Concert regulars might remember the April performance of ‘SLEEP’, featuring harpist Genevieve Lang and actor (and director of ‘Sport for Jove’ Theatre Company) Damien Ryan. We all loved performing together, and so when Damien invited us to be part of Sport for Jove’s 2025 Summer Season we both jumped at the chance!

For the second outing of this excellent concert experience, we are in the beautiful Baroque Room at the Carrington Hotel. Why not come to the concert, and then travel to the Everglades Gardens for the evening performance of ‘Much Ado About Nothing’? What a night!

‘Bach and the Bard’ is an hour’s concert that blurs the lines between words and music. It connects the words of Shakespeare to music by Bach, Mendelssohn, Fauré and Max Richter. Presented by cellist Rachel Scott, harpist Genevieve Lang and actors from Sport for Jove, you will be taken on a journey through all types of sound. There will be moments that make you smile, a time in the concert that makes your heart beat slower, words and music that are familiar, and things that will be new.

Musicians and actors have always been interested in the marriage of music and words. Spoken word sounds like song, and instrumental pieces speak to us as strongly as if they were stories. The Finnish composer, Jean Sibelius said “Music begins where the possibilities of language end.”

This promises to be an hour that will stay with you long after the performers leave the stage.