Text/Live Speaker: Robert Macfarlane
Percussion/Composition: Delia Stevens
Melodeon/Harmonica/Composition: Will Pound
Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia
Conductor: Clark Rundell
Orchestrator: Ian Gardiner
“The work of updating and completing Holst’s Planets suite feels both urgent and exciting. Earth’s vast, miraculous sound-world mustn’t dim to become a silent – or silenced – planet. In music, word and performance, we want to communicate the wonder, awe and fragility of the planet we inhabit.”
Robert Macfarlane
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J U P I T E R
HOLST RECOMPOSED
LIVE AT THE TUNG AUDITORIUM
ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
ROYAL NORTHERN COLLEGE OF MUSIC
"high-energy, rhythmically driven virtuosity"
The Guardian
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"the zinging expertise of Stevens & Pound"
The Times
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"a stunning performance..a first-class amalgam that delighted, inspired and entertained"
Music OMH
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"Two extraordinary musicians Delia Stevens & Will Pound..I wish everyone could see you live..absolutely wonderful!”
Sean Rafferty, BBC Radio 3 In Tune
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"Two amazing musicians interacting really closely"
Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2 Folk Show
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"Will Pound is a master of the mouth harp"
UNCUT Magazine
"percussion from Delia Stevens, whose thoughtful, insistent playing is crucial”
The Guardian
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alternative classical // left-field folk
BBC Radio 3’s award-winning Delia Stevens and three time BBC Radio 2 Folk Musician of the Year nominee, Will Pound, deliver an unprecedented collaboration
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PERCUSSION & HARMONICA / MELODEON
Mavericks - Inventors - Virtuosi