Soprano Abigail in Porgy and Bess at Barbican (London)
Friday 20 October 2017 7:30 PM
Barbican Hall, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS
Laura Bowler - Navigating the Dog Watch
Gershwin - Porgy and Bess (Litton concert version)
Crouch End Festival Chorus
London Orchestra da Camera
Inner Voices
David Temple - conductor
Francesca Chiejina - soprano
Abigail Kelly - soprano
Ronald Samm - tenor
Rodney Earl Clarke - bass-baritone
Crouch End Festival Chorus presents the vibrant and dramatic Porgy and Bess alongside the world premiere of Navigating the Dog Watch by young theatrically-minded composer Laura Bowler.
Based on a recent visit to some remote Atlantic islands, Bowler's wordless piece transforms their environment into an aural landscape using the infinite possibilities of the human voice, with a backdrop of film projections.
This performance marks a new collaboration with Inner Voices, one of London's emerging and talented youth choirs. Boldly juxtaposing Bowler's new work with Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, this performance brings together the passion, energy and quality that Crouch End Festival Chorus is known for.
Booking information
Friday 20 October 2017, 7.30pm
Barbican Hall, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS
TICKETS: £28 / £24 / £18 / £12.50 plus booking fee*
Half price for full time students aged 21 and under
20% discount for CEFC Friends, Crouch End Project Cardholders, and Barbican members and residents
Open to Barbican Young Members' scheme
Barbican box office: 020 7638 8891
Abigail performs at ‘They Also Served’ honouring Caribbean servicemen in WW1
Birmingham's Black churches honor the forgotten contributions of millions of African and Caribbean servicemen to WW1
Up to 1,000 people are expected at the New Testament Church of God, Lozells Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B19 1NP from 5pm – 7pm on Sunday 2 July 2017 at a special WW1 centenary event to honor the often forgotten contributions of millions of African and Caribbean servicemen who contributed to World War 1, 1914 - 1918. The service will take place in the presence of the Lord Mayor of Birmingham Councilor Anne Underwood, with guest speaker The Revd Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Chaplain to Her Majesty The Queen and The Speaker of the House of Commons. Also gracing the service will be international operatic soprano Abigail Kelly and well-known poet Roy McFarlane. It marks the end of the 18-month 'They Also Served' (TAS) research project led by historian Dr Angelina Osborne.
Abigail Kelly performs at the House of Commons
Taken from the Birmingham Post website. "There was music from opera singer Abigail Kelly, who studied at Birmingham Conservatoire and performed across the world, along with violinist and composer Shirley Thompson, a professor of music at Westminster University and the first woman in Europe to have composed and conducted a symphony within the last 40 years." To see pictures from the event [Click here].
Abigail on the Sylbourne Sydal Show Teaser
Click here to see the teaser video of Abigail on the Sylbourne Sydal Show which will be aired soon.
Abigail Kelly part of the B Side selection panel
Ten leading music practitioners and industry experts met on stage at the Birmingham Town Hall where many of the hits would have been played down the decades.
The panel comprised the MOBO award-winning Laura Mvula, Vix Vox from Fuzzbox, The Specials' Horace Panter and Phil Etheridge from The Twang.
Others include music journalists Pete Paphides and Matt Everitt, soprano Abigail Kelly and promoter Markus Sargeant. They had just three hours to cast their votes, with the chance to hear snippets as a refresher.
Read more and see pictures on the Birmingham Mail website. [Click here]