Free

6 Jun 2025

N’dehou

Daniel Kidane and The Carice Singers

7.45pm: Bradford Cathedral
Don’t miss composer Daniel Kidane’s premiere of his choral work, performed by The Carice Singers

Event Details
Date 6 Jun 2025
Times 7.45pm - 8.45pm
Location Bradford Cathedral
Access
  • BSL interpreted

The Carice Singers premiere N’dehou, a new choral work they have commissioned from acclaimed British composer Daniel Kidane for the 2025 New Music Biennial.

N’dehou takes its name from a Central African bamboo flute which was brought to the attention of a wider audience by the Cameroonian musicologist Francis Bebey (1929 – 2001).

N’dehou will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and available for download from NMC Recordings.

About this event

This New Music Biennial 2025 event is free, but ticketed. Standing tickets are unallocated and tickets don’t guarantee entry: admission is on a first-come, first-served basis for those with tickets. Please arrive early to avoid disappointment.

This event includes two performances of the same work and a short interview with the creative team in between the two, enabling audiences to experience the second performance with greater insight into the creative process.

Artist bios

Daniel Kidane‘s music has been performed extensively across the UK and abroad as well as being broadcast on BBC Radio 3, described by the Financial Times as ‘quietly impressive’ and by The Times as ‘tautly constructed’ and ‘vibrantly imagined’. He teaches composition at the RNCM and Cambridge University.

Recent highlights include the world premieres of ‘Sun Poem’, premiered by the London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle, and a Violin Concerto, premiered by Julia Fischer.

The Carice Singers and their director George Parris are known for their ‘exquisite, bold programming’ (Royal Philharmonic Society) in a wide variety of music. They regularly perform at many of the UK’s top venues and festivals, and since 2021 have been involved in summer composer academies for Cheltenham Music Festival, the Three Choirs Festival and Spitalfields Music.

About New Music Biennial

New Music Biennial is a three-day festival celebrating the best new music across all genres from the country’s most exciting composers – and in 2025, for the first time, it’s coming to venues around Bradford.

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Presented in partnership with PRS Foundation, Southbank Centre, BBC Radio 3 and NMC Recordings, and supported by Arts Council England.

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