As we reflect on climate change and the natural world through this year’s theme, The Future is Green, we’re exploring unique opportunities to place the planet at the centre of our music-making.

Enjoy live screenings of early cinema’s most enduring nature films as our students compose and perform brand new works to accompany them. From mesmerizing time-lapse photography to ‘talkies’ that narrate stories about nature’s life cycles, this fascinating evening fuses students’ musical responses to the stories of nature that unfold before them.

Films:
F Percy Smith The Birth of a Flower (1910)
F Percy Smith The Strength and Agility of Insects (1911)
F Percy Smith Floral Co-operative Societies (1927)
Jean Painlevé The Seahorse (1934)
Jean Painlevé Hyas and Stenorhynchus (1929)

Felicity Cliffe will conduct one of these soundtracks, as will Alec Frank-Gemmill and Harry Lai

Tickets:
£5 (Under 26s and Students) + £1 Booking Fee
£10 + £1 Booking Fee