Bristol Ensemble

Part of Bristol New Music 2018

Venue:

Victoria Rooms
Time:

13:00
Date:

Sun 22 Apr 2018

The Bristol Ensemble performs evocative new works by young Bristol University graduates Carmen Ho and Matthew Olyver, plus a searing setting by John Pickard of words by Gavin d’Costa, along with Howard Skempton’s Chamber Concerto.

This concert is free for students and under 25’s.

Please note this event takes place at the Victoria Rooms, University of Bristol, 88 Queens Rd, Bristol BS8 1SA

Programme

Matthew Olyver – On the Sea of Heaven
Carmen Ho – Dukkha (2016)*
John Pickard – Daughters of Zion (2017) (soloist Angahrad Lyddon – mezzo soprano)
Carmen Ho – Illusion (2017)*
Howard Skempton – Chamber Concerto

*Premiere

John Pickard conductor

Bristol New Music 2018

This concert is part of Bristol New Music 2018, bringing the very best international contemporary new music to the city in partnership with Colston Hall, Arnolfini, Spike Island, St George’s Bristol and the University of Bristol for a dazzling weekend to explores new realms in sound.

To view the full festival programme click here.

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Bristol New Music is supported using public funding by Arts Council England and by the PRS for Music Foundation; in partnership with the University of Bristol.

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Bristol Ensemble

Bristol Ensemble is a professional chamber orchestra, formed in 1994 by violinist Roger Huckle (originally called the Emerald Ensemble). They’re best known for their work with film and media, and their contemporary music project – Elektrostatic.

Bristol Ensemble also carries out various community outreach programmes in schools, colleges and for the elderly. They’ve recorded for TV and film, notably the BBC Natural History Unit. Bristol Ensemble is in residence at University of Bristol.

Bristol New Music

Bristol New Music is a consortium of five key organisations in Bristol (Colston Hall, Arnolfini, Spike Island, St George’s Bristol and the University of Bristol) dedicated to bringing the very best international new music to the city, while working to create opportunities for emerging regional artists.

The consortium present a biennial festival of new and experimental music in venues and spaces across the city. The first festival took place in February 2014 and showcased artists including Quatuor Bozzini, Canada’s leading new music string quartet, Ensemble musikFabrik, composer and saxophonist John Butcher, soundscape artist Cevdet Erek, electronic artists Klavikon, Roly Porter and Addison Groove and the Christian Wallrumrød Ensemble.

In 2016 the festival returned for it’s second instalment in May with a fascinating installation in Colston Hall’s cellars titled Requiem for 114 Radios by artists Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard alongside performances from contemporary music artists, Max Richter and Kronos Quartet. Bristol composer/producer Vessel teamed up with Liverpool’s Immix Ensemble to present the live A/V incarnation of their 2016 Erased Tapes collaboration Transition and new commisions were performed by John Bence and Arve Henriksen at St George’s Bristol.

In 2018 the festival continued its growing reputation of fearlessly exhibiting and exploring new realms in sound with a programme including Charles Hazlewood with Army of Generals and members of The British Paraorchestra performing Steve Reich’s The Four Sections across the four levels of Colston Hall’s foyer, electronic artist Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith performing in the IMAX cinema at Bristol Aquarium, and Sarah Angliss’ unsettling electronic composition at St Geroge’s Bristol with Aether Music and Oramics, to name a few.

Bristol Ensemble

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