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19 NOV 2025 6PM & 8PM @Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre
EFG London Jazz Festival South Bank Centre 한국어
EFG London Jazz Festival South Bank Centre 한국어
I am thrilled to be part of the upcoming concert ‘The Waste Land’ at the Southbank Centre as an arranger and singer-songwriter, with some electronic sound work.
T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land is widely regarded as one of the most important poems of the 20th century. Loosely following the myths of the Holy Grail and the Fisher King, it alludes riverine to a vast range of world literature, music and popular culture, leaving contemporary poetry in its wake.
Directed by Adrian Dunbar, with score by Nick Roth, the Unreal Cities staging of the poem is composed for four actors, film and jazz quintet - expanded for this performance to full orchestra in collaboration with the Guildhall Session Orchestra, conducted by John Harle. The piece was commissioned by the Happy Days Enniskillen International Beckett Festival 2015 with the permission of the T. S. Eliot Estate, becoming the only performance of the poem in its 100-year history to include musical accompaniment.
This Unreal Cities performance at the Queen Elizabeth Hall marks the first occasion that an Irish ensemble has headlined the EFG London Jazz Festival.
Conceived and Directed by Adrian Dunbar
[Original Score] Nick Roth
[Voices] Anna Nygh, Orla Charlton, Frank McCusker, Stanley Townsend.
[Jazz Quintet] Alex Bonney (trumpet/electronics), Nick Roth (saxophones/objects)
Alexander Hawkins (piano), Oli Hayhurst (bass), Simon Roth (drums)
[Jazz Trio] Alexander Hawkins (piano), Oli Hayhurst (bass), Simon Roth (drums)
With Guildhall Session Orchestra
Conducted by John Harle OBE