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Cello: A Journey Through Silence to Sound

Sunday 29 September 2024
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240929 cello a journey through silence to sound

Join cellist Natalie Clein, author Kate Kennedy and composer Cheryl Frances-Hoad for the premiere of 'Cello: A Journey Through Silence to Sound'. 

 The performance is to celebrate the publication of Kate Kennedy's new book Cello - A Journey Through Silence to Sound (published by Bloomsbury on 15 August). Directed by Tom Morris (War Horse) and per­formed by Natalie Clein and Kate Kennedy, Bach cello suite no. 2 will be blended with spoken word and visuals, to frame a world premiere of a cello suite by Cheryl Frances-Hoad, inspired by the book.

About Cello: A Journey through Silence to Sound: Kate Kennedy examines the relationship between cellists and their instruments, exploring stories of creation, loss, and rediscovery. She traces the lives of notable cellists such as Lise Cristiani, Pal Hermann, and Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, while also sharing the author's own adventures, from playing a cello-turned-beehive to creating a new hybrid cello for youth orchestras in Uruguay and Harlem.

Dr Kate Kennedy is an Associate Member of the Music Faculty, Research Fellow in Life-Writing at Wolfson College, and Director of the Oxford Centre for Life-writing.

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