GREENWICH VARIATIONS British Premiere
A rare triple bill of music from a powerful classical string quartet and solo piano work to a mesmerising fusion of sublime music and song, sensual dance and captivating film. The internationally acclaimed composer and performer Errollyn Wallen and the string quartet from her Ensemble X come to the Tron for the first time with Greenwich Variations.
Music/piano & voice: Errollyn Wallen
Musicians: Ensemble X String Quartet
Film: honey brothers
Choreography/dancer on film: Tom Sapsford
Costumes: Anda Winters
Lighting: Charles Balfour
Technical Director: Paul Bull
Errollyn Wallen's Greenwich Variations for solo piano and her String Quartet No.2 opens the triple bill. The evening will be completed by Errollyn Wallen's modern day song cycle which draws on the traditions of lieder, jazz and pop and includes a radical arrangement of Dido's Lament from Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. A woman sits at the piano and sings against a huge screen of dream images. A string quartet walks and plays with shadows. A ghost dancer performs on film. Glorious music and song fuse with images on a haunting journey into the far reaches of the imagination. The rich and unique array of original songs, all with texts by Errollyn Wallen, are performed by her at the piano and by the string quartet from Ensemble X led by David Le Page.