Always, Already There: building a burning house

Bringing together new work by Hannah Kendall, George Lewis, Jessie Cox and Olly Wilson’s stirring, political and prophetic song cycle, Of Visions and Truth, join us to mark the end of Always, Already There.

The Always, Already There Ensemble are joined by three stellar singers, Tom Randle, Sarah Jane Lewis and Yannis François, to perform the UK premiere of Olly Wilson’s transcendent cycle, meditating on mortality and oppression. The concert also features the UK premiere of Hannah Kendall’s new work building a burning house and Jessie Cox’s subversive The Sound of Music, as well as a recent work by the founder of Always, Already There, George Lewis. Each work uniquely represents the richness and non-temporality of Afrodiasporic expression and lived experience, past, present and future – of visions and truth.










Produced by the Barbican in partnership with the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

Part of Always, Already There Weekender.

Always, Already There has received generous support from SHM Foundation, Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation and Trevor Fenwick & Jane Hindley.

Barbican Classical Music Programme receives major support from Marcus Margulies and additional support In Memory of John Murray.





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