SOUNDS OF NOW: HERMES EXPERIMENT

The Hermes Experiment

The Guildhall Lens Studio, Portsmouth
Thursday 17 April 2025, 7.30pm
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CÉCILE CHAMINADE(arr. SCHOFIELD) La Lune paresseuse (3’)
TOM COULT I Find Planets (6’)
CAROLINE SHAW (arr. DENHOLM) Plan & Elevation: I. The Ellipse (4’)
LAURA MOODY Rilke Songs (movements I & III) (10’)
SOOSAN LOLAVAR Mâh Didam (6’)
ANNA MEREDITH (arr. SCHOFIELD) Fin like a flower (3’)
LILI BOULANGER (arr. SCHOFIELD) Reflets (3’)
KERRY ANDREW (arr. DENHOLM) Fruit Songs (8’)
ERROLLYN WALLEN (arr. WERNER), Tree (5’)
HANNAH PEEL (arr. PASHLEY), The Almond Tree (3’)
MISHA MULLOV-ABBADO The Linden Tree (6’)

The award-winning Hermes Experiment is one of the most exciting forces in contemporary music today. With their arresting stage presence and wildly imaginative programmes, they have been winning over audiences around the country with their effortless ability to bring music from the margins into the mainstream.

Fronted by the captivating singer Heloise Werner, this quartet of sensational musicians (soprano, harp, clarinet and double bass) were recent winners of the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Young Artist Award. They perform works covering all styles of new music in today’s gloriously electric scene.

About the Artists

The Hermes Experiment

Winners of the Royal Philharmonic Society Young Artist Award 2021 and the Royal Over-Seas League Mixed Ensemble Competition 2019, The Hermes Experiment is one of the UK’s leading young contemporary music ensembles. Capitalising on their deliberately idiosyncratic combination of instruments (harp, clarinet, voice and double bass), The Hermes Experiment regularly commissions new works, as well as creating their own innovative arrangements and venturing into live free improvisation. They have commissioned over 60 composers at various stages of their careers. They have released two albums on Delphian Records – HERE WE ARE and SONG – both to critical acclaim. Read their full bio here.