Sounding the North programme

Scotland’s Festival of New Music 26 OCTOBER – 11 NOVEMBER 2017

Sounding the North THURSDAY 26 – SUNDAY 29 OCTOBER Is there a sound of the North?

A weekend of discussion and performance in association with the University of Aberdeen.

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Thursday 26 October 3-5pm

Delegate registration

Sir Duncan Rice Library

6-7pm

Composers' Kitchen with Bozzini Quartet (Canada) New works from Rebecca Bruton and Jason Doell (Canada), and Lawrence Dunn and Sarah Lianne Lewis (UK) following an exchange project in Montreal and Aberdeen.

King’s College Chapel £10, £5 (conc)

8pm

Arild Andersen's Rose Window Trio feat. Kirsten Bråten Berg (Norway) Norwegian bassist/composer Arild Andersen’s all-star ‘Rose Window Trio’ makes its Aberdeen debut.

The Blue Lamp £15, £12 (conc), £5 (students)

Friday 27 October 10-11am

Introduction & Keynote: Bent Sørensen (Denmark) Keynote speech from celebrated Danish composer and professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Music.

MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen £ - see ticket details

11.15am12noon

An interview with Arild Andersen (Norway) An interview with leading bass player and composer.

MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen £ - see ticket details

1-1.45pm

Bozzini Quartet (Canada) Simon Martin (Canada) Icebergs et Soleil de Minuit Gunnar Andreas Kristinsson (Iceland) Moonbow James Dillon String Quartet No. 3

St Machar’s Cathedral £10, £5 (conc)

2-2.30pm James Andean (De Montfort University, Leicester) & Andrew Bentley (University of the Arts, Helsinki, Finland) In Search of the Nordic Electroacoustic.

MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen £ - see ticket details

2.30-3pm Dr Gemma McGregor (Composer, Scotland) Music with a Sense of Place: The Influence of the Culture and Landscape of Orkney.

MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen £ - see ticket details

3-3.30pm Michael McHugh (Tyneside Sounds Society) The story of North East’s sonic and musical heritage.

MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen £ - see ticket details

4-5.30pm

Katherine Wren (RSNO, Scotland) Nordic Viola Project – sounds of the North Atlantic.

A 6 month project in the Faroe Islands, Iceland, the Northern Isles of Scotland, and Greenland seeking innovative ways to create, improvise and share music with local musicians.

7.308.30pm

Zoë Martlew (UK) cello & Gunnar Karel Másson (Iceland) electronics Butchart Centre, University of Aberdeen Anders Nordentoft (Denmark) Impetuoso (world premiere) £10, £5 (conc) Bent Sørensen (Denmark) Wings of Spring Gunnar Karel Másson (Iceland) Makhana

10pmmidnight

Late night soundsessions: invisiblEARts (Scotland) & Erik Mikael Karlsson (Sweden) Multi-channel electronic music.

MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen £ - see ticket details

Belmont Filmhouse £10, £5 (conc)

Saturday 28 October 10-11am

The Day After with music journalist Kate Molleson Reflections and discussion on the previous day’s talks and performances.

11.15am12noon

Geoff Palmer (Composer, Scotland) & Alasdair Nicolson (Composer MacRobert Building, & Artistic Director, St Magnus International Festival, Scotland).

University of Aberdeen £ - see ticket details Geoff and Alasdair discuss inspiration from the landscapes and culture of the north prior to their works being performed by the Edinburgh Quartet at 1pm.

1-1.45pm

Edinburgh Quartet (Scotland) Geoff Palmer (Scotland) String Quartet No. 6 for Max 2017* Alasdair Nicolson (Scotland) String Quartet No. 3

MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen £ - see ticket details

St Machar’s Cathedral £ - FREE

*Co-commissioned by the St Magnus International Festival and sound

2-2.45pm Gunnar Andreas Kristinsson (Composer, Iceland) MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen Extreme variety due to lack of history? Is there a unifying factor in Icelandic contemporary music? Is “inspired by nature” £ - see ticket details a trademark created by music publishers?

2.453.30pm

Gunnar Karel Másson (Composer & Artistic Director, Dark Music MacRobert Building, Days Festival, Iceland) University of Aberdeen Minimising gesture; the stark soundscape of contemporary art £ - see ticket details music in the Nordic countries.

4-4.30pm Cole Bendall (University of Edinburgh) Sounding North - A cosmopolitanism consideration of Veljo Tormis (Estonia).

MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen £ - see ticket details

4.30-5pm Tom Michie (University of Aberdeen) The Stillness Speaks: Manifestations of Finnish Nature in the Shadow of Sibelius.

MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen £ - see ticket details

5-5.30pm Dr Rose Dodd (Composer/writer/reviewer, NW England) MacRobert Building, Composing under northern skies, within living traditions. Northern University of Aberdeen European contemporary composition; is the blank sheet of paper £ - see ticket details different under a northern sky than in, for example, Berlin?

7.308.30pm

Song Circus (Norway) Ruben Sverre Gjertsen (Norway) Landscape with Figures Karin Rehnquist (Sweden) David Nimm

Butchart Centre, University of Aberdeen £10, £5 (conc)

10pmmidnight

Bozzini Quartet (Canada) with Kim Myhr (12-string guitar), Caroline Bergvall (poet) & Ingar Zach (percussion) (Norway) Kim Myhr (Norway) Pressing clouds passing crowds Ingar Zach (Norway) The Lost Ones

Belmont Filmhouse £10, £5 (conc)

Sunday 29 October 10am

The Day After (2) with music journalist Kate Molleson Reflections and discussion on the previous day’s talks and performances.

MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen £ - see ticket details

11am

John De Simone (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland) Conclusion: Is there a sound of the North?

MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen £ - see ticket details

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Tickets Events pass

£60 / £30 (conc)

Sounding the North events pass gives access to all performances & talks with the exception of Arild Andersen’s Rose Window Trio.

This offer is only available in advance and is not available on the door.

Talks day pass

£10

Sounding the North talks day pass Fri / Sat / Sun.

Talks weekend pass

£20

Sounding the North talks weekend pass Fri-Sun.

Tickets available from Online: www.aberdeenperformingarts.com Tel: 01224 641122 Tickets for performances and talks will be available on the door.

As well as support from Diaphonique, Turtleton Charitable Trust, RVW Trust, Hinrichsen Foundation, The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust, Hope Scott Trust, La Ville de Clermont Ferrand, The Leche Trust, Hugh Fraser Foundation, Aberdeen Endowments Trust & The David & June Gordon Memorial Trust.