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.
Unbroken explores the spaces where histories, identities, and musical lines cross, transform and endure. From a New Zealand soldier carrying his violin through the First World War to a string trio composed at the edge of annihilation, the programme traces the fragile yet unbreakable thread of music as it transcends centuries, borders, and the darkest moments of human experience.
Programme
Michael Norris Prolation Canon on a Theme by Hildegard von Bingen for spatialised string quartet
Sebastian Black Aitken’s Violin for solo violin
AWE 2026 Emerging composer New work for string quartet
Michael Norris Time dance for two violins, cello and piano
Gideon Klein String Trio
Antonin Dvorák Piano Quartet in E-flat major, op.87
Performers
Benjamin Baker, Justine Cormack, Florian Donderer & Monique Lapins - Violin
Matthew Lipman & Julia Joyce - Viola
Tanja Tetzlaff & Matthias Balzat - Cello
David Fung - Piano
AWE+ | Sebastian Black & Aitken's Violin, 3:45pm - 4:30pm
An AWE+ Free Talk from composer Sebastian Black will delve into the remarkable story of Aitken Alexander and his violin during WW1. AWE Artistic Director Benjamin Baker and Sebastian will discuss their collaboration in Black’s composition for solo violin, commissioned by AWE for its inaugural AWE Festival London in April this year.
This talk will take place between the two performances of Unbroken at Coronation Hall, Bannockburn.
