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Premiere of the Month: Freya Waley-Cohen’s new work for her sister, Tamsin Waley-Cohen

2026-05-22T09:04:00

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Siblings collaborate in a lullaby-inspired chamber work

‘The lullaby is one of the most intimate kinds of music,’ says violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen, who will premiere her sister Freya Waley-Cohen’s new work for violin and piano, Lullaby (sweet as plum wine). The full programme is inspired by lullabies and dreamscapes, as well as the violinist’s own experience of parenthood. ‘This sense of domestic life is something so foundational to us and yet often isn’t deemed worthy of “serious” art,’ she says…

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