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A Still Life - Eloise Gynn 

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Three Ships - Errollyn Wallen

I. Sailing

III. Always Sky

IV. Some Trouble 

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She Lingers - Amelia Clarkson

1.    in the Ground

2.    in the Flowers

3.    in the Air

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Enero - Josephine Stephenson

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Serenade for Guitar and Percussion - Lou Harrison 

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Presented by Kit Sinclair

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Gigi Star fled the comforts of her seaside home to take on the bright lights of London. Five years of slogging it at temp jobs, zero-hour contracts and she’s nothing but a weary fish in an overcrowded bowl. In a desperate attempt to survive and validate her place in the music world, she does something truly radical – She sells her vocal cords of magic to the Devil.

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Simply told by Gigi with an atmospheric live score of guitars, loops and maybe a triangle.  This is a raw, dark, funny and touching poetic show that will restore your faith in the power of good old-fashioned storytelling and remind you that life is about the journey, not just the destination. 

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One of the most exciting new IGF projects, which was devised during the lockdown is La Leona: Women and the Guitar. New works have been commissioned under the La Leona project, which offers commissions and training for women composers to create guitar music.
Through La Leona, IGF is encouraging young women composers who are taking their early steps in establishing their careers, giving them the opportunity to work through the full creation process, offering support through collaboration with the performer and finally guaranteeing a première and repeat performances in important concert venues, such as Kings Place.

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The concert ‘Venus, Women and the Guitar’ will take place at 3:15pm on Sunday 27th October at Kings Place and will feature music by Errollyn Wallen and Laura Snowden Guitar, two of the most prominent composers in modern guitar music.

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The music will be performed by Tom Kerstens G Plus Ensemble, VIDA Guitar Quartet (with Amy Green), Eden Stell Guitar Duo, Mēla guitar quartet, Housden-Tarlton Duo,Shannon-Latoyah Simon, Kevin Daniel Cahill Flauguissimo Duo and Laura Snowden herself.

IGF is proud to present the first concert of La Leona (the Lioness), music by women composers played by women guitarists.

Featuring Laura Snowden Guitar, Shannon Latoyah Simon and Katalin Koltai.

The programme includes works by Errollyn Wallen and Laura Snowden, and an arrangement by Clara Schuman

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Sabino de Bari’s compositions explore the wide musical and technical possibility of the instruments within an intimate and communicative musical language. His music unleashes sounds, colours and timbres, evoking imaginative and attractive musical worlds. Shannon Simon will perform 5 Enigmas - A suite that was written for her in 2017.