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Artistic Projects
The FAll
New Oratorio for voices, strings and electronics (45’)
Following World Premiere @ Wigmore Hall, 2025 - it will receive a first UK Tour in 2027 with performers Amy Tress (violin), Joe Bates (electronics) and Siglo De Oro (vocal ensemble).
This ‘secular oratorio’ sets a new libretto by writer/director Sophia Carr Gomm that tells the story of The Fall of Troy from the perspective of the Trojan oracle Cassandra.
In four musical interludes, parallels are drawn between this famous myth and the contemporary climate crisis.
(Across: Amy Tress and Siglo De Oro in rehearsals for Wigmore Hall Premiere, July 2025)
the air Loom
new immersive theatre project
R&D will take place in Cardiff in early 2026, followed by public release 2026/27.
Ben is currently collaborating with director Jack Furness on an immersive theatre project for release in 2026, funded by The Arts Council Wales. The project is described by Jack as a “spatial audio code-breaking adventure based on the fascinating life of James Tilly Matthews, who believed that his mind was being controlled through the use of a device called The Air Loom”.
a short walk
Silent film with live soundtrack
This stunning silent film by Sophia Carr Gomm takes Ben’s experimental vocal work A Short Walk as it’s inspiration and soundtrack.
The film will be screened 2027 onwards as part of ‘live soundtrack performances’ by Fieri Consort, where the audience will be immersed in the acoustic vocal score.
flux
Helen Charlston + English cornett and sackbut ensemble
Charlston’s voice is little short of miraculous… a true star
The Evening Standard, 2023
Following the premiere of new song cycle ‘Echo’ for award winning mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston and lutenist Toby Carr at the Purbeck Arts Week, the Festival have commissioned a new work for Charlston and the English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble for their 2027 festival.
This new piece ‘Flux’ explores, in musical form, the way that small particles move, change and develop through different states of matter.