Venus & Adonis

In my latest collaboration with the brilliant classical pianist Gamal Khamis, we are previewing the brand-new programme we have been commissioned to perform at the Shakespeare in Music festival in Stratford next year, featuring a complete performance of one of Shakespeare's most ravishing early solo works interspersed with selections from Mendelssohn's hauntingly beautiful Songs Without Words.

Shakespeare’s sparkling narrative poem Venus and Adonis is a witty, transformative and ultimately moving retelling of Ovid’s classic tale, in which the goddess of love’s desire to woo the most beautiful of the mortals and waylay him from hunting eventually ends in tragedy.

Mendelssohn’s Songs Without Words were composed between 1829 and 1845 and achieved almost instant popularity during and after his short lifetime. Their lilting and poignant lyricism make them ideal companion pieces for Shakespeare’s vivid tale.

Sunday 3rd November, 3pm

St Mary’s Perivale, Perivale Lane, London, UB6 8SS

and live online at www.st-marys-perivale.org.uk

(Free with retiring collection)