Odyssey Ensemble Launch Concert in aid of Child Refugees in Oxford
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University Church of St Mary the Virgin, High Street, Oxford.
Featuring
Odyssey Ensemble
The evening will feature music and poetry around the theme of refugees and birds, as a metaphor for migration.
Jenkins/Qahramany: Wounded Wings (Collaborative new commission featuring music composed by BBC composer Sarah Jenkins, played under poetry written and read by Afghan refugee poet Merzia Qahramany)
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending (Elodie Chousmer-Howelles, Soloist)
Christopher Tin: The Lost Birds (UK premiere of 2023 Grammy-nominated work for choir and orchestra with The Oxford Gargoyles)
Proceeds from the event will go towards unaccompanied asylum seeking children in Oxford