Voices From Faraway
I was arranger and MD for this one-off event celebrating the 150th anniversary of Highgate Cemetery.
The event was directed by John Caird and featured performances from Tim Piggott-Smith, Jenna Russell and Sara Kestelman amongst others.
Working with John Caird, I researched, sourced and arranged music relevant to each stop on the promenade performance, before performing and MDing it with a small mobile band.
It was a great thing to be involved with, and provided me with something of a rare opportunity for a left-leaning trumpet player (or indeed anyone I suppose): to play the Red Flag on Karl Marx's grave, before Tim Piggott-Smith did a beautiful reading from Das Kapital.
