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Mendelssohn O for the Wings of a Dove

Sarah Jenkins Wounded Wings

Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending

Christopher Tin The Lost Birds

Experience an evening of powerful music and storytelling that gives voice to refugee experiences and honours the resilience of those forced to flee.

Braimah Kanneh-Mason, Odyssey Ensemble, Corvus Consort, and Refugee Poets come together for a programme using bird flight as a poignant metaphor for refugee migration.

At the heart of the programme is Christopher Tin’s The Lost Birds, a haunting elegy for extinct bird species, symbolising the loss and longing of refugees worldwide. Kanneh-Mason’s violin performance of Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending captures the fragile beauty of freedom, while Mendelssohn’s O for the Wings of a Dove deepens this exploration of flight and yearning. A newly commissioned work, co-created with refugee poets, bookends The Lark Ascending, reflecting on exile and survival.

Artwork by refugee artists will be displayed throughout the venue, enhancing the concert’s themes. This is a night where extraordinary music meets urgent, human stories of migration, loss, and hope.

Join us for a deeply moving and unforgettable journey.