Music by Ravel, Hartmann, Spoliansky, Bizet, Hollaender, Weill, Bridge, Rzewski, Sempton, Gottschalk, Poleva
About this Event
Another Music Festival returns with an international roster of acclaimed artists and a programme spanning revolution, resistance, war, persecution and protest. Challenging the familiar idea that music exists above politics, the concerts explore how composers have engaged with the defining events and struggles of their times.
22 JANUARY: Coming Together
Friday 22 January 2027
Coming Together
Maurice Ravel
Chansons madécasses, M.78
For voice, flute, cello and piano · Poems by Évariste de Parny
I. Nahandove
II. Aoua!
III. Il est doux
Amy Payne, voice · Karen Wong, flute
Kristina Blaumane, cello · Sasha Grynyuk, piano
Karl Amadeus Hartmann
String Quartet No. 1, “Carillon”
I. Langsam — Sehr lebhaft
II. Quaver = 66
III. Crotchet = 120
Elly Su and Yuri Kalnits, violins
Milena Simovic, viola · Julia Morneweg, cello
Cabaret songs
Mischa Spoliansky
Alles Schwindel
Words by Marcellus Schiffer
Georges Bizet / Friedrich Hollaender
An allem sind die Juden schuld
Words by Friedrich Hollaender, to the Habanera from Bizet’s Carmen
Friedrich Hollaender
Raus mit den Männern aus dem Reichstag
Music and words by Friedrich Hollaender
Mischa Spoliansky
Das lila Lied
Words by Kurt Schwabach
Kurt Weill
Die Moritat von Mackie Messer
From Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera) · Words by Bertolt Brecht
Amy Payne, voice · Vadym Kholodenko, piano
Roman Mints, grinding organ
Frank Bridge
Lament, H.117
Arranged for string sextet by Paul Silverthorne
Elly Su, Yuri Kalnits, Milena Simovic, Angela Torres,
Kristina Blaumane and Julia Morneweg
Howard Skempton
The Durham Strike
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
The Union, Op. 48
Concert paraphrase on national airs
Vadym Kholodenko, piano
Victoria Poleva
Verbum
For flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello and piano · World première
Karen Wong, flute · Lily Payne, clarinet · Roman Mints, violin
Milena Simovic, viola · Kristina Blaumane, cello
Sasha Grynyuk, piano
Frederic Rzewski
Coming Together
For speaker and instrumental ensemble · Text by Sam Melville
Richard Burkhard, speaker
Victor Maslov, piano · Roman Mints, violin
Kristina Blaumane, cello · Lily Payne, clarinet · Karen Wong, flute
and other participants of the festival.
ABOUT THE VENUE
St John’s Waterloo is a historic 1824 Grade II* church that reopened in October 2022 after a major restoration by Eric Parry Architects. It hosts and produces a year-round programme of arts and culture, including the annual Waterloo Festival, the London Chamber Music Society’s concert series and is co-home to the academy-orchestra Sinfonia Smith Square. In the past few years, St John's welcomed renowned international musicians, including Angela Hewitt, Steven Osborne and Doric String Quartet, as well as played host to professional and amateur orchestras. Through its charity The Bridge At Waterloo, it runs an ever-growing community programme and the award-winning churchyard gardens. In partnership with prominent human rights organisations and through visual arts and literature, St John’s is also actively engaged with social justice, addressing issues such as press freedom, censorship, homelessness and climate change. www.stjohnswaterloo.org/arts | @stjohnswaterlooart
Event venue & nearby stays
St John’s Church, Waterloo, Waterloo Road, London, United Kingdom
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