Promenade

Sound in Colour and Ash

23 January 2027 | LSO St Luke’s, London

Music lingers in paint, light reshapes space, and identities burn and emerge anew. Promenade fills LSO St Luke’s with encounters between sound and light, spanning live painting, optical illusion, large-scale projection, electronics and a richly varied instrumental palette.

The afternoon opens with a free exhibition of canvases made alongside musicians, preserving something of the energy and exchange of those encounters. In Jerwood Hall, The Portal surrounds live piano improvisation with projected light, inviting visitors to move around its structure and discover how their viewpoint transforms what they see.

As evening arrives, painters and improvising musicians share the stage, responding to one another through colour, gesture, rhythm and texture. Black Ash closes the day: across five chapters, this experimental theatre work follows the burning and remaking of a sense of self.

At a glance

23 January 2027

2.30–9.15 PM

LSO St Luke’s

161 Old Street, EC1V 9NG London

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  • 2.30–5.30pm Free exhibition
  • From 4.30pm The Portal, Jerwood Hall
  • 7–9.15pm Evening concert

Programme

2.30–5.30pm

Free exhibition

Paintings made live alongside musicians.

From 4.30pm Jerwood Hall

The Portal

7–9.15pm

Evening concert

Doors re-open at 6.30pm.

Live painting and musical improvisation

  • Gina Southgate painting
  • Sue Bridge painting
  • Walt Shaw painting
  • Sam Andreae saxophone
  • Ciaran Mackle electronics
  • Regan Bowering percussion

Black Ash

  • Hangrui Zhang composer
  • Yuchen Li visuals

Rothko Collective

  • Anna Brown violin
  • Gwyneth Nelmes violin
  • Dominic Stokes viola
  • Joseph Barker cello
  • Toril Azzalini percussion

The artists of Promenade

Also performing: Sue Bridge, Walt Shaw, Ciaran Mackle, Regan Bowering, Hangrui Zhang, Yuchen Li, Anna Brown, Gwyneth Nelmes, Dominic Stokes, Joseph Barker, Toril Azzalini

Organizer

Partners

Arts Council Our Place Foundation Rich Mix