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The second piece in our February programme is Jean-Louis Agobet’s “Eclisses” (“splinters”). ✨ It’s never been played before on this side of the channel: we’re really looking forward to giving the UK premiere! 🙌🏻 Here’s our conductor, Josh, talking a bit about it. 🎉
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21st February October Gallery London
22nd February Holywell Music Room Oxford
✨links in bio✨
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Programme:
Thomas Metcalf - ‘Photogenia’ (2025) (World Premiere)
Jean-Louis Agobet - ‘Eclisses’ (2008) (UK Premiere)
Eliott Carter - ‘Epigrams’ (2012)
Gérard Grisey - ‘TALEA’ (1986)
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#madsong #madsongensemble #contemporarymusic #classicalmusic #violin #violinist #piano #pianist #flute #flautist #clarinet #clarinetist #cello #cellist #conductor #2025 #tommetcalf #jeanlouisagobet #carter #elliottcarter #grisey #gerardgrisey #talea #london #concert

The second piece in our February programme is Jean-Louis Agobet’s “Eclisses” (“splinters”). ✨ It’s never been played before on this side of the channel: we’re really looking forward to giving the UK premiere! 🙌🏻 Here’s our conductor, Josh, talking a bit about it. 🎉
•
21st February October Gallery London
22nd February Holywell Music Room Oxford
✨links in bio✨
•
Programme:
Thomas Metcalf - ‘Photogenia’ (2025) (World Premiere)
Jean-Louis Agobet - ‘Eclisses’ (2008) (UK Premiere)
Eliott Carter - ‘Epigrams’ (2012)
Gérard Grisey - ‘TALEA’ (1986)
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#madsong #madsongensemble #contemporarymusic #classicalmusic #violin #violinist #piano #pianist #flute #flautist #clarinet #clarinetist #cello #cellist #conductor #2025 #tommetcalf #jeanlouisagobet #carter #elliottcarter #grisey #gerardgrisey #talea #london #concert

Here are Laura and Hana, our resident string players, to kick off the introductions for our fabulous upcoming programme. ⭐️
Hope you can join us in February to hear it live!! 🎉
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21st February October Gallery London
22nd February Holywell Music Room Oxford
✨links in bio✨
•
Programme:
Thomas Metcalf - ‘Photogenia’ (2025) (World Premiere)
Jean-Louis Agobet - ‘Eclisses’ (2008) (UK Premiere)
Eliott Carter - ‘Epigrams’ (2012)
Gérard Grisey - ‘TALEA’ (1986)
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#madsong #madsongensemble #contemporarymusic #classicalmusic #violin #violinist #piano #pianist #flute #flautist #clarinet #clarinetist #cello #cellist #conductor #2025 #tommetcalf #jeanlouisagobet #carter #elliottcarter #grisey #gerardgrisey #talea #london #concert

Here are Laura and Hana, our resident string players, to kick off the introductions for our fabulous upcoming programme. ⭐️
Hope you can join us in February to hear it live!! 🎉
•
21st February October Gallery London
22nd February Holywell Music Room Oxford
✨links in bio✨
•
Programme:
Thomas Metcalf - ‘Photogenia’ (2025) (World Premiere)
Jean-Louis Agobet - ‘Eclisses’ (2008) (UK Premiere)
Eliott Carter - ‘Epigrams’ (2012)
Gérard Grisey - ‘TALEA’ (1986)
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#madsong #madsongensemble #contemporarymusic #classicalmusic #violin #violinist #piano #pianist #flute #flautist #clarinet #clarinetist #cello #cellist #conductor #2025 #tommetcalf #jeanlouisagobet #carter #elliottcarter #grisey #gerardgrisey #talea #london #concert

If you can’t make it to our London performance, perhaps you can join us the very next day in the wonderful Holywell Music Room in Oxford? 💛
We’re delighted to announce our upcoming concerts exploring music from the last 40 years. 🌟
The programme opens with Thomas Metcalf’s ‘Photogenia’, specially written for the ensemble and will be followed by Jean-Louis Agobet’s ‘Eclisses’, ‘Epigrams’ by Elliott Carter and finally Grisey’s ‘TALEA’ - a piece which is fast becoming a Mad Song favourite!🎉
✨Hope to see you there! Ticket link in bio ✨
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Programme:
Thomas Metcalf - ‘Photogenia’ (2025) (World Premiere)
Jean-Louis Agobet - ‘Eclisses’ (2008) (UK Premiere)
Eliott Carter - ‘Epigrams’ (2012)
Gérard Grisey - ‘TALEA’ (1986)
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📸 @sophiewilliams_photo
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#madsong #madsongensemble #contemporarymusic #classicalmusic #violin #violinist #piano #pianist #flute #flautist #clarinet #clarinetist #cello #cellist #conductor #2025 #tommetcalf #jeanlouisagobet #carter #elliottcarter #grisey #gerardgrisey #talea #london #concert

If you can’t make it to our London performance, perhaps you can join us the very next day in the wonderful Holywell Music Room in Oxford? 💛
We’re delighted to announce our upcoming concerts exploring music from the last 40 years. 🌟
The programme opens with Thomas Metcalf’s ‘Photogenia’, specially written for the ensemble and will be followed by Jean-Louis Agobet’s ‘Eclisses’, ‘Epigrams’ by Elliott Carter and finally Grisey’s ‘TALEA’ - a piece which is fast becoming a Mad Song favourite!🎉
✨Hope to see you there! Ticket link in bio ✨
•
Programme:
Thomas Metcalf - ‘Photogenia’ (2025) (World Premiere)
Jean-Louis Agobet - ‘Eclisses’ (2008) (UK Premiere)
Eliott Carter - ‘Epigrams’ (2012)
Gérard Grisey - ‘TALEA’ (1986)
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📸 @sophiewilliams_photo
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#madsong #madsongensemble #contemporarymusic #classicalmusic #violin #violinist #piano #pianist #flute #flautist #clarinet #clarinetist #cello #cellist #conductor #2025 #tommetcalf #jeanlouisagobet #carter #elliottcarter #grisey #gerardgrisey #talea #london #concert

We’re delighted to announce our upcoming concert exploring music from the last 40 years. 🌟
The programme opens with the world premiere of Thomas Metcalf’s ‘Photogenia’, specially written for the ensemble and will be followed by Jean-Louis Agobet’s ‘Eclisses’, ‘Epigrams’ by Elliott Carter and finally Grisey’s ‘TALEA’ - a piece which is fast becoming a Mad Song favourite!🎉
✨Hope to see you there! Ticket link in bio ✨
•
Programme:
Thomas Metcalf - ‘Photogenia’ (2025) (World Premiere)
Jean-Louis Agobet - ‘Eclisses’ (2008) (UK Premiere)
Eliott Carter - ‘Epigrams’ (2012)
Gérard Grisey - ‘TALEA’ (1986)
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📸 @sophiewilliams_photo
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#madsong #madsongensemble #contemporarymusic #classicalmusic #violin #violinist #piano #pianist #flute #flautist #clarinet #clarinetist #cello #cellist #conductor #2025 #tommetcalf #jeanlouisagobet #carter #elliottcarter #grisey #gerardgrisey #talea #london #concert

We’re delighted to announce our upcoming concert exploring music from the last 40 years. 🌟
The programme opens with the world premiere of Thomas Metcalf’s ‘Photogenia’, specially written for the ensemble and will be followed by Jean-Louis Agobet’s ‘Eclisses’, ‘Epigrams’ by Elliott Carter and finally Grisey’s ‘TALEA’ - a piece which is fast becoming a Mad Song favourite!🎉
✨Hope to see you there! Ticket link in bio ✨
•
Programme:
Thomas Metcalf - ‘Photogenia’ (2025) (World Premiere)
Jean-Louis Agobet - ‘Eclisses’ (2008) (UK Premiere)
Eliott Carter - ‘Epigrams’ (2012)
Gérard Grisey - ‘TALEA’ (1986)
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📸 @sophiewilliams_photo
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#madsong #madsongensemble #contemporarymusic #classicalmusic #violin #violinist #piano #pianist #flute #flautist #clarinet #clarinetist #cello #cellist #conductor #2025 #tommetcalf #jeanlouisagobet #carter #elliottcarter #grisey #gerardgrisey #talea #london #concert

🎉 Exciting Announcement!! 🎉
We are so so excited to share that Méline Le Calvez @melinelclvz has joined us on Clarinet!! 💛 Méline performed Schoenberg’s ‘Pierrot Lunaire’ with us back in November 2023 and now we are so lucky to have her on board for our future adventures 🫶🏻 You may have seen her pop up in our insta stories recently as we have been rehearsing together since the summer for some exciting upcoming projects, so it’s nice to finally let you all know the big news 🙌🏻
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We’d like to say a big thank you to Rennie Sutherland for all the amazing times we have had performing together and send him best wishes for the future up in Scotland
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And finally a big thank you to @sophiewilliams_photo for our incredible new photos - we love them!! 😍
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(swipe for smiles!!)
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#madsong #madsongensemble #contemporarymusic #classicalmusic #violin #violinist #piano #pianist #flute #flautist #clarinet #clarinetist #cello #cellist #conductor

🎉 Exciting Announcement!! 🎉
We are so so excited to share that Méline Le Calvez @melinelclvz has joined us on Clarinet!! 💛 Méline performed Schoenberg’s ‘Pierrot Lunaire’ with us back in November 2023 and now we are so lucky to have her on board for our future adventures 🫶🏻 You may have seen her pop up in our insta stories recently as we have been rehearsing together since the summer for some exciting upcoming projects, so it’s nice to finally let you all know the big news 🙌🏻
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We’d like to say a big thank you to Rennie Sutherland for all the amazing times we have had performing together and send him best wishes for the future up in Scotland
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And finally a big thank you to @sophiewilliams_photo for our incredible new photos - we love them!! 😍
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(swipe for smiles!!)
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#madsong #madsongensemble #contemporarymusic #classicalmusic #violin #violinist #piano #pianist #flute #flautist #clarinet #clarinetist #cello #cellist #conductor

Our final throwback is back to our favourite @highbarnetchambermusicfestival 💛 An excerpt of ‘A Purcell Garland’, a collection of Purcell Fantasias arranged by Oliver Knussen, George Benjamin and Colin Matthews - this movement is ‘…upon one note’ Arr. Knussen
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#madsong #madsongensemble #contemporarymusic #classicalmusic #violin #violinist #piano #pianist #flute #flautist #clarinet #clarinetist #cello #cellist #conductor #purcell #knussen #oliverknussen #benjamin #georgebenjamin #matthews #colinmatthews #highbarnet

Our final throwback is back to our favourite @highbarnetchambermusicfestival 💛 An excerpt of ‘A Purcell Garland’, a collection of Purcell Fantasias arranged by Oliver Knussen, George Benjamin and Colin Matthews - this movement is ‘…upon one note’ Arr. Knussen
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#madsong #madsongensemble #contemporarymusic #classicalmusic #violin #violinist #piano #pianist #flute #flautist #clarinet #clarinetist #cello #cellist #conductor #purcell #knussen #oliverknussen #benjamin #georgebenjamin #matthews #colinmatthews #highbarnet

One of our absolute favourite moments of 2024 was performing in the @ensemblemodern Academy final concert in August 🎉 Here is a clip of us playing Schoenberg’s ‘Chamber Symphony No.1’ (arr. Webern) to the most wonderful audience in Frankfurt 💛
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Copyright Young Ensemble Academy 2024, Ensemble Modern & Internationale Ensemble Modern Akademie, Stefan knauer / D32 moving visual content
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#madsong #madsongensemble #contemporarymusic #classicalmusic #violin #violinist #piano #pianist #flute #flautist #clarinet #clarinetist #cello #cellist #conductor #schoenberg #chambersymphony #highbarnet

One of our absolute favourite moments of 2024 was performing in the @ensemblemodern Academy final concert in August 🎉 Here is a clip of us playing Schoenberg’s ‘Chamber Symphony No.1’ (arr. Webern) to the most wonderful audience in Frankfurt 💛
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Copyright Young Ensemble Academy 2024, Ensemble Modern & Internationale Ensemble Modern Akademie, Stefan knauer / D32 moving visual content
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#madsong #madsongensemble #contemporarymusic #classicalmusic #violin #violinist #piano #pianist #flute #flautist #clarinet #clarinetist #cello #cellist #conductor #schoenberg #chambersymphony #highbarnet

Aaaand we are back 🎉 Happy New Year everyone! We have been reflecting on 2024 and thought we would share some clips this week of some of the works we performed over the year 💛 starting off with this excerpt of ‘Very litte perhaps nothing’ by Christopher Mayo @cjsmayo which we performed at the @highbarnetchambermusicfestival back in July ☀️ The tile comes from the poem ‘Known knowns’ by Michael Robbins
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#madsong #madsongensemble #contemporarymusic #classicalmusic #violin #violinist #piano #pianist #flute #flautist #clarinet #clarinetist #cello #cellist #conductor #mayo #highbarnet

Aaaand we are back 🎉 Happy New Year everyone! We have been reflecting on 2024 and thought we would share some clips this week of some of the works we performed over the year 💛 starting off with this excerpt of ‘Very litte perhaps nothing’ by Christopher Mayo @cjsmayo which we performed at the @highbarnetchambermusicfestival back in July ☀️ The tile comes from the poem ‘Known knowns’ by Michael Robbins
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#madsong #madsongensemble #contemporarymusic #classicalmusic #violin #violinist #piano #pianist #flute #flautist #clarinet #clarinetist #cello #cellist #conductor #mayo #highbarnet

We had such a great time last night celebrating Schoenberg’s 150th anniversary 🥳 thank you so much to everyone who came! 🫶🏻 and a huge thank you to @hannah_shimwell for joining us on clarinet for this performance 💖
Swipe for a snippet of the Chamber Symphony 🎶
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#madsong #madsongensemble #contemporarymusic #classicalmusic #violin #violinist #piano #pianist #flute #flautist #clarinet #clarinetist #cello #cellist #2024 #schoenberg #schönberg #arnoldschönberg #chambersymphony #verklärtenacht #berg #fiveorchestralsongs #skandalkonzert #schoenbergbirthday #150thbirthday #happybirthdayschoenberg #schoenberg150 #schoenberg150thanniversary #birthday #cake

We had such a great time last night celebrating Schoenberg’s 150th anniversary 🥳 thank you so much to everyone who came! 🫶🏻 and a huge thank you to @hannah_shimwell for joining us on clarinet for this performance 💖
Swipe for a snippet of the Chamber Symphony 🎶
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#madsong #madsongensemble #contemporarymusic #classicalmusic #violin #violinist #piano #pianist #flute #flautist #clarinet #clarinetist #cello #cellist #2024 #schoenberg #schönberg #arnoldschönberg #chambersymphony #verklärtenacht #berg #fiveorchestralsongs #skandalkonzert #schoenbergbirthday #150thbirthday #happybirthdayschoenberg #schoenberg150 #schoenberg150thanniversary #birthday #cake

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