Death Speaks

Barts Pathology Museum
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This event ended on Thursday 28th of June 2018
Admission
£15 (available on Eventbrite)
Venue Information
Barts Pathology Museum
3rd Floor, Robin Brook Centre, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, West Smithfield, EC1A 7BE
Nearest Tube/Rail Stations
St. Paul's 0.21 miles

In death speaks, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang gives Death a human voice.

Premiered alongside his acclaimed little match girl passion, this haunting song cycle continues its moving comparison between the worlds of the living and the dead. With lyrics drawn solely from the songs of Franz Schubert, who personified Death numerous times, Lang "connects the dots between Romantic morbidity and emo rock" (The New York Times). death speaks is paired with songs and instrumental numbers by Dowland, Ravel, JS Bach, Kurtág and Jonny Greenwood, as well as by Schubert himself.

The performers include two City Music Foundation Artists: Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano) and Andrey Lebedev (guitar). Not often open to the public, Barts Pathology Museum is a Victorian gallery hidden at the top of St Bartholomew’s Hospital; it houses over 5000 medical specimens displayed over 3 mezzanine levels.

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