Programme Details
George Herbert piano/voice
Bernhard Malkmus and Marielle Sutherland readers
BRITTEN arr George Herbert Dawn from Four Sea Interludes, Op 33a
DEBUSSY Les collines d’Anacapri
TAKEMITSU Rain Tree Sketch II (in memoriam Olivier Messiaen)
R SCHUMANN Vogel als Prophet from Waldszenen, Op 82
THACKRAY arr George Herbert North Country Song
TRAD NORTHUMBRIAN arr George Herbert Dol-li-a
EDWARD PICTON-TURBERVILL Silent Spring for piano and pre-recorded birdsong
This event interweaves spoken excerpts from Bernhard Malkmus’ recent publication, Himmelsstriche (translated as ‘sky lines’ or ‘directions in the sky’), with music that reflects on the text. Malkmus’ memoir investigates the ecology of the Northumbrian coast, particularly during the 2021/22 avian flu epidemic. With Bernhard Malkmus, Professor of German Literature and Environmental Humanities at the University of Oxford, and Marielle Sutherland, translator at the German Historical Institute London.
