Sally Beamish’s commission for the Elias Quartet, Reed Stanzas comes to sound tonight at Cowdray Hall. You can read Sally’s interview with Ken Walton of The Scotsman here, where she discusses her inspiration for the work. Later this week (Fri 12) , another of her compositions, Highland Haiku, receives its Scottish premiere with Stavanger Vocalensemble [...]
ALAN COOPER’S BLOG ON SOUND: 2011 After a positive tsunami of musical events last weekend, the sound festival is running at a more relaxed pace during the next week. It began with an excoriating performance of 1,000 Airplanes on the Roof by Philip Glass. Some people I spoke to did not like the video presentation; [...]
The Studio at Clashnettie Arts Centre (Strathdon) relaunches tomorrow as part of the festival! Peter Welch and artist Helen Denerley who run the centre share their excitement: “We are delighted to be participating in sound for the very first time with a lunchtime concert by flautist Richard Craig on Sunday 14 November 12 noon (yes, [...]
To round off this year’s festival, Pete Stollery curates his first Electroacoustic Fair on Saturday 13 November. For the one day only, The MacRobert Building at the University of Aberdeen will be turned into a theme park of sound with performances, workshops, demos and “sonic rides”. Pete … tell us more! “Well, I’m getting rather [...]
2010 sees sound once again come together with DanceLive, Aberdeen’s annual celebration of contemporary dance. Final event on Saturday 6 November, the celebrated Hebrides Ensemble joins forces with percussionist Colin Currie and dancer/choreographer Michael Popper at Woodend Barn for an evening that includes Sir Peter Maxwell Davies‘ Vesalii Icones – a part ballet, part performance [...]
Tomorrow evening, Saturday 30 October, choreographer Ian Spink and sound artist Bill Thompson collaborate on a new piece entitled The ANa Project which explores the very seperate journeys of two Australians through sound, movement and visual elements. Bill gives us some insight on the piece and how it all came together… Bill Thompson “The project [...]
On Sunday 31 October, the John Armitage Memorial Trust (JAM) travels up North to Aberdeen for the first time to showcase music by James MacMillan, Gabriel Jackson, Tarik O’Reagan and Aberdeen-based composer Paul Mealor, performed by choirs from Edinburgh, St Andrews and Aberdeen. Edward Armitage, JAM Chairman, tells us a bit more about the mission [...]
The National Youth Orchestra Scotland’s contemporary chamber ensemble NYOS Futures are making their way up North this weekend to perform Steve Reich‘s masterpiece Eight Lines on Sunday 24 October. It has been said of American composer Steve Reich who pioneered the style of minimalist music that he is one of “a handful of living composers [...]
