This week Sound Festival reached new heights with Dame Evelyn Glennie & the New London Chamber Ensemble: Music & Conversation, a sold-out event that offered the audience an opportunity to experience extraordinary music alongside personal reflections of the performers. Together, they delivered a breathtaking program featuring works by contemporary composers Dobrinka Tabakova, Ailís Ní Ríain […]
The NLCE brought an exciting world of musical stories to Hull’s Big Malarkey Festival in June 2019! Enthusiastic children of all ages were taken along a very special musical journey: the first programme opened with Opus Number Zoo, brought to life with the narration and acting of the performers; this was followed by a fun […]
We were delighted to return to Hull Chamber Music 2018, following our sell-out concerts during Hull City of Culture 2017, with a riveting theatrical take on chamber music – a majestic procession to Byrd’s Pavane & Galliard, a thrilling staged performance of Berio’s Opus No Zoo which takes the performers around the stage and beyond and […]
The NLCE were joined by acclaimed actor Simon Callow and composer and pianist Martin Butler for a sell-out performance of their ‘Telling Tales: Stories with Musical Narration’ programme as part of Hull City of Culture 2017. Performing at the newly refurbished Middleton Hall at the University of Hull, Simon, Martin and the NLCE enjoyed a […]
We were delighted to perform a bespoke programme commemorating 100 years since the end of World War I, on Monday 25 June 2018, as part of the inaugural Summer Music in City Churches Festival. We received a warm welcome from the audience and it was a pleasure to perform in the beautiful St Stephen Walbrook. […]