Hayden Thorpe X Robert Macfarlane

Hayden Thorpe brings music and words from his poignant third album to Kings Place. ‘Ness’ is a collaboration with pioneering place author Robert Macfarlane, and both Thorpe and Macfarlane will be joined live on stage by Propellor ensemble to present this visceral new work together.

Orford Ness, a ten-mile-long shingle spit on the coast of Suffolk, is a place of paradox, mystery and constant evolution. Where wind, waves and birdlife make their own music, it’s now joined on Hayden Thorpe’s new album Ness with his human voice singing words written by best-selling place writer Rob Macfarlane in his 2019 novella of the same name.

The ambition and sonic breadth Ness album comes as a poignant and cinematic response to cultural conversations around the environment. Macfarlane describes the music Thorpe has crafted from his words as ‘an incredible alchemy’. In keeping with Thorpe’s previous work, the music’s intention is singular and its execution refreshingly uncompromised.

Presented by Kings Place.

This is an 18+ event