The Whispering Dome

The Whispering Dome is an award-winning concert-adventure that follows a single nightingale on her epic migration from the UK to The Gambia. Blending early and contemporary music with immersive multimedia projections, the performance imagines the human music rising from the lands she flies over – from medieval Europe to North Africa and West Africa.

Five exceptional performers draw on European early music, Moroccan Gnawa Sufi traditions and West African Griot song, weaving ancient love songs, pilgrims’ tales, bird songs and new choral works into a rich, border-crossing sound world.

Sam Stadlen (viol), Jeremy Avis (voice, harpsichord), Rebecca Askew (voice), Suntou Susso (kora and voice), Simo Lagnaw (gimbri and voice), Timothy Dickinson (voice) & Hannah Ely (voice)
Purbeck Arts Choir (dir. John Watkins)
Children's choirs from Swanage and Stoborough Primary Schools

This project was developed by Brighton Early Music Festival and won a REMA award for Extra-European Project of the Year in 2024.