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The Hermes Experiment
10+ albums
contemporary classicalinstrumentalchamber musicfemale vocalistsneo classical
about
Winners of the Royal Over-Seas League Mixed Ensemble Competition 2019, Tunnell Trust Awards 2017, Nonclassical’s Battle of the Bands 2014, Making Music Selected Artists 2019/20 and Park Lane Group Young Artists 2015/16 , The Hermes Experiment is a contemporary quartet made up of harp, clarinet, voice and double bass. Capitalising on their deliberately idiosyncratic combination of instruments, the ensemble regularly commissions new works, as well as creating their own innovative arrangements and venturing into live free improvisation. The ensemble has commissioned over 50 composers at various stages of their careers. They were shortlisted in the Royal Philharmonic Society Awards 2019 in the Young Artists Category and their debut album HERE WE ARE is out now on Delphian Records. Their second album SONG will be released in November 2021 on Delphian Records. Recent highlights include performances at Wigmore Hall, BBC Radio 3 Open Ear at LSO St Luke’s, Tallinn Music Week, St Petersburg’s Sound Ways Festival, Southbank Centre, Kings Place and Spitalfields Festival. The Hermes Experiment were one of the showcase artists at the Classical NEXT Conference 2019. In January 2019, they celebrated their fifth birthday with a concert supported by Arts Council England and RVW Trust, and recorded for BBC Radio 3. The ensemble is dedicated to the value of contemporary music in education and community contexts. They are ensemble in residence for the Young Music Makers of Dyfed 2018-19, and as
top songs
albums
Here We Are
Song
Tree
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Jane Stanley: Cerulean Orbits
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Tree (Arr. for Soprano, Clarinet, Harp and Double Bass by Héloïse Werner)
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Song [The Hermes Experiment]
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Jane Stanley
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The Night With... Live Vol. One
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Suite: IV. Ostinato Study
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La lune paresseuse (Arr. for Soprano, Clarinet, Harp and Double Bass by Marianne Schofield)