Cellist Kate Shortt and pianist Alcyona Mick launch their new album ‘Convergence & Variations’ on Caliban Sounds in collaboration with One Little Independent Records.
Join them for an experimental journey between the worlds of classical cello works and free improvisation. Both are known for their work in the contemporary jazz and avant-garde scenes, Kate and Alcyona draw on their earlier classical roots for this duo meeting.
The concept was the brainchild of producer and former Crass member Penny Rimbaud who writes this: ‘Gliding between genres, Kate and Alcyona have created new music out of past works which at times beggars belief. On every level, this fortunate 'convergence' of creative spirit carries a rare magic and goes to give weight to a much called for adage - trust and it shall be given.’
Performers
Kate Shortt is a London based cellist and singer songwriter. Her work includes playing Portuguese Fado, contemporary classical, jazz, theatre and cabaret. Amongst various other artists she has worked with the vocalist Christine Tobin and guitarist Phil Robson and has collaborated with Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac She has been on the free improv scene since 2001 and played regularly with Penny Rimbaud, poet and producer/instigator of the cd Convergence and Variations.
Alcyona Mick is a London based pianist and composer, nominated for a Parliamentary Jazz instrumentalist award in 2023. Alongside performing internationally with a wide array of artists and bands she has also written music for independent film, TV and performs live to silent film. Alcyona Mick is an unusual powerhouse of a talent' - MOJO
Programme
Rachmaninov
Schubert
Bach
Marin
Marais
Vivaldi
Satie
‘they consistently provoke playful, outlandish new forms, lit up by the fluency of their rapport ****’ - MOJO
‘a lovely melding of the recognised and the unexpected; a meeting of two like minds who gently push one another in directions that they may not have chosen to head separately’ - Freq
Take a break on a Tuesday lunchtime and enjoy 45 minutes of gorgeous classical music performed live by our resident pianist Stephen Hose upstairs in the beautiful Long Gallery overlooking Waterlow Park.
