Name: The Hermes Experiment; Abel Selaocoe Cello
Start: 2024-11-23T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-11-23T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Wigmore Hall

Admin

Wigmore Hall

Singer

Héloïse Werner

Soloist

Instrumentalist

Abel Selaocoe

Cello

Anne Denholm

Harp

Oliver Pashley

Clarinet

Marianne Schofield

Double Bass

The Hermes Experiment; Abel Selaocoe Cello

London

United Kingdom

Public

Concert

Piece For Solo Cello And Vocals

Fruit Songs (arr. Anne Denholm)

To Ask Is To Listen

The Linden Tree

Sushant Karmakar

Approved

'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.

In creating a work that unites two ferociously powerful artist acts, each of whom excels as improvisers in their respective grammars, I found myself struck by this push and pull of jointly improvising, the twin beauties of momentum and lingering. And then I thought of a word root in Tamil: kēḷ (கேள்). Kel relates to hearing or listening. In colloquial Tamil, though, Kelvi is a question. Perhaps, in joint improvisation, these two ideas – asking a question, listening for its answer – are equated. Perhaps in order to speak, in order to ask, in order to parley, we must first listen.'

- Shruthi Rajasekar

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Instrumentation