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12 ensemble @12ensemble

London’s visionary string orchestra

Joined May 2012
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Next Tuesday @wigmore_hall We’re joined by soloist Timothy Ridout for Britten's haunting lament, a new account of Brahms' wild C minor quartet and premieres from Oliver Coates and Tom Coult... wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on…
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Metamorphosis on vinyl has finally arrived! A limited edition, deluxe double-vinyl created in collaboration with Art Director Ben Ditto featuring photography by Greta Ilieva. the12ensemble.com/shop
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Beethoven, Britten and Jonny Greenwood. Next week at @smitf_london • stmartin-in-the-fields.org/c…
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Next week we’re teaming up with the sensational @MaryCBevan for Britten’s Les Illuminations @smitf_london Thursday 8 August 7.30pm St Martin-in-the-Fields Britten, Beethoven and Jonny Greenwood stmartin-in-the-fields.org/c…
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Summer newsletter … shoutout.wix.com/so/04O-fpwE… Feat upcoming concerts @wigmore_hall @bbcproms @smitf_london & North Norfolk Festival ✨
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Wigmore Hall
@wigmore_hall
1 Jun 2024
Tonight at Wigmore Hall, @12ensemble and @BarronFleur perform works by John Luther Adams, Respighi, Sofia Gubaidulina and Vaughan Williams 🎻 🕰️ 7.30pm 🎟️ wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on…
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Join us this Saturday @wigmore_hall for a celestial, spell-binding programme featuring a 16-piece cello choir and the mesmerising mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on… £5 tickets available for under 35s
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Brighton Festival@brightfest
16 May 2024
🎶 Enter the holographic world of Metamorphosis... @12ensemble are warming up for tonight's performance! Accompanied by AI-generated visuals created live, directed by visual artist Ben Ditto 🌱 Last few tickets remaining 👉 bit.ly/4brvaZS
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Oliver Leith@oliverleith
10 May 2024
Early to post but next 28th June have written this new large thing for @seanstshibe @12ensemble @GBSRduo ‘Doom and the Dooms’ where they perform a transcription of a band’s gig that never happened. Squealing, Ballads, tears. Also Pratten,White,Budd,Ligeti bit.ly/3QDixSZ

Sean Shibe guitar; GBSR Duo; 12 Ensemble

Sean Shibe guitar; GBSR Duo; 12 Ensemble Harold Budd, Ligeti, Oliver Leith, Pratten and White

wigmore-hall.org.uk
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Alexis Ffrench@AlexisFfrench
16 Mar 2024
Join me today for Classical Connections Radio on @AppleMusic where I’ll be joining the dots from @CoastContra to Verdi in #Sampology, chatting to my Artist of the Week, @NuDecoEnsemble, and spotlighting the latest release by the @12ensemble (1/2)
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Beautiful to be a part of Kaouther Ben Hania’s deeply moving ‘Four Daughters’, nominated for best documentary at tonight’s Oscars. Music by Amine Bouhafa, recorded by 12 Ensemble at RAK Studios. bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-afri…
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Metamorphosis Album Launch - Thank you to all those who came down and celebrated with us @lsostlukes 🦪 photos by Matthew Johnson
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Gramophone@GramophoneMag
1 Mar 2024
The 12 Ensemble's new album, Metamorphosis gramophone.co.uk/podcasts/ar…
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Royal Philharmonic Society@RoyalPhilSoc
5 Mar 2024
The RPS Chamber-Scale Composition Award goes to @LaurenceOsborn. TOMB! - written for @12ensemble and @GBSRduo - 'immerses the listener in a sound-world that defies expectation and shows a composer reaching new heights.' #RPSAwards
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VINYL PRE-ORDER - To celebrate the release of Metamorphosis, a limited edition, deluxe double-vinyl package has been created in collaboration with acclaimed Art Director Ben Ditto, recorded at @AbbeyRoad studios… diggersfactory.com/vinyl/314…
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Cambridge Music Festival@cammusicfest
26 Feb 2024
Hear @12ensemble in Strauss, @katewhitley_ , Edmund Finnis & Vivier. 📅5 March ⛪️@FitzwilliamColl 🎟️bit.ly/3RQ3A0F
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Martin Cullingford@MrPhoebus
1 Mar 2024
Richard Strauss, Claude Vivier, Edmund Finnis and Oliver Leith: the music on the @12ensemble's wonderful new album, and the topic of this week's Podcast discussion with Max Ruisi and Eloisa-Fleur Thom. gramophone.co.uk/podcasts/ar…
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METAMORPHOSIS • Our new album is out today! Finnis - Hymn (after Byrd) Vivier - Zipangu Leith - Non Voglio Mai Vedere Il Sole Tramontare Strauss - Metamorphosen for 23 strings Available on all streaming platforms platoon.lnk.to/metamorphosis…
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Abbey Road@AbbeyRoad
1 Mar 2024
Made up of twelve of London’s leading string players, pioneering un-conducted orchestra @12Ensemble's new album ‘Metamorphosis’ is out now, with songs recorded in Studio Two. Listen to ‘Hymn (after Byrd)’ | spoti.fi/3uOsbKQ 🎥 Jack Durman #12Ensemble #Orchestral
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