'Improvisation in a solo context calls for confidence, conviction, and atmospheric awareness from the performer. Improvisation in a group context calls for one more ingredient: the performers’ responsiveness and attentiveness to each other. The instinct to lead is transformed by the need to listen.

EPSG:4326

The Hermes Experiment; Abel Selaocoe cello

Wigmore Hall

Through live, semi-improvised performance, musicians from The Hermes Experiment will interact with sonic essays and interventions by Monthati Masebe (South Africa), Kathy Hinde (UK), Sandeep Bhagwati (India/Germany), Bint Mbareh (Palestine) and Martha Hincapié Charry (Colombia), each sharing their perspective on the climate crisis. Under the musical direction of Sandeep Bhagwati, these perspectives, symbolized as 'islands,' are connected into a unified call for action, the 'mighty river.'

Oliver Pashley

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The Hermes Experiment; Abel Selaocoe cello · Wigmore Hall

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