Norfolk & Norwich Festival
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Impulse
Impulse
I confess to being a tad snooty when it comes to all this memory and movement malarkey, but I was surprised just how much difference it made not having a music stand between me and the players. Free from having to keep sheet music within their eyeline, the artists could express the music more, well, expressively
Gary Crosby
Gary Crosby
Seeing young jazz musicians under Gary Crosby’s quietly paternal leadership - with a strong presence of women throughout the ensemble - they played with real authority and assurance.
Ali Smith
Ali Smith
Smith is especially skilled at writing in a way that feels formally restless and alert to language itself.
Jasimine.4.T
Jasimine.4.T
Jasmine is a phenomenal story teller, musician, and activist.
Follow Me
Follow Me
The skill of Thomas and Ward is quite remarkable; their ability to effortlessly shimmy up a Colgate lamppost and perform aerial acrobatics was jaw-dropping
Thick & Tight - 'Natural Behaviour'
Thick & Tight - 'Natural Behaviour'
Both sensitive and challenging in its treatment of the question of what is natural and unnatural.
Nubiyan Twist
Nubiyan Twist
It’s a glorious day in Norwich to listen to some jazz, and Nubiyan Twist delivered exactly what we needed for this bright summery day.
Underwater-An-Ting And Ian Gallagher
Underwater-An-Ting And Ian Gallagher
Underwater effortlessly pairs incredible digital imagery with astounding musical performance to create something inspiring.
James Mcvinnie: Clavier-Übung Iii
James Mcvinnie: Clavier-Übung Iii
This was Bach at his most complex, a dense, almost encyclopaedic run-through of musical styles.
Maya Youssef: New Paths Through Old Worlds
NNF Artist In Residence delivers an enjoyable performance in a lovely venue but it doesn’t quite hit the spot.
National Youth Jazz Orchestra
National Youth Jazz Orchestra
The National Youth Jazz Orchestra performed their passionate, innovative, and gifted hearts out at the Norfolk & Norwich Festival
Band Night
Band Night
Don't forget that the Festival runs for another six days, and that there will be free live music on the Festival Gardens' 'Band Stand' stage on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Crossing The Line
Crossing The Line
A visceral reimagining of Mia Fisher’s novel of a young boy seduced through poverty and circumstance into the murky world of drug dealing.
Danny O'mahony
Danny O'mahony
O'Mahony has traditional Irish music running through his veins as well as in his DNA. It was an honour and a privilege to sit and listen to his playing. .
Theon Cross
Theon Cross
He enters the stage through the crowd carrying his tuba and proceeds to, almost exclusively, let the instrument do the talking. It’s a bold but excellent choice.
Heartwood
Heartwood
I'd judge Heartwood to be Curious Directive's most perfectly realised marriage of art and science to date.
Sexytadgh
Sexytadgh
The set wasn’t long, but it was gorgeous, and I left desperate for the next chance to experience them again.
Bellow
Bellow
Danny’s journey is interwoven with stories, facts and demonstrations involving the significant accordions throughout his life, and the result is warm, funny, comforting, worrying and, at more than one point, deeply unsettling.
Requiem
Requiem
Within the confines of St Andrew's, there was something about this huge, alien edifice appearing that was akin to childhood memories of the Hintze Hall of the Natural History Museum. Was this a dinosaur, or perhaps a whale?
Cowboy Junkies
Cowboy Junkies
A beautiful and captivating second half ensures that this Norfolk & Norwich Festival audience leaves happy.
Wolf
Wolf
As this show was unlike anything I have had the pleasure of seeing it feels difficult to just categorise as simply a circus act.
Elizaveta Ivanova & Sanja Bizjak
Goldberg Variations (Philharmonia Chamber Players)
Goldberg Variations (Philharmonia Chamber Players)
A truly scintillating performance of an iconic work
Astatine Trio
Astatine Trio
Those lucky enough to have been present in the Octagon Chapel this lunchtime will remember them, and this concert, for years to come.