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Artist in Residence  at London's Wigmore Hall for the 23/24 season, 12 Ensemble present four striking concerts with music that arcs from the 17th century to the modern day. 

 

Highlights include Vivier's rarely performed cult work Zipangu, contemporary works by John Luther Adams, Sofia Gubaidulina and Anna Clyne, collaborations with artists Samson Tsoy, Tine Thing Helseth, Fleur Barron, and a new commission from Oliver Leith for Sean Shibe, GBSR Duo and 12 Ensemble. 

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TRANSFIGURED NIGHT

16 SEPTEMBER 2023

Wigmore Hall

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Anna Clyne - Within Her Arms

Claude Vivier - Zipangu 

Oliver Leith - Non Voglio Mai Vedere Il Sole Tramontare

(from Last Days)

Arnold Schoenberg - Verklarte Nacht

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GRAN TURISMO

21 JANUARY 2024

Wigmore Hall

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Edmund Finnis - Hymn (after Byrd)

Andrew Norman - Gran Turismo

Dmitri Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No.1

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Orlande de Lassus - Stabat Mater Dolorosa

Schnittke - String Quartet No.3 (arr. string orchestra)

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Samson Tsoy  piano

Tine Thing Helseth  trumpet

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CANTICLES OF THE SKY

1 JUNE 2024

Wigmore Hall

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Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis 

John Luther Adams - Canticles of the Sky

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Sofia Gubaidulina - Mirage: The Dancing Sun

Ottorino Resphigi - Il Tramonto

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Fleur Barron  mezzo soprano

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DRINKING AND HOOTING
SEAN SHIBE, GBSR DUO & 12 ENSEMBLE

28 JUNE 2024

Wigmore Hall

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Featuring works by Catharina Pratten, György Ligeti,

Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, John White and a new commission by Oliver Leith.

The Centre is Everywhere / Edmund Finnis / 12 Ensemble
14:11
12 Ensemble

The Centre is Everywhere / Edmund Finnis / 12 Ensemble

Live from Wigmore Hall, London Oct 2022
Danse Sacrée et Profane / Debussy / Oliver Wass / 12 Ensemble
10:06
12 Ensemble

Danse Sacrée et Profane / Debussy / Oliver Wass / 12 Ensemble

Live from Wigmore Hall, London Oct 2022
Britten 'Les Illuminations' - 'Parade' and 'Départ'
06:12
12 Ensemble

Britten 'Les Illuminations' - 'Parade' and 'Départ'

Filmed live at the Wigmore Hall with soprano Mary Bevan. September 2021
Très Modéré / Octet / Enescu / 12 Ensemble
12:27
12 Ensemble

Très Modéré / Octet / Enescu / 12 Ensemble

Live from Wigmore Hall 2022
Schubert - Death and the Maiden I. Allegro
16:00
12 Ensemble

Schubert - Death and the Maiden I. Allegro

Live from the Wigmore Hall, London. September 2021
Bartok Divertimento - I. Allegro non troppo
10:00
12 Ensemble

Bartok Divertimento - I. Allegro non troppo

Oliver Leith - Honey Siren
16:20
12 Ensemble

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.”
12 Ensemble - Beethoven, String Quartet No. 15 in A minor Op. 132: Molto adagio
17:55
Wigmore Hall

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.
12 Ensemble - John Dowland, Lachrimae Antiquae (arr. Ruisi)
05:00
Wigmore Hall

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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