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2021 highlights

An audience gives a standing ovation to a huge band of musicians on a stage. The word "rejoice" is written on the screen behind them and red and blue lights flood the stage and audience.

A performer wearing patterned robes sit in front of a keyboard, and plays the clarinet with their head tilted backwards, illuminated by red lighting. The background screen depicts a drawing of a village flooded in green light.

A band stands on stage facing out onto a large audience. Red light floods the stage, and plumes of smoke bellow out from behind the band.

Vocalist Vimala Rowe, wearing black, passionately sings into a microphone, next to harpist Alina Bzhezhinska who wears a bronze shirt, and strums her harp with intent focus.

Performer Woodkid sings into a microphone wearing a grey boiler suit in front of an enlarged projection of his face. He stands on a platform above a row of the silhouettes of musicians.

Cleveland Watkiss wearing a black t shirt and a studded bracelet speaks into a microphone. He reaches out towards the camera.

Archie Shepp sits down in a dark bowler hat and suit, playing his saxophone passionately. Streams of blue, white and purple light emulate from his instrument.

A close-up of Terje Isungset wearing a furry hood and gloves blowing into cone-like shape of ice.

Bill Laurance sits at his piano with his head thrust back, in front of a magical lit-up chapel backdrop.

An audience watch a man dressed in black, who conducts a large orchestra on stage. The old chapel setting is lit by purple and blue light.

Singer Frazey Ford stands holding her guitar on the stage of a chapel, facing out onto an audience lit up by blue spotlights.

Pianist Bill Laurance, dressed in an iridescent blue shirt, plays in front of an orchestra of violin players dressed in black. They are illuminated by pink and purple lights in an old chapel setting.

Two male musicians take centre stage, illuminated by blue and pink spotlights, and face onto a large audience.

A woman plays the harp on stage filled with green pot plants. She faces onto a room of people wearing yoga clothes in the downward dog position, illuminated by green light.

Three large interlocking screens featuring films of cityscapes and urban architecture jut out in a gallery-type setting. 4 people sit and watch on between the screens.

Cellist Abel Selacoe, wearing a patterned blue and black jacket and white trainers, performs in front of an empty drum kit. Patterned warm lights dapple the stage.

Singer Cecile McLorin Salvant belts into a microphone on centre stage, wearing a geometric patterned long jacket and glasses. A lone flautist is spotted in the far left corner of the photograph.

Bearded saxophonist Charles Lloyd wears a grey beanie hat and shirt, and plays centre-stage. He is immersed in a blur of orange and purple streams of light.

A man wearing glasses passionately sings. His face is in focus, sitting behind a blurred out saxophone player.

A woman playing the bamboo flute wearing a black top sits next to another woman dancing with her hands up wearing a black sports bra

Bill Laurance plays the piano intently on the left wearing a blue shirt, joined by a bassist in the middle-ground, and a drummer on the left, wearing a baseball cap and black t-shirt. The chapel backdrop is lit up by a warm orange light.

Seven male band members stand on stage reaching their hand out to an audience clapping and cheering. The stage is lit up by multi-coloured flairs and smoke.

From behind the stage, Sarathy Korwar sits at a drumkit, to the left of a band of musicians. They are flooded in warm orange and yellow lights.

Seven male band members stand on stage reaching their hand out to an audience clapping and cheering. The stage is lit up by multi-coloured flairs and smoke.

From a side angle, a band of singers and musicians sing and perform on stage conducted by Damon Locks, illuminated by a red spotlight. Behind the stage, a projection of blue light fills the background screen.

Georgia Cecile sings passionately with her hand outstretched in front of a grand piano. She wears a blue dress and holds a matching feather boa.

Singer Frazey Ford sings and plays the guitar with her band in front of a large audience. The chapel is lit up by blue and purple lights.

A seated audience watch onto a stage flooded with red smoke and light.

Three men dance on stage in a row, their hands poised into a clap. Two of them are wearing brown and white kaftans, and the third wears a white shirt and trousers. They are flooded with streams of white spotted lights which make a pattern on the stage.

A close-up from beneath of saxophonist Xhosa Cole wearing a dark suit and playing his instrument which sparkles in the light.

The shadow of a performing drummer projects in a blue circle onto the wall of the theatre. An audience sits beneath it.

A barefooted Gwenifer Raymond plays her guitar with intent concentration alone on stage, wearing a black shirt and jeans.

Singer Frazey Ford, wearing black velvet trousers and a sparkly top, sings and waves at the audience. Red lights fill the chapel room.

A close-up of drummer Romarna Campbell who plays her kit centre-stage, wearing a patterned top and brown trousers.

A group of musicians stand on stage with their hands up, turning back to a screen that features a projection of the late drummer Tony Allen's face. The audience stand and clap and one member holds up a peace sign.

Three musicians surround Alina Bzhezhinska, who plays her harp in a warm club setting, sitting in front of starry lights.

Two musicians wear furry jumpers, illuminated by blue lights. One on the left plays the trumpet, whilst the other blows into a shape of ice.

Saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin dances with her instrument in front of an orchestra, wearing a white waistcoat, shiny gold trousers and silver trainers.

An audience of children watch onto stage as a man dressed in a brown waistcoat and blue shirt plays a wireless keyboard.

A band performs in a large club with a disco ball, lit by blue and purple lights.

A close-up of a performer playing a soprano saxophone in front of a laptop desk

A close-up of drummer Jas Kayser who plays her kit with focus in front of a star-studded backdrop.

A woman wearing a purple hat and crimson dress plays the synth in front of a star-studded backdrop.

A woman playing the bamboo flute wearing a black top sits next to another woman dancing with her hands up wearing a black sports bra

A close-up of the silhouette of a man performing behind DJ decks against a projection of graphic plants

A zoomed out shot of an audience watching the silhouettes of Woodkid and a row of musicians on stage in front of screens projecting pink and yellow graphic patterns.

A group of performers stand on stage wearing colourful outfits in front of an orchestra wearing black.

A front close-up of Terje Isungset wearing a furry hood and gloves blowing into cone-like shape of ice in front of a trumpeter and singer.

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