Experience a celestial journey like no other, as Stevens & Pound join writers Robert Macfarlane and Britten Sinfonia for the world premiere of The Silent Planet
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Folk-classical duo Stevens & Pound are joining prize-winning writer Robert Macfarlane (Underland, The Lost Words) and Britten Sinfonia for the world premiere tour of The Silent Planet, which comes to West Road Concert Hall on 30 January.
The exciting new work features live narration by Robert Macfarlane, who has written original text for the piece and performs it on stage alongside Delia Stevens (percussion) and Will Pound (harmonica and melodeon). Together, they stage a 21st-century recomposition of four movements from Gustav Holst’s The Planets. Drawing on Holst’s folk influences, Stevens & Pound’s arrangement adds a movement about Earth, a planet Holst purposefully omitted due to it being ‘astrologically insignificant’, in which we hear Robert Macfarlane’s own words about the silencing of Earth.
The Silent Planet tour is part of Britten Sinfonia’s broader focus on environmental themes, as well as classical-folk collaborations, in its 2025-26 season.
For full details and booking, visit brittensinfonia.com