Ruth Leon recommends…Song For Nature – London Climate Change Festival

Song For Nature – London Climate Change Festival
Click here for tickets  : £10

28/29 October – only in the UK, US and China

In a celebration of the beauty of the natural world, and strategically produced ahead of the COP26 Climate Change Conference, Song for Nature is a specially curated concert with a spectacular all-star cast, featuring performances sung and spoken by many of the greats in the theatre and entertainment industry.

Brainchild of the indefatigable Janie Dee  (see photo) for the London Climate Change Festival, and directed by Dominic Dromgoole, Song for Nature was conceived to raise awareness of climate change and includes Rob Brydon, Sheila Atim, David Suchet, Akram Khan, Michelle Terry, Brian May, Danielle De Niese, Gerald Finley, Beth Porch, Nathan Evans and many more, together at The London Coliseum with the ENO Orchestra and Chorus.

Song For Nature is a triumph of effort and artistic flair conceived and achieved in lockdown in the name of Mother Earth.

Here’s the rundown:
An introduction from Sir David Suchet, Royal Ballet principal artist Marcelino Sambé performing a solo choreographed by William Tuckett, Akram Khan performing an extract from DESH, accompanied by a choir of children singing Alleluia by Jocelyn Pook, Rob Brydon CBE singing Lullaby, Brian May CBE and Kerry Ellis, Nathan Evans will sing his sea shanty, Wellerman, Readings from environmental texts from Michelle Terry, Sheila Atim, Sir David Suchet and Jonah Hauer King. Danielle de Niese singing the title song, Song for Nature, London Voices performing Rachel Portman’s Earth Song with Madeliene Pattenheim, Britain’s Got Talent and NHS nurse Beth Porch will sing Resolution Song, ENO Chorus singing Will Todd‘s Renewal, Dominic Norman performing Stephen Sondheim’s Our Time with the company,Tsemaye Bob-Egbe performing Kander and Ebb’s Mein Herr accompanied by a chorus of dancers, Gerald Finley singing Aria from A Cunning Little Vixen, Jenny Hayes singing The Frog, in a duet with Gerald Finley, Janie Dee performing Kander and Ebb’s Yes, Say Yes, Sam Lee and his Nest Collective performing classic British folk songs

Amazing line-up, isn’t it?

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