This year, we explore bounds and bridges, considering the lines that entwine, divide and connect. Join us At the World’s Edge for seven masterful programmes, free events and community performances. This is AWE.
Crossed opens AWE 2026 into a landscape where moral, political, and spiritual lines are tested, crossed, and redrawn. Music composed in the aftermath of occupation, conflict, and political upheaval traces a journey from fracture and uncertainty toward luminous clarity.
Programme
Grażyna Bacewicz Quartet for Four Violins
Johann Sebastian Bach Jesu, meine Freude BWV 358
Michael Norris Exitus, III. Niflheim (“The House of Mists”)
Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in C major, op.59, no.3
Artists
Benjamin Baker, Justine Cormack, Florian Donderer & Marike Kruup - Violin
Matthew Lipman & Julia Joyce - Viola
Tanja Tetzlaff & Matthias Balzat - Cello
