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new Artistic projects
The FAll
World premiere:
The Wigmore Hall, 3rd July, 2025
THE FALL
Written for Voices, Strings and Electronics, the new work will be performed by conductor Patrick Allies, violinist Amy Tress, sound engineer Joe Bates, cellist Maddie Cutter and vocal ensemble Siglo De Oro (currently resident at The Wigmore Hall). The 45 minute oratorio sets the dramatic story of the Trojan War, as told in a brand new libretto by writer and film-director Sophia Carr Gomm.
The music pushes the boundaries of contemporary choral writing, mixing on stage choir and solo violin with off stage electronics: pre-recorded strings, vocals, and natural sounds that weave together to bring this famous greek myth to life in vivid musical colour.
After the premiere, the piece will be installed in various UK cities and festivals in 2026.
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 2026 festival.
This new piece ‘Flux’ explores, in musical form, the way that small particles move, change and develop through different states of matter.
New Immersive Sound + Theatre Project… “The Air Loom”
Later in 2025 Ben will be collaborating with director Jack Furness on an immersive theatre project for release in 2026. 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”.
R&D will take place in Cardiff in 2025, followed by public release 2026/27.
a short walk
This stunning silent film by Sophia Carr Gomm takes Ben’s experimental vocal work The Short Walk of a Madman as it’s inspiration and soundtrack.
The film explores themes of grief, loss, isolation and determination as it follows a man on a journey through his life.
The film will be screened in 2026 as part of ‘live soundtrack performances’, where the audience will be immersed in the acoustic vocal score.
A Short Walk
Sophia Carr Gomm
Live Soundtrack by Ben Rowarth