Taylor Swift Tribute by Mystery Ensemble
The Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
£29
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Taylor Swift Tribute by Mystery Ensemble
This concert is a journey through the musical universe of one of the most influential songwriters of our time.
Tribute to Taylor Swift presents a chamber-instrumental reinterpretation of the songs that shaped a generation — from intimate confessions to bold pop anthems, from fragile storytelling to powerful declarations of independence.
Performed by Mystery Ensemble String Quartet, this programme transforms Taylor Swift’s music into a cinematic instrumental experience. Familiar melodies are reimagined through a refined chamber palette of strings - carefully crafted arrangements, subtle rhythmic textures, and rich harmonic writing - revealing new emotional layers beneath the original songs.
Rather than a pop concert, this evening offers a refined musical portrait - where lyrics give way to harmony, and storytelling unfolds through sound alone. Each piece becomes part of a larger narrative about love, loss, resilience, nostalgia and reinvention.
Set within the iconic Bradshaw Hall, the performance is enhanced by spatial acoustics, allowing the audience to experience these songs in a new, contemplative way - closer to a film score than a stadium show.
This is a powerful tribute not to spectacle, but to songwriting.
Music by Taylor Swift, including instrumental interpretations of:
Blank Space
Wildest Dreams (Taylor’s Version)
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (Taylor’s Version)
Cruel Summer
Anti-Hero
You Need To Calm Down
Shake It Off
All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)
champagne problems
Style
cardigan
august
I Don’t Wanna Live Forever
Love Story
Lover
The Fate of Ophelia
Look What You Made Me Do
*The programme may be subject to change.