Electro Acoustic Night Wednesday 9 February 7.30pm The Cornerstone, Liverpool Hope University Creative Campus
Larry Goves / Mira Calix new work Anna Meredith Flak Matthew Fairclough new work Edgard Varese Deserts Clark Rundell conductor Larry Goves electronics Up to the minute cutting edge electro acoustic compositions sit beside the work that many consider to be the founding of the genre. Edgar Varese completed his Deserts in Paris in the early 1950’s. Three hard edged tape interpolations (created from factory sounds and percussion instruments) come between the four monumental sounding instrumental episodes. The work became a classic and consolidated his reputation as a pioneer of electronic music.
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Larry Goves is at the end of a yearlong collaboration with Warp Records composer/vocalist/DJ Mira Calix. Thrilling creative energies spark out of their wildly different approaches. Tonight hears new arrangements of their exciting work in which they’ll perform alongside the musicians of 10/10 and new music especially written for the occasion. Anna Meredith is presently the PRS/RPS Composer in the House with sinfonia ViVA. She is one of the fastest rising young composers on the scene today. Flak was described as ‘a rich, deeply funky piece’, ‘the disco from hell’. Liverpool University based Matthew Fairclough, is a composer and sound designer specialising in live electronics and multimedia performances. His acoustic piece for 10/10 last season was a success, but in this new piece he returns to his electroacoustic roots. Tickets £9