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| Date and times | Thursday 26 November 2026 | 7.30pm-8.30pm |
| Prices | Adult: £16, Adult Members and Patrons: £14.40, Child: £8, Child Members: £7.20, Students: £10 |
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Head to the Queen's House for an evening of musical delights, performed by vocal and instrumental ensemble Aúrion from Trinity Laban in the sumptuous surroundings of the Great Hall.
Aúrion brings together soprano, flute, guitar and double bass to provide an programme of poetry, contrasts and unexpected connections. The group will also be joined by guest pianist Mark Bromley.
At the heart of the concert is Dušan Bogdanović’s Crow, a vivid setting of Ted Hughes’s extraordinary poems, by turns fierce, darkly comic and tender. Songs by Roussel, Saint-Saëns, Ravel and Gaubert explore landscapes of longing and enchantment, where a flute can become a bird, a lover or a distant voice.
Poulenc’s Sanglots draws private sorrow into a wider human story, before selections from Bogdanović’s Pure Land lead through intimacy and winter stillness to the fleeting brightness of Sunbird.
This concert is part of a series of evening performances at the Queen's House, organised in partnership with the Faculty of Music at Trinity Laban. We are delighted to collaborate with Trinity Laban and contribute to the personal and professional development of the students. Tickets include a welcome drink.
Event timings
Doors to the Undercroft and bar open: 6.30pm
Concert starts: 7.30pm
Concert ends: 8.30pm
Programme
Dušan Bogdanović Crow
Albert Roussel Deux poèmes de Ronsard, Op. 26
Saint-Saëns Une flûte invisible
Ravel La Flûte enchantée, from Shéhérazade
Philippe Gaubert Soir Païen
Francis Poulenc Sanglots, from Banalités
Dušan Bogdanović Selections from Pure Land
I. Pure Land
IV. Last Year’s Winter
VI. Sky, Earth
VII. Sunbird
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Performers
Ensemble Aúrion
Aúrion brings together soprano Elizabeth Searle, flautist Pam Palmer, guitarist Thomas Walsh and double bassist Amie Boddy. Formed at Trinity Laban in autumn 2025, the ensemble shares an interest in poetry, storytelling and the distinctive colours of its unusual instrumental combination.
The group’s first project centred on Dušan Bogdanović’s Crow, setting poems by Ted Hughes. Initiated by Walsh, the project developed from chamber performance into a collaboration with dancers through Trinity Laban’s CoLab festival, culminating in a staged ballet at Jacksons Lane in Highgate.
Alongside an independently organised Highgate recital, Aúrion has been invited to perform at the Trinity Laban String Department’s performance day at Wigmore Hall, the New Lights Festival at St Alfege Church, and a Trinity Laban chamber music showcase at the Old Royal Naval College Chapel.
With grateful thanks
Evening performances at the Queen's House by Trinity Laban are kindly supported by The Rainbow Dickinson Trust.
The Rainbow Dickinson Trust was established in the late 1990s by Dr Bernarr Rainbow, the leading authority on music education, and Professor Peter Dickinson, the composer, pianist, author and academic. The aim of the Trust is to advance and promote education in music.
Under Peter Dickinson’s leadership, the Trust has sponsored publications and lectures, and made hundreds of grants to musical endeavours, particularly those for young performers and audiences. Today the Trust continues to support a wide range of music education work, in line with the interests and achievements of its founders.
Both founders of the Trust had strong connections with Trinity Laban (formerly Trinity College of Music) and took a close interest in its work.
