British composer, arranger and saxophonist Cassie Kinoshi and her Mercury Prize-nominated ensemble seed. are set to collaborate with the London Symphony Orchestra as part of this year’s London Jazz Festival.
Entitled Nature’s HEART, the concert marks Kinoshi’s latest collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra following her involvement with the LSO Panufnik Composers Scheme, and will take place at the Barbican on Thursday 21 November 2024.
This upcoming collaboration with the LSO will present a specially curated programme featuring a mix of Kinoshi’s original compositions, plus Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 and Anna Clyne’s This Midnight Hour, all under the direction of esteemed conductor Ben Gernon (BBC Two’s Holst: The Planets with Professor Brian Cox, Channel 4’s Addicts’ Symphony).
Led by award-winning saxophonist Cassie Kinoshi, an alumna of the LSO Panufnik Composers Scheme, seed. formed in 2016 and released their debut album Driftglassvia the Jazz re:freshed label in 2019 before being nominated for a Mercury Prize the same year, winning an Ivors Academy Award and receiving rave reviews.
The 10-piece collective released their second studio album in March earlier this year; a four-part suite for an 18-piece ensemble including musicians from the London Contemporary Orchestra.
Tickets for London Symphony Orchestra X seed. featuring Cassie Kinoshi can be bought online at the Barbican website.