SEPTEMBER
18th – The Hermes Experiment with Sofia Jernberg & Kit Downes at Sinfonia Smith Square, London
Recorded for BBC Radio 3 broadcast
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27th – Alexander/Werner duo at Listen Cambridge
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OCTOBER
The Hermes Experiment tour their new album TREE (16 Oct – 3 Nov)
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The Affinity Quartet tour Héloïse’s string quartet Incantation in 4 parts around Australia (26 Oct – 23 Nov)
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25th – Oxford International Song Festival, Holywell Music Room, Oxford, 7pm
Mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston and pianist Sholto Kynoch perform Héloïse’s song Le Cœur Crucifié as part of their recital programme
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NOVEMBER
5th – EHPAD, Saint-Riquier; 6th – EHPAD, Doullens; 7th – Cité de la Musique et de la Danse de Soissons
Ensemble Aedes perform their Lettres Ouvertes programme, which includes Héloïse’s new arrangement of “Bergère” by Anne Sylvestre
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7th – Auditorium de Vincennes, 7.30pm
Violinist Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux premieres Héloïse’s new Mozart Violin Concerto N.4 cadences
with Orchestre Appassionato, cond. Mathieu Herzog
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12th – The Lyons Mouth , Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York, 7.30pm
Vocal ensemble The Lyons Mouth perform Héloïse’s work coronasolfège for 6 as part of their concert programme
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24th – Knight’s Dream, St Mary’s Church, Luton, 7.30pm
Mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston and pianist Sholto Kynoch perform Héloïse’s song cycle Knight’s Dream
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29th – Centenaire Luciano Berio, Maison de la Radio, Studio 104, Paris, 8pm
Héloïse performs her siren suite for soprano and orchestra with Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, conducted by Marzena Diakun
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DECEMBER
19th – Carols by Candelight, York Minster, 7.30pm
World première of Héloïse’s new work O Oriens for the Chapter House Choir, conducted by Ben Morris
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JANUARY
January – March: Héloïse will be a Visiting Research Fellow in the Creative Arts at Merton College, Oxford
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16th – Revelries, miré debut EP release on Delphian Records (Kit Downes – organ; Héloïse Werner – voice; Colin Alexander – cello)
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16th – The New Winter Songbook, St Giles Cripplegate, London, 7pm
Soprano Rebecca Lea and pianist Caroline Jaya-Ratnam premiere Héloïse’s new song Winter spell, a setting a new poem by Emma Werner, commissioned by Rebecca for The New Winter Songbook
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20th – International Viola Congress, CRR de Paris, Auditorium
Students from the RNCM perform Héloïse’s Incantation in 4 parts, arranged for four violas by Colin Alexander and Héloïse – arrangement supported by the British Viola Society
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23rd – Merton College Chapel, Oxford
Héloïse Werner (soprano) and Colin Alexander (cello) – music by Hildegard of Bingen, Pauline Oliveros, Colin Alexander, Héloïse Werner & more
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FEBRUARY
6th – BBC Singers, Maida Vale, London, 2.30pm
BBC Singers perform Héoïse’s work M87, written for them
conductor, Lucy Goddard
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6th – miré present mirrors, Nieuwe Kerk, Amare, The Hague, 8.15pm
A concert of vibrant musical reflections and expressive reverberations from this trio of composer-performer-improvisers. The programme features the world premiere of a new work by Héloïse commissioned by Amare alongside unique realisations of works by Kit Downes and Colin Alexander.
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16th – Merton College Chapel, Oxford
Héloïse Werner (soprano) and Early Chorus Cello Ensemble – music by William Byrd, John Dunstable, Lara Agar, Colin Alexander, Héloïse Werner & more
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20th – miré, Kings Place, London, 8pm
miré perform music from their debut EP Revelries
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MARCH
20th – Festival Arsmondo Iles, Opera du Rhin, Strasbourg, 7pm
mezzo-soprano Grace Durham and collective lovemusic premiere Héloïse’s new song cycle Kingdom Animalia, written for and commissioned by Grace
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28th – Abel Selaocoe & friends at Klara Festival, Bozar, Brussels, 5pm
Abel Selaocoe – cello, vocals
Héloïse Werner – vocals
Bernhard Schimpelsberger – percussion
Fabian Fiorini – piano
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APRIL
15th – Knight’s Dream at Leeds Song Festival, Left Bank Leeds, 8pm
Mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston and pianist Sholto Kynoch perform Héloïse’s song cycle Knight’s Dream
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22nd – Ars Nova Copenhagen at Llums d’Antiga, Basílica de Sant Just i Sant Pastor, Barcelona, 7pm
World premiere of Héloïse’s new work Declared extinct for Ars Nova Copenhagen, with a libretto by Emma Werner, commissioned by Ars Nova
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24th – 27th – Ars Nova Copenhagen tour Héloïse’s new work Declared extinct in Denmark
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MAY
8th – Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks at Gluck Festspiele, Neumarkt i.d. OPf., Reitstadel, 6.30pm
World premiere of Héloïse’s new work Erinnerungen commissioned by Bayerischen Rundfunks
Peter Dijkstra, conductor
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9th – Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks at Prinzregententheater, München, 8pm
Second performance of Héloïse’s new work Erinnerungen
Peter Dijkstra, conductor
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28th – The Hermes Experiment & Sinfonia Smith Square at Smith Square Hall, London, 7pm
Abel Selaocoe (orch. Benjamin Woodgates), Buhle Bendalo
Pauline Oliveros, Exchanges
Nikolai Kapustin, Chamber Symphony Op. 57
Pauline Oliveros, From Unknown Silences
Misha Mullov-Abbado, Concerto for The Hermes Experiment and Orchestra (World Premiere)
The Hermes Experiment
Sinfonia Smith Square
Conductor, Toby Thatcher
The new concerto is a co-commission between Sinfonia Smith Square and The Hermes Experiment, with generous support from The Marchus Trust, Hinrichsen Foundation, Fidelio Charitable Trust and Finzi Trust)
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JUNE
6th, Dublin International Chamber Music Festival, Vernon Studio, Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin, 12pm
Héloïse Werner (soprano) and Colin Alexander (cello)
Colin Alexander, Moonrise / Alva’s riff
Héloïse Werner, Thunder Clears
Héloïse Werner, Stillsong (arr. Alexander)
Julie Pinel, Sombres Lieux (arr. Alexander & Werner)
Colin Alexander, Phlutes
Héloïse Werner, Unspecified Intentions
Henry Purcell, Evening Hymn (arr. Alexander)
Héloïse Werner, Votre Jardin Si Beau
Oliver Leith, yhyhyhyhyh
Héloïse Werner, Lullaby for a Sister
Hildegard of Bingen, O vis eternitatis (arr. Alexander & Werner)
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14th, Clare College Choir Chapel, Cambridge
World premiere of Héloïse’s new Nunc Dimittis for Clare College Choir Cambridge, conducted by Graham Ross, commissioned by Clare College for their 700th Anniversary
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JULY
17th – Associate Artist Concert at Wigmore Hall, London, 7.30pm
Héloïse Werner, soprano
Ema Nikolovska, mezzo-soprano
Adèle Charvet, mezzo-soprano
Karim Sulayman, tenor
James Newby, baritone
Early Chorus Cello Ensemble
Colin Alexander, cello
Peteris Sokolovskis, cello
Stephanie Tress, cello
Pauline Oliveros, Sounds from Childhood (from Sonic Meditations)
Lara Agar, slow two (arranged by Colin Alexander for cello trio and voices)
Johannes Ockeghem, D’ung aultre amer (arranged by Colin Alexander & Héloïse Werner for cello trio and voices)
Claudio Monteverdi, A che tormi il ben mio (arranged by Colin Alexander & Héloïse Werner for cello trio and voices)
William Byrd, Come, Woeful Orpheus
Claudio Monteverdi, Non mi è grave il morire
Josquin des Prez, Entré je suis en grant pensée (transcribed for cello trio)
John Dustaple, O rosa bella (transcribed for cello trio)
Josquin des Prez, En l’ombre d’un buissonnet
Claudio Monteverdi, Amor, per tua mercè
John Dustaple, Puisque m’amour (arranged by Colin Alexander & Héloïse Werner for cello trio and voices)
Claudio Monteverdi, Ecco mormorar l’onde (arranged by Colin Alexander & Héloïse Werner for cello trio and voices)
Colin Alexander, Intro (arranged by Colin Alexander for cello trio and voices)
Héloïse Werner, Light, persists (for vocal quintet and cello trio) – world première, co-commissioned by Wigmore Hall