Luke Styles and Benjamin Britten Awakening Shadow, a chamber opera
Commissioned jointly by the Presteigne and Cheltenham festivals ∙ Welsh premiere

Awakening Shadow is a fusion of newly composed scenes by Luke Styles with Benjamin Britten’s five Canticles, brought together to form a thoughtful through-composed work for five singers and four instrumentalists, here presented in a semi-staged production.

Donna Lennard soprano ∙ Ralph Thomas Williams countertenor
Christopher Bowen and Bradley Smith tenors ∙ Felix Kemp baritone
Timothy End piano ∙ Sophie Mather violin ∙ Alexei Watkins horn
Rachel Wick harp ∙ Richard Williams director ∙ George Vass conductor