An Evening of Music
with Violinist Angharad Davies
at the Fitzrovia Chapel

30 January 2025
Roberts Institute of Art

Join celebrated violinist and composer Angharad Davies for an evening of new music inspired by the exhibition In Attendance: Paying Attention in a Fragile World at the Fitzrovia Chapel.

Known for her innovative approach to free improvisation, Davies will explore themes of attention and listening in a special performance that invites audiences to listen in a new way. Set in the striking Grade II*-listed Fitzrovia Chapel, the event offers a unique opportunity to experience art and music in dialogue.

This is one of three events taking place alongside the exhibition. You can also join us for a Panel Discussion on The Politics and Poetics of Attention (23 January) and an In Conversation with Rachel Kneebone and Marina Warner (7 February).

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Roberts Institute of Art

Angharad Davies is a Welsh violinist based in London working with free-improvisation, compositions and performance.

Her approach to sound involves attentive listening and exploring beyond the sonic confines of her instrument, her classical training and performance expectation. Much of her work involves collaboration. She has long standing duos with Tisha Mukarji, Dominic Lash and Lina Lapelyté and plays with Common Objects, Cranc and Skogen. She has been involved in projects with Tarek Atui, Tony Conrad, Richard Dawson, Gwenno, Roberta Jean, Jack McNamara, Rie Nakajima, Tim Parkinson, Eliane Radigue, Georgia Ruth and J.G.Thirlwell.

Most of her records are released on Another Timbre but she also has releases on Absinth Records, allthatdust, Confrontrecords, Emanem, Potlatch, winds measure recordings and ni-vu-ni-connu. Her first orchestral piece was commissioned by LCMF in 2019.

In Attendance: Paying Attention in a Fragile World

In Attendance: Paying Attention in a Fragile World at the Fitzrovia Chapel (8 January–9 February 2025) asks us to reimagine the idea of attention as a practice tied to compassion, curiosity and care. Curated by the Roberts Institute of Art, the exhibition presents a selection of paintings, sculptures and video by UK and international contemporary artists from the David and Indrė Roberts Collection, including Etel Adnan, Phyllida Barlow, Miriam Cahn and Paula Rego.

Fitzrovia Chapel

The Fitzrovia Chapel, a Grade II* listed building and design of noted architect John Loughborough Pearson, is the chapel for the former Middlesex Hospital. Built in 1891 as a place of sanctuary, prayer and reflection for patients, their families and doctors and nurses, the chapel remains a space to celebrate cultural and life events, explore history, see an exhibition and to take a step out of the bustle of city life into the calm of its marble walls. It has more than 40 different types of marble and hundreds of stars in its gold-mosaic ceiling.

When the hospital was closed in 2005, the chapel was saved from demolition because of its listed status. It reopened in 2016 as a charity (the Fitzrovia Chapel Foundation) with one of its remits being for the promotion of culture and history for the community. The chapel runs its own cultural programme and is partnering with creative wellbeing charity Hospital Rooms for a show in spring 2025. The chapel is also hired by artists and galleries. These include the Stephen Friedman Gallery, TJ Boulting and Richard Ingleby Gallery.

Opening times:
Daily 11 am to 6 pm (closed Monday)
Sunday 12 pm to 5 pm
Free admission

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