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.

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

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