Saturday 14th August, 21.15 The Errollyn Wallen Songbook

Featuring: Errollyn Wallen and Quartet X
Music & Words: Errollyn Wallen
Voice and Piano: Errollyn Wallen
Violin: Rustom Pomeroy
Violin: Rebekah Allan
Viola: Oliver Wilson
Cello: Christopher Allan

Errollyn Wallen ‘renaissance woman of contemporary British music’ is as respected a singer-songwriter of pop influenced songs as she is a composer of contemporary new music. Communication is at the centre of both worlds: engaging the audience and speaking directly to hearts and minds. She returns to the Festival with Quartet X to share new ideas and old favourites.

If you would like to see video of Errollyn Wallen at last year’s Festival CLICK HERE!

An array of melodic and textural delights – The Guardian

The 13 tracks attest to her genius on all fronts – The Tucson Chronicle

Expect the unexpected – The Observer

Her fingers on the pulse of contemporary music – The Independent

Bright, funky, irreducible – What’s On

Moments of rare, poignant beauty – The Times

A remarkable unleashing of fearful (un)symmetry! – Classical Music

The most exciting discovery – San Francisco Chronicle

Packs considerable emotional force – The Evening Standard

Errollyn Wallen’s music is always her own, highly original and a winning addition to the repertoire – Tempo Magazine

A leading composer – The Observer

Wallen is a brashly creative, open-minded composer striding with confident abandon from jazz, to Tippett, to spirituals, to Schoenberg, to Mediterranean mystery – MusicWeb