays with Scottish improvising ensemble Trio HLK. Their music pulls apart jazz standards into fragments that are at times shimmering and cerebral, at others thunderous and visceral. Intricate and harmonious rhythms meet with a veritable battery of percussion instruments played by Glennie to deliver a performance that is an interactive tour de force.
Find out more »April 2023
April Fool’s Day Gala Concert with Rainer Hersch
Conductor and comedian Rainer Hersch ‘the world’s first classical music hooligan’ (The Sun) brings together a host of stars for a hilarious evening of April Fool’s jokes and hoaxes in support of Help Musicians UK (formerly The Musicians Benevolent Fund).
The stellar pranksters include Evelyn, Zeb Soanes (voice of Classic FM and formerly master of the BBC R4 Shipping Forecast), improvising genius 'Harry the Piano' and star baritone James Oldfield – not forgetting the virtuosos of the English Chamber Orchestra. Evelyn will be murdering ’The Swan’ from ‘Carnival of the Animals' with a specially devised percussion instrument, as well as performing Vivaldi on the Vibraphone.
Find out more »Residency – New Hall, Stockholm, Sweden with O/Modernt
O/Modernt presents Dame Evelyn Glennie 23 Apr 2023 19:00 Queen Silvia Concert Hall (Norrtullsgatan 14) Artists: Dame Evelyn Glennie, percussions Hugo Ticciati, violin and conductor Ensembles and Orchestra of the Lilla Akademien Works by Vivaldi, Bizet, Arvo Pärt, John Tavener and more Tickets available now via Billetto: https://billetto.se/en/e/evelyn-glennie-tickets-816107
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