Name: On a Wing and a Prayer
Start: 2023-09-20T18:30:00+01:00
End: 2023-09-20T19:30:00+01:00
Location: Shetland Museum & Archives Boat Hall

On a Wing and a Prayer

Nordic Viola will take you on an extraordinary journey in words and music to the Faroe Islands, Orkney and Shetland, Iceland and Greenland. The islands are bound together by a common seafaring heritage and share musical and cultural connections. In a programme shaped by six months travelling in the region, viola player Katherine Wren shares contemporary reflections, traditional melodies and personal testimonies that are shaped by vast northern landscapes.Founded in 2016, Nordic Viola is a flexible ensemble of woodwind and string players forming musical and cultural connections in the North Atlantic Region with an emphasis on contemporary music and its relationship with traditional forms.

Nordic Viola

Violist Katherine Wren and percussionist and sound artist Renzo Spiteri perform music reflecting on Shetland's changing habitat.

Shetland Museum & Archives Boat Hall

On a Wing and a Prayer – doing something in the hope that you will succeed despite being insufficiently prepared. Taking this figure of speech as a starting point for humankind’s approach to the climate crisis, Katherine Wren of Nordic Viola enters into musical conversation with percussionist, composer and improviser Renzo Spiteri.Together they explore Shetland&#x27;s moorland and sea habitats moving from a state of serenity and harmony with nature to the impact of windfarms on the moorland habitat and of bird flu on species such as the gannet and great skua. The programme ends with the hope of a more harmonious existence between humankind and nature.Katherine and Renzo&#x27;s original approach to their instruments and blend with natural sound, poetic fragments and electronics creates a unique and reflective soundscape.In the open, relaxed space of the Boat Hall, audiences will have the opportunity to meet the performers and their instruments before and after the show and to share their own experiences of Shetland&#x27;s nature and environment. All are welcome at this relaxed performance and there is space to move in and out of the performance setting if desired. The venue is fully accessible.

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