Our next event.
“Humanisation”
A talk by acclaimed war photographer Giles Duley, spoken word from ex-RAF officer Leanne Salisbury and a provocative programme of related music.
The Venue:
The Speakers:
Giles Duley: War Photographer
Leanne Salisbury: Former RAF Officer
The Music:
Beethoven – Wellington’s Victory – Battle Scene
Penderecki – Threnody for the victims of Hiroshima
Sawyers – Songs of Loss and Regret
Vaughan-Williams – The Lark Ascending
Conductor: Michael Karcher-Young
Soprano: Nadine Benjamin
Further details to be announced.
Our recent collaboration.
C&K 27 June 2019
8pm, Union Chapel, Islington, London N1 2UN
BOH is thrilled to be returning as part of Common and Kind’s 4th annual gala, performing with Soprano Nadine Benjamin, plus a massed choir of 400 for the finale.
‘Every performance, every moment was perfect. The most uplifting and life-enhancing finale I’ve ever witnessed.’ – Chrissy Kinsella, Chief Executive, Mayor’s Music Fund
Common and Kind returns to the Union Chapel in 2019 for a fourth extraordinary concert, connected to a series of partnership workshops bringing together schools, adult choirs, refugees & asylum seekers. The sensational birth of Common and Kind in the summer of 2016 was followed by the creation of the international collaborative charity single Human Kind, featuring leading solo artists from across the musical spectrum (Dame Sarah Connolly, Cassidy Janson, J. Hoard, Snarky Puppy & Saida Tani) with a thousand singers and refugee groups from across the world.“
Our recent collaboration.
C&K 29 June 2018
8pm, Union Chapel, Islington, London N1 2UN
BOH is thrilled to be part of Common and Kind’s 3rd annual gala, performing with Soprano Nadine Benjamin, plus a massed choir of 400 for the finale.
“Common and Kind returns to the Union Chapel in 2018 for another extraordinary concert. In just two years since its birth in 2016, Common and Kind concerts have featured an exceptional array of world-leading artists from across the musical spectrum.
“This year the massed choir of four hundred includes school partnerships for the first time, bringing children from a range of backgrounds together from across London, along with adult choir & refugee partnerships and a sensational line-up of solo artists and ensembles.
“Featured solo artists in 2018 are New York soul sensation J. Hoard, UK hip-hop legend Ty, singer-songwriter and the UK’s 2018 Eurovision entry SuRie and many more, plus award-winning author and Guardian columnist George Monbiot.”
Our next project.
The Cost of War
A talk by acclaimed war photographer Giles Duley, spoken word from ex-RAF officer Leanne Salisbury and a provocative and reflective programme of music that relates.
The Speakers:
Giles Duley: War Photographer
Leanne Salisbury: Former RAF Officer
The Music:
Beethoven: Battle Symphony
Penderecki: Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima
Sawyers: Songs of Loss and Regret
Vaughan-Williams: The Lark Ascending
The Soloists:
Conductor: Michael Karcher-Young
Soprano: Nadine Benjamin
Further details to be announced shortly.
Our recent collaboration.
C&K, 29 June 2018
Union Chapel, Islington,
London N1 2UN
BOH is thrilled to be part of Common and Kind’s 3rd annual gala, performing with Soprano Nadine Benjamin plus a massed choir of 400 for the finale.
“Common and Kind returns to the Union Chapel in 2018 for another extraordinary concert. In just two years since its birth in 2016, Common and Kind concerts have featured an exceptional array of world-leading artists from across the musical spectrum.
“This year the massed choir of four hundred includes school partnerships for the first time, bringing children from a range of backgrounds together from across London, along with adult choir & refugee partnerships and a sensational line-up of solo artists and ensembles.
“Featured solo artists in 2018 are New York soul sensation J. Hoard, UK hip-hop legend Ty, singer-songwriter and the UK’s 2018 Eurovision entry SuRie and many more, plus award-winning author and Guardian columnist George Monbiot.”
After Beethoven, for Humanity.
Music
Our concerts present music, interwoven with short talks from dynamic speakers.
Matters
Everything revolves around a current, topical issue.
The audience are placed around the orchestra, and invited to clap wherever they feel.
Now
Placing the music – however old or young it is – squarely in the context of today.
The
Experience.
The
Why.
Power, depth and beauty
Classical music needn’t be compromised by outdated conceptions of who it’s for and what it represents.
It has incredible power and we aim to create an experience where this speaks directly to anyone.
Everybody has a part to play
At the heart of the Beethoven Orchestra for Humanity we challenge the idea that individually we don’t make much of a difference.
Just like in the orchestra, where everyone has a part to play – so do we all for each other.
For audience and musicians alike
The BOH was conceived to engage everyone involved.
All are present for the talk – it heightens the musicians performance and the audience’s involvement. The effect is contagious.
Our
Pilot.
Feb 8 2016
A talk by comedian/writer Francesca Martinez on Climate Change with related music on themes of nature and humanity.
We successfully kickstarted to launch and our first event was Monday, 8 February 2016 at the Menier Chocolate Factory Studio, London Bridge.
The Music:
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6; Leonora Overture No. 3
Górecki: Symphony of Sorrowful Songs / 2nd Movement
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
Performers:
Beethoven Orchestra for Humanity
Soprano: April Fredrick
Conductor: Michael Karcher-Young
Video
Clips.
“I haven’t heard any Beethoven for about 30 years…”
What our audience and musicians had to say about the launch.
Beauty and Sorrow
Hear soprano April Fredrick and the BOH perform Górecki’s extraordinary ‘Symphony of Sorrowful Songs’.
Testimonials
“Have you ever had a whole orchestra playing for you only? That’s how it felt we were so close to the musicians and the happening that I could feel their emotions through the sounds, their faces, their body movements. It was like being one with the whole! …
WOW what an evening!”Manuel Lopez Herrara
Manager at HP
Reviews
Edward Clark (Musical Opinion)
Naming a brand new orchestra by this title might be stating the obvious but the founder conductor, Michael Young, is clearly intent on trying to change his audience’s perceptions of what humanity in our modern world actually means. In his noble quest he was assisted by, as guest speaker, Francesca Martinez, whose reputation for “wobbly”
Rion Willard (The Thinking Hand)
The Beethoven Orchestra for Humanity had it’s debut concert on the 8 Feb 2016. This was a musical experience that ripped through the DNA of every cell in my body. A physical force of sound produced by some the of most prodigious musical talent in the city -unified into a transformational auditory energy under the
Meet The Team
Teresa Karcher
Teresa Karcher
Michael Karcher-Young
Michael Karcher-Young
William Gets
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Katie Stillman
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Greta Mutlu
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Lois Au
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Teresa Karcher
Teresa Karcher
Michael Karcher-Young
Michael Karcher-Young
William Gets
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Katie Stillman
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Greta Mutlu
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Teresa Karcher: Managing Director
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