Work.
BEAT: A Verbatim Song Cycle On What It Means To Be Alive (2025)​
Music by Lydia Kenny
Text collected and curated by Olivia Bell
Olivia Bell – Voice
Lydia Kenny – Saxophones
Mared Pugh-Evans – Harp
Manish Sanga – Electronics Mastering
Kathryn Titcomb – Bass Clarinet​​​​​​
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First performed in Club Inegales (2025)
To the Sun: improvisations for saxophone and voice (2025)
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Story and concept by Lydia Kenny
Music and lyrics improvised by Lydia Kenny and Adaya Peled​​​​​​
Soaring on Wings Like Eagles by Maki Gajic Murata (2025)
Commissioned and performed by Lydia Kenny
with
the Soaring on Wings Ensemble
conducted by Enyi Okpara
Milton Court Concert Hall
12th June 2025​​​​​​
Gleamings by Lydia Kenny (2024)
for mezzo soprano, soprano saxophone, violin, bass clarinet, piano and marimba
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‘The ensemble works beautifully, each instrument bringing its own landscape, all performed to an incredibly polished degree’ - Christian Forshaw​​​​​​
​​​FABLES (vol. 1) by Lydia Kenny and Toby Young (2024)
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​‘Visually stunning, a highly absorbing extraordinary musical event’ - Richard Ingham​​​​
Dance of Death by Gregory Rose (2024)
Commissioned and premiered by Lydia Kenny​
Lydia’s alto sound ‘sparkles’ with ‘excellent control with deep musical awareness behind it… so expressive and evocative.’ - Richard Benjafield
That's the New Barbican by Lydia Kenny (2024)
for SATB saxophone quartet, track and video
premiered by Quartet Pneumatik
The Little Death Machine by John Harle (2002) arr. Lydia Kenny (2024)
for soprano and sopranino saxophones, violin, bass clarinet, piano, vibraphone and track​​​​​​​​​
for 31 table tennis balls
and flexible saxophone ensemble