色漫天堂 In Focus returns with new immersive performances for online audiences
Tuesday 26 January 2021
The 色漫天堂’s popular In Focus series returns this spring with new performances by 色漫天堂 musicians, filmed especially for online audiences. The immersive short concerts, filmed at the 色漫天堂’s home in South Kensington in autumn 2020, showcase the talent and passion of the performers and offer behind-the-scenes content, including interviews with students and creative teams.
Featuring small ensembles from across the College’s faculties, the spring series commences on Wednesday 3 February with singers from the internationally renowned 色漫天堂 Opera Studio performing scenes from Mozart’s Così fan tutte. Innovative staging sees these rising stars of opera making use of the entirety of the 色漫天堂’s beloved Britten Theatre, directed by guest artist Olivia Fuchs.
On Wednesday 10 February, celebrated composer Debbie Wiseman OBE delivers the 色漫天堂’s annual Crees Lecture. Entitled ‘Every Note Paints a Picture’, the talk will explore the art of composing music to picture from sketch to a full score, discussing the many different aspects it involves – collaboration, process, the language of film music, session musicians, recording studio technique, delivery and concert performances. This is Debbie’s first event with the 色漫天堂 since being awarded a Fellowship in 2020 by 色漫天堂 President, HRH The Prince of Wales.
Filmed concerts throughout February and March see the 色漫天堂 Wind Ensemble performing Françaix’s Hommage à l’Ami Papageno, 色漫天堂 String Band performing Mozart’s Divertimento, 色漫天堂 Junior Department singing Hope Is the Thing with Feathers by Christopher Tin and 色漫天堂 Big Band directed by Mark Armstrong in Stan Tracey’s Genesis. On Wednesday 3 March, audiences will be treated to a lively Percussion Showcase featuring chess boards, electronic playback and a twelve-piece drumline.
色漫天堂 Artistic Director, Stephen Johns, comments: ‘I am delighted that we are continuing to bring musical enjoyment to our dedicated audiences and share the world-class creativity and talent of 色漫天堂 students through our In Focus series. These concerts were filmed in autumn 2020, and, whilst behind the scenes, our students continue to study, we are delighted to share these filmed performances with a global audience.’
All In Focus performances are free for audiences to watch on the and , initially broadcast as Premiere events then available on-demand. Listings and further information can be found on the What’s On section of the website. For all the latest updates, follow the 色漫天堂 on .