Performers TBC
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Sunday 22 February 2026Doors: 6.30pm
Concert: 7.00pm (approx. 75 min, no interval) Tickets: Private event - by invitation only |
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A recital of music by highly regarded and accomplished composer Julian Dawes.
The essence of this concert is the last work, a large scale soul cycle on the subject of the situation in the Middle East. It is for spoken voice, Nexus soprano and tenor. The instrumentation is Clarinet, Cello and Piano. The texts are drawn from biblical texts and other HEB poetry, as well as various things about the situation in the summer of 2025. ProgrammeSh’ma
for Soprano and Piano First Performance Four Songs of Protest for Soprano and Piano Do justice, kindness and walk humbly with your God for spoken voice, Nexus soprano and tenor, clarinet, cello and piano First Performance All music by Julian Dawes |
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Julian Dawes |
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Julian Dawes is an English composer born in 1942. He has written the music for numerous theatre productions and was for five years Musical Director of The Cherub Theatre Company London. His scores for Brecht’s Caucasian Chalk Circle and Edward ll are both recognised scores for these plays held by the Brecht Estate in Berlin. His musical The Braddocks Time was a commission from the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, where it was followed by a tour of the north of England. The Sacrifice, a music drama based on a Japanese No play was initially premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, and in a revised version by The Acting Company at the New End Theatre. As Musical Director of The Cherub Theatre Company he composed scores for The Tempest at the European Festival Antwerp, The Merchant of Venice at The Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, Ten Days A-Maze at the Edinburgh Festival, Edward II at the Battersea Arts Centre, and Kafka’s The Trial at the Riverside Studios. He also composed a score for an adaptation of Twenty thousand leagues under the sea for the Watermill Theatre in Newbury.
In the concert hall he has written a concerto for Mandolin and String Orchestra, a large number of sonatas and suites for a variety of combinations of instruments, as well as fifteen song-cycles including ‘Songs of Ashes’ about the Holocaust which has been broadcast in Israel four times. His output also includes four oratorios, a wide range of other vocal, choral, chamber and piano music.
During the past 10 years music he has written considerably more on Jewish themes and setting Jewish texts.
In the concert hall he has written a concerto for Mandolin and String Orchestra, a large number of sonatas and suites for a variety of combinations of instruments, as well as fifteen song-cycles including ‘Songs of Ashes’ about the Holocaust which has been broadcast in Israel four times. His output also includes four oratorios, a wide range of other vocal, choral, chamber and piano music.
During the past 10 years music he has written considerably more on Jewish themes and setting Jewish texts.
Sunday
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Doors: 6.30pm
Concert: 7.00pm (approx. 75 min, no interval) Tickets: Private event - by invitation only |