12 Years | Sarah Nicolls | 12 Streams
"What she does should be happening every week of the year" The Guardian
Acclaimed pianist and composer Sarah Nicolls' new Inside-Out Piano project 12 Years was inspired by the 2018 IPCC Special Report saying we had just 12 years to radically change our behaviour to save the planet. Starting on the second anniversary of the report, 8 October, Sarah launches 12 nights of online performances.
With her striking vertical grand piano, Nicolls combines original music and recorded speech in an absorbing performance. Piano melodies and textures interweave with phone calls between three fictional characters challenging each other to either worry less or do more. We hear from environmental experts, survivors escaping from a wildfire and a glacier melting, eloquent speeches from Greta Thunberg and finally the sound of hope emerging. There is humour and humanity as well as time for reflection.
On selected nights leading climate scientists will also join Sarah for exclusive post-show discussions online, specifically to talk about what we can all do.
See list of speakers below.
“This should be prescribed viewing/watching/listening for anyone even remotely concerned with the welfare of our planet.” Ciaran Ryan, Galway Jazz Festival
BRISTOL – Prof. Richard Pancost + Dr Alix Dietzel / Cabot Institute
BASINGSTOKE - Prof Craig Hutton / University of Southampton
MANCHESTER – Sarah Mander / Tyndall Centre
CARDIFF – Dr. Liz Bagshaw / Cardiff School of Earth and Sciences
EXETER –Prof. Richard Betts MBE / MET Office
PUBLIC STREAM 17 OCT - Rupert Read - Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of East Anglia, climate and environmental campaigner and spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion
Artwork: Kate Dressekie
