Rieko Makita x Londinium Consort presents Dreams, Mystery, and Intrigue: Immersive Night Music Show

About the event

Step into a dreamlike world where music and visuals bring the night to life. Award-winning pianist Rieko Makita and the 2024/25 New Elizabethan Award Winner, Londinium Consort present an immersive performance blending live piano, rarely heard early European instruments, electronics, and stunning visual projections by Teodora Serbanescu and Bethan Hancock.

From Debussy’s Clair de Lune and Nocturnes to unexpected gems by diverse composers, this unique program reimagines the night’s beauty. New works for piano and electronics by Delyth Field and Rieko Makita weave in experimental textures, capturing the mystery and allure of the evening hours. Each piece offers a unique perspective, uniting past and present in an evocative soundscape.

Night has long inspired artists across cultures, evoking dreams, nostalgia, and wonder. This performance celebrates that universal connection, blending centuries-old sounds with modern innovation. Perfect for classical lovers and the curious alike, it’s an unforgettable journey that transforms the night into sound, light, and emotion—an experience to be shared and remembered.

Programme

Rieko Makita – As the sun sets (playing while guests arrive)

Florence Price – Night

Robert Schumann – Des Abends from Fantasiestücke, Op. 12

Claude Debussy – Clair de Lune from Suite bergamasque

Takashi Yoshimatsu – Pleiades Dances No 1: I & V

Franz Liszt – Liebestraum No. 3

Claude Debussy – Feux d’artifice from Préludes, Book II

Sergei Rachmaninov / Earl Wild – In the Silence of the Night

Maurice Ravel – Ondine from Gaspard de la nuit

Gabriel Fauré – Après un rêve

Lili Boulanger – Nocturne

Claude Debussy – Beau Soir

Interval

John Dowland – Pavane Lachrimae

Claudio Monteverdi – Ohimè, ch’io cado

John Dowland – Wilt thou, unkind, thus reave me?

John Dowland – Come Again, sweet love doth now invite

Ozgur Kaya – ‘spelt from sibyl’s leaves…’

John Dowland – Flow, my tears

Handel / Delyth Field – Minuet in G minor (premiere)

Rieko Makita – Light within darkness 

Delyth Field – Metropolis (premiere)

Rieko Makita – Until we meet again (premiere)

Concert duration:

2 hours, including a 15 minute interval – 9:30 – 21:30

About the artists

Rieko Makita is a Japanese-Australian pianist and composer based in London. A recent Artistic Diploma graduate and Constant/Kit Lambert Fellow at the Royal College of Music, she made her Royal Albert Halldebut in 2024 to a sold-out audience and performed live on BBC Radio 3.

Londinium Consort is a London-based early music ensemble featuring Emanuele Addis, Anne Sutton, Otto Hashmi, Ozgur Kaya, and Mikolaj Piszczorowicz. Exploring the intersection of old and new music, the ensemble draw inspiration from London’s history and richly varied cultural landscape. In 2024, they won the New Elizabethan Award and debuted at Wigmore Hall in 2025.