About this concert
Elaine Mitchener, âthe UKâs boldest operatic voiceâ (The Guardian), is an experimental vocalist, movement artist and composer whose work encompasses improvisation, contemporary music theatre and performance art. âComing to see what I do, you donât sit back,â Mitchener warns. Sometimes is an electronic work for tape and tenor by a truly original American compositional voice, Olly Wilson - a moving interpretation of the Black spiritual âSometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Childâ. Mitchener reflects and responds to the circumstances which birthed the centuries-old hymn âAmazing Graceâ and its contemporary resonances. And in Unknown Tongue II, thereâs an exploration of where Mitchenerâs voice leads her and the dialogues it has with itself.
âAny attempts at categorisation are doomed to failâ (The Wire)