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The Â鶹Éç Singers meet one of London’s most vibrant, cutting-edge dance companies. In a programme of choral music that is angry and consoling, powerful and peaceful – much of it amplified by choreography, performed in Milton Court by East London Dance, and streamed online.

Curse upon Iron is the most-often performed work by the Estonian composer Veljo Tormis, a shamanistic allegory on the evils of war that simmers with raw power. After Leonard Bernstein’s spirited little Mass and a new work by Amy Bryce, Ben Palmer conducts Brahms’s glowing message of brotherhood and consolation Ein Deutsches Requiem, in its intimate version for choir and two pianos.

Leonard Bernstein: Missa Brevis
Amy Bryce: From First Breath
Veljo Tormis: Curse upon Iron
Johannes Brahms: A German Requiem (version with two-piano accompaniment)

Dance performance choreographed by Duwane Taylor, performed by Duwane Taylor, Jonadette Carpio and Viviana Rocha. Produced by East London Dance.

Â鶹Éç Singers
Anna Tilbrook and Libby Burgess - pianos
Ben Palmer - conductor
George Englsih - percussion