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Ismena Collective

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Innovative performances fusing music and words

 London, UK
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Joined March 2013
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Live music (!) in the beautiful Quaker Meeting House Wandsworth on Saturday the 26th of June. Schubert's ravishing Death and the Maiden Quartet and wonderful soprano @rebeccajlea singing Schubert Lieder, Tickets £12. Eventbrite: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-lyric…
The Lyricism of Schubert

The Lyricism of Schubert

The Lyricism of Schubert

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ismenacollective.com/single-…. Very much enjoyed this thought-provoking conversation with composer @MCSANYIWILLS @SoSouthfields
Performers in the Time of COVID: Michael Csanyi-Wills

Performers in the Time of COVID: Michael Csanyi-Wills

I met the composer, conductor, pianist and, might I say, deep thinker, Michael Csanyi-Wills, on the first Monday morning of March, 2021. He was sitting in the office of his house which turned out to...

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ismenacollective.com/single-… so enjoyed interviewing soprano Rebecca Lea for the series Performers in the Time of COVID. @rebeccajlea @SoSouthfields @skidmoregreg
Performers in the Time of COVID: Rebecca Lea

Performers in the Time of COVID: Rebecca Lea

I so much enjoyed talking to Rebecca Lea, a soprano of seemingly effortless lyricism, from her home in South London on an evening at the end of February. Behind her on the window sill sat a Christmas...

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ismenacollective.com/single-… A delight to talk to Danish soprano Lene Sahlholdt about the struggles and lessons of this strange period. Hope you enjoy.
Performers in the Time of COVID: Lene Sahlholdt

Performers in the Time of COVID: Lene Sahlholdt

Lene Sahlholdt, a Danish soprano of enormous range and versatility, talked to me on Zoom in the second week of Lockdown 2. I asked her to tell me a bit about the shape of her life before March 2020...

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Silver White Light by Terry Reid, arr. Mayda Narvey youtu.be/Yoi714kssUo via @YouTube

Silver White Light by Terry Reid, Darris Golinski reader and Mayda Narvey cello

Terry Reid's Silver White Light for cello with the very beautiful l...

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From a concert in February. Enjoy! doc-0c-8o-docs.googleusercon…
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A Complete History of Music: Lesson 4

A Complete History of Music: Lesson 4

Hello music lovers and welcome to Lesson 4 of this whirlwind tour of Western Music. I am beginning to think it is notable for all that I haven't managed to cram in (have been fantasising about A...

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A Complete History of Music: Lesson 3

Welcome to Lesson 3 of our whirlwind tour of music history! If you have come back, I'm very pleased. If you are just starting here, you may wish to read the two previous lessons to help you underst...

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Spring Newsletter

Dear lovely friends. I hope you are keeping well and safe in these strange times. I haven't, obviously, any live music to offer you. But for those of you who might want to bone up on your understan...

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Getting ready for a concert on the 22 of Feb, Shalom Salaam, which combines the music of our Klezmer band, Buenos Klezmer! ( Maya Levy Livia Frankish Eyal Pik and myself) with the wonderful Turkish baglama and fretless guitar player Erdal Yapici.... ismenacollective.com/single-…
Shalom Salaam

Shalom Salaam

'There is a voice that doesn't use words. Listen' Rumi This is how our upcoming February concert (information and booking details at the bottom of the page), 'Shalom Salaam' came to be... I had...

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Planetarium - The Kitchen Quartet youtu.be/4t-v2T783TQ
Planetarium - The Kitchen Quartet

Planetarium - The Kitchen Quartet

A well-researched* scientifically accurate song about the planets s...

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A Muslim Woman Went Viral for Confronting Anti-Semitism on the London Underground. Her Actions Hold a Lesson for Us All time.com/5739590/muslim-woma…
What Muslim Woman Who Took on Anti-Semite Can Teach Us

What Muslim Woman Who Took on Anti-Semite Can Teach Us

The viral clip has prompted many of us to question our assumptions about how members of Muslim and Jewish communities interact

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'Let us try to reestablish a civility of discourse!' facebook.com/story.php?story…
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If you are thinking of coming to Klezmer! at the Bull's Head tomorrow (23rd Dec, 8.00 pm) you get to hear this song live! facebook.com/story.php?story…
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