Colours of Life and Fiction (for marimba and viola): Richard Abbott Arecibo (for marimba): Alexis Kirke Queen Canute (clarinet and electronics): Núria Bonet
While Abbott explored the relationship between colours and sounds to write Colours of Life and Fiction inspired by the River Dart in Devon, Kirke composed Arecibo with DNA information sent from Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory to a distant star constellation in search for extra-terrestrial life. Bonet’s Queen Canute explores the musical structures that can be found in animal behaviour in a duet for...
Sun 26 February 12:30 Crosspoint, Roland Levinsky Building, Plymouth University Free admission
Nuria Bonet in collaboration with the Marine Institute and the Plymouth Coastal Observatory, Plymouth University
The Voice of the Sea uses information gathered by a marine buoy off the coast of South East Cornwall in real-time to determine compositional choices. Factors such as wave height, period, direction, water temperature will directly influence musical parameters. Surrounded by speakers, the listeners will be immersed in an extended and real-time marine sonic world.
Sat 25 February 20:00 The House, Plymouth University £10/£7/Friends Free Discounts available via the Artory App and free to Plymouth University students via SPiA
Simon Ible, conductor. Butterscotch, beatbox vocalist
Wasgiischwashäsch: Nuria Bonet Butterscotch Concerto: Eduardo R. Miranda in collaboration with Butterscotch Real Voices Dining: Linas Baltas Vōv: Eduardo R. Miranda and David Peterson in collaboration with Harvard University Studio for Electroacoustic Composition Native Alien: Butterscotch
Join us for the world premiere of this alt-classical piece for...
