BBC Radio 3’s award-winning Delia Stevens and three time BBC Radio 2 Folk Musician of the Year nominee, Will Pound, deliver an unprecedented collaboration. Expect the unexpected!
In 2024 Stevens & Pound collaborated with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Northern College of Music and the youth-led global climate activism organisation Force for Nature to launch The Silent Planet to commemorate Holst’s 150th anniversary in a reimagination of his iconic Planet Suite with orchestra.
Holst deliberately omitted Earth as “astrologically insignificant”. Stevens & Pound recognised this as an opportunity to write their own additional movement to the Suite, platforming the voices which are being silenced as our planet faces a climate crisis. Their newly curated programme and compositions were orchestrated by Ian Gardiner and conducted by Clark Rundell.
Stevens & Pound are EarthPercent artists, committed to splitting their royalties with climate change organisations.
“percussion from Delia Stevens, whose thoughtful, insistent playing is crucial”
“The fusion of these two soloists with several styles of music brought the audience to its feet. There was so much happening on stage to see and hear – a truly fast-moving ride! ”
Fri 4 Oct 2024
Tickets: £19
Unreserved Seating
Time: Doors 7.30pm
Ages: 14+
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Presented by Gloucester Guildhall.