Filmed in the loading bay at the Barbican Centre in London, the British conductorless string group 12 ensemble here performs ‘Honey Siren - II. (Full like drips)’ by Oliver Leith.
The new commission by the London-based composer and Royal Opera House artist-in-residence appears on 12 ensemble’s second album, Death and the Maiden, released in January 2020 and reviewed in The Strad, March 2020 issue.
Read review: 12 Ensemble: Death and the Maiden
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The conductorless string orchestra 12 Ensemble is celebrating its twelfth birthday with a new album, Metamorphosis. Founder members Max Ruisi and Eloise-Fleur Thom speak to David Kettle about the repertoire, and recording in London’s famous Abbey Road Studios
Tim Homfray attends the live performance at the Barbican, London, on 19 June 2021
The artistic directors of the string chamber orchestra, 12 Ensemble, explain how their conscientious approach to rehearsing chamber music has paid dividends when working with musicians from other artistic backgrounds
The cellist appears alongside the Greenwich Symphony Orchestra and its music director Stuart Malina
Philharmonia musicians perform one of Finland’s most popular Christmas carols, Jean Sibelius’s Julvisa
Double bassist Théotime Voisin and pianist Maurice van Schoonhoven perform an arrangement of the popular opera overture in a tribute to the bel canto tradition
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