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Arvo Pärt at 90 • Barbican Series
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Arvo Pärt - Für Lennart in Memoriam
Presenting the first in a six-part series captured during a special evening at the Barbican for Arvo Pärt's 90th birthday. A new film by Jessie Rodger will be released every Friday, featuring 12 Ensemble and GBSR Duo with a programme spanning Pärt, Koreless, Floating Points and Sasha Scott. 12 Ensemble Violin 1 - Eloisa-Fleur Thom, Ellie Consta, Maria Gîlicel, Gemma Sharples Violin 2 - Tanja Roos, Emily Holland, Eliette Harris Viola - Miguel Sobrinho, Connie Pharoah, May Dolan Cello - Max Ruisi, Clare O'Connell, Colin Alexander, Wallis Power Bass - Toby Hughes Filmed and edited by Jessie Rodger Filming Assistant - Emma Werner Recorded by Chris Kalcov Mixed by Brett Cox
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Arvo Pärt - Spiegel im Spiegel (Max Ruisi + Siwan Rhys)
Max Ruisi (cello) and Siwan Rhys (piano) perfrom Arvo Pärt's Spiegel im Spiegel live at LSO St Luke's, Barbican Video direction by Jessie Rodger Audio mix by Brett Cox
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Arvo Pärt - Fratres
Presenting the third film in a six-part series captured during a special evening at the Barbican for Arvo Pärt's 90th birthday. A new film by Jessie Rodger will be released every Friday, featuring 12 Ensemble and GBSR Duo with a programme spanning Pärt, Koreless, Floating Points and Sasha Scott. 12 Ensemble Solo Violin - Eloisa-Fleur Thom Violin 1 - Ellie Consta, Maria Gîlicel, Gemma Sharples Violin 2 - Tanja Roos, Emily Holland, Eliette Harris Viola - Miguel Sobrinho, Connie Pharoah, May Dolan Cello - Max Ruisi, Clare O'Connell, Colin Alexander, Wallis Power Bass - Toby Hughes GBSR Duo Percussion - George Barton Filmed and edited by Jessie Rodger Filming Assistant - Emma Werner Recorded by Chris Kalcov Mixed by Brett Cox
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Sasha Scott - Night Owl for strings and live electronics
Filmed live at LSO St Luke’s as part of the Barbican’s Pärt at 90 celebrations. Performers; Sasha Scott - electronics 12 Ensemble New commission supported by the RPS Composer's Programme 2025. Filmed and edited by Jessie Rodger Filming Assistant - Emma Werner Recorded by Chris Kalcov Mixed by Brett Cox
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12 Ensemble & GBSR Duo - Floating Points Requiem for CS70 and strings
Perfomed live by 12 Ensemble & GBSR Duo at LSO St Luke's as part of Barbican Pärt at 90 celebrations, November 2025. GBSR Duo Electronics - George Barton Keyboards - Siwan Rhys 12 Ensemble Violin 1 - Eloisa-Fleur Thom, Ellie Consta, Maria Gîlicel, Gemma Sharples Violin 2 - Tanja Roos, Emily Holland, Eliette Harris Viola - Miguel Sobrinho, Connie Pharoah, May Dolan Cello - Max Ruisi, Clare O'Connell, Colin Alexander, Wallis Power Bass - Toby Hughes Arrangement by 12 Ensemble & GBSR Duo of the original track 'Requiem for CS70 and strings' by Sam Shephard aka Floating Points. Electronic configuration by Ben Corrigan Filmed and edited by Jessie Rodger Filming Assistant - Emma Werner Recorded by Chris Kalcov Mixed by Brett Cox
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Shostakovich Chamber Symphony - II. Allegro Molto
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12 Ensemble - John Dowland, Lachrimae Antiquae (arr. Ruisi)
This is an extract from the 12 Ensemble's concert at Wigmore Hall on Tuesday 24 November 2020. This concert was live-streamed as part of the Wigmore Hall Autumn Series. The video is no longer online but other concerts are available to watch in full here
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12 Ensemble - Beethoven, String Quartet No. 15 in A minor Op. 132: Molto adagio
The 12 Ensemble performed this piece at Wigmore Hall's 2021/22 Season Launch on Wednesday 28 July 2021. Watch the entire event on YouTube.
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Ichiko Aoba with 12 Ensemble - Sagu Palmʼs Song (Live at Milton Court)
Live at Milton Court Concert Hall, London Presented by The Barbican 3rd September 2022 ' Sagu Palm’s Song ' Ichiko Aoba (vocal and guitar) 12 Ensemble: Eloisa-Fleur Thom (violin) Venetia Jollands (violin) Connie Pharoah (viola) Max Ruisi (cello) Toby Hughes (bass) Camera operators: Barney Lankester-Owen Ben Holman Will Hazell Production:Flow Films Mixing engineer:Toshihiko Kasai Editor:Takanobu Oki Live Sound Engineer : Viktor Volaric-Horvat Recording Engineer : Gauthier Gareau Special Thanks: Chris Sharp & Claire Corns @ The Barbican Daniel Wherewell (Milton Court) Costume:Kimi Yokoyama Hair & Make Up:Chie Fujimoto Photography:Yuichiro Noda Interpretation:Tomoko Komura Support Staff:Michael King, Reona Shimizu Management:Mark Meyer ❀ Saison Des Fleurs Tour 2023 ❀ 25 FEB - The Alex Blake Charlie Sessions, SG 02 MAR - Rossi Musik Fatmawati, Jakarta, ID 03 MAR - Rossi Musik Fatmawati, Jakarta, ID ❀ 27 MAR - The Regent Theater, LA, CA, USA ❀ 28 MAR - The Regent Theater, LA CA, USA ❀ 30 MAR - The Eastern, Atlanta, GA, USA 01 APR - Big Ears Festival, Knoxville, TN, USA 04 APR - L'Olympia, Paris, FR* ❀ 05 APR - Les Trinitaires (Chapelle) Metz, FR 07 APR - Cafe De La Danse, Paris, FR ❀ 09 APR - BRDCST Festival @ AB, Brussels, BE 10 APR - Arci Bellezza, Milan, IT 11 APR - Locomotiv, Bologna, IT 13 APR - Bogen F, Zurich, CH 14 APR - Motel Mozaique Festival, Rotterdam, NL 07 MAY - CQAF, Belfast, UK 08 MAY - National Concert Hall Studio, Dublin, IE 09 MAY - Trinity Centre, Bristol, UK 14 MAY - The Bodega, Nottingham, UK 15 MAY - Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, UK 17 MAY - EartH Theatre, London, UK Ichiko Aoba official website https://www.ichikoaoba.com/
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The Centre is Everywhere / Edmund Finnis / 12 Ensemble
Live from Wigmore Hall, London Oct 2022
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Barbican Sessions: 12 Ensemble
12 ensemble perform ‘II. (Full like drips)’ from Oliver Leith’s Honey Siren in our Loading Bay. Pushing the boundaries of theatre, dance, film, music and visual art, the Barbican is a world-class arts and learning centre. Subscribe: http://ow.ly/O44tx Like: http://www.facebook.com/barbicancentre Follow: http://www.twitter.com/barbicancentre Discover: http://www.instagram.com/barbicancentre What’s on? http://www.barbican.org.uk Welcome to the Barbican Centre's YouTube channel. From exclusive trailers and specially commissioned interviews to concert recordings, behind the scenes tours and insights into the unseen areas of the Barbican, subscribe to our channel for all the latest Barbican videos.
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"Song For Our Daughter" - Laura Marling with 12 Ensemble @ Royal Albert Hall 2020
Song For Our Daughter. Laura Marling and the 12 Ensemble Mercury Prize-nominated artist Laura Marling teams up with pioneering strings-based collective the 12 Ensemble for a retrospective journey through her back catalogue, as well as showcasing tracks from her 2020 album, Song for Our Daughter. Featuring brand-new string arrangements by Rob Moose. In her first Prom as a headliner, Laura will perform an acoustic set accompanied by brand new string arrangements from the unconducted 12 Ensemble. I do not own this video.
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Isabella Gellis - Many Fruited Dog Tooth
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Coult - Prelude (after Monsieur de Sainte Colombe)
12 Ensemble give the UK premiere of Tom Coult's 'Prelude (after Monsieur de Sainte Colombe) at Wigmore Hall, February 2025.
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Schubert - Death and the Maiden I. Allegro
Live from the Wigmore Hall, London. September 2021
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Bartok Divertimento - I. Allegro non troppo
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Oliver Leith - Honey Siren
Performed live at the Wigmore Hall, March 2021. Oliver Leith - Honey Siren I. (Like thick air) II. (Full like drips) III. (Like slow dancing in honey) Oliver wrote this piece especially for the 12 ensemble in 2019. He writes; "I was thinking about sirens; the wailing kind, not the bird women singing on rocks. They make these beautiful, huge oblong sweeping glissandi between high and low, like a machine crying. They usually signal something ominous; these sirens do not. They are honeyed, dripping in globules of sweetness, golden and moving between solid and fluid. Like a smiling alarm.”
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06:12
Britten 'Les Illuminations' - 'Parade' and 'Départ'
Filmed live at the Wigmore Hall with soprano Mary Bevan. September 2021
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Danse Sacrée et Profane / Debussy / Oliver Wass / 12 Ensemble
Live from Wigmore Hall, London Oct 2022
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Très Modéré / Octet / Enescu / 12 Ensemble
Live from Wigmore Hall 2022
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'Ulysses Awakes' Film Trailer
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Leonard Elschenbroich & 12ensemble perform James Macmillan's 'Kiss on Wood'
We look forward to welcoming the shining 12ensemble back to Kings Place on 26 Sep 2020 for their rescheduled performance (Max Richter: 'The Four Seasons' Recomposed). In the meantime, here’s a rare Easter gem from their Cello Unwrapped concert with Leonard Elschenbroich in 2017. ‘I always think of this beautiful piece, Kiss on Wood, as a love letter from string players to their instruments. Composer James Macmillan’s original inspiration was the Good Friday verse ‘Behold the wood of the cross on which the saviour of the world was hung’. But he also said it ‘can equally represent a gesture of love on the wooden instruments making this music’. Helen Wallace, Artistic Director at Kings Place
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Prokofiev Visions Fugitives
12 ensemble live at LSO St Lukes for Barbican Sound Unbound Festival 2019.
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10:51
Autumn Songs / Kate Whitley
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