Project Pitch

Garden of Vanished Pleasures

Garden of Vanished Pleasures is a multimedia, staged song-cycle devised and directed by Tim Albery, with music by composers Cecilia Livingston and Donna McKevitt.

It is inspired by the life and work of the English artist, author, film maker, and queer rights activist, Derek Jarman, and explores how in the face of an increasingly uncertain future due to contracting AIDS, he discovered his own form of hope, resilience, and solace in his garden by the sea.

Classical:NEXT Project Pitch: Soundstreams - Garden of Vanished Pleasures
Photo: Claire Harvie

Presenter:

Lawrence Cherney (Canada)
Artistic Director, Soundstreams