Arun Ghosh To Light Up Spitalfields Summer Festival
Monday, June 2, 2014
Spitalfields Music’s Summer Festival, which runs 6-21 June, brings a vibrant international programme to East London in celebration of early and contemporary music and features two key performances by clarinettist, composer and associate artist, Arun Ghosh.
He will be appearing with his expanded 12-piece ensemble the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, who will perform the world premiere of Ghosh’s Spitalfields Suite, a symphonic poem exploring the histories and experiences of immigration to Spitalfields (Shoreditch Church, St Leonard’s, 7 June).
He then performs in his ‘Tales of Tradition & Trade’, which will amalgamate the spirit of traditional work, music hall and pub songs for an evening of interactive communal music-making (Wilton’s Music Hall, London, 12 June). Other highlights include Brazen Hussies featuring Women sing East and their extraordinary leader, Laka D recreating some of their favourite jazz, punk and folk songs, and the Club Inégales band with special guests including Evan Parker and Byron Wallen improvising avant-garde, jazz and contemporary blues styles.
For full festival listings go to spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk