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"Peerless collision between contemporary classical and experimental worlds. The North’s game-changing ensemble are lightyears away from the concert hall. They’ll premiere adapted works from Steve Reich and Julius Eastman + new commissions."
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A gig held at Strange Brew on Sunday 15th May. The event starts at 18:00.
As the sun starts to dip below the horizon, our cities change. One by one, streetlights and neon signs flicker into life. This nocturnal world, this Neon world, is a place of mystery where anything is possible.
Built around Steve Reich’s monumental Double Sextet, Manchester Collective's new show interrogates the darker side of our urban dreams, evoking the intrigue and momentum of sleepless nights and crowded streets. These tunes are darkly swaggering, dirty and sly.
A pair of new commissions lie at the heart of the programme – Hannah Peel’s titular ‘Neon’ is inspired by light and life, fusing layers of live electronics and field recordings from Shinjuku Station in Tokyo with the acoustic performances of the Collective. In her first major chamber commission, Berlin-based Lyra Pramuk presents a sensual world premiere, a meditation on feelings of disconnection and grief.
Elsewhere, David Lang’s underhand masterpiece ‘Cheating, Lying, Stealing’ paints a picture of everything that can be wrong with a composer, and Julius Eastman’s much maligned ‘Joy Boy’ presents a totally unique musical world of ‘ticker-tape music’.
Fast. Slow. Fast. Keep up. Don’t be late.
(Please note Hannah Peel and Lyra Pramuk will not be performing live. They have been commissioned by Manchester Collective to compose some of the music in this programme.)
Doors from 5:00pm. The performance will start at 6:00pm sharp.
Entry requirements:
Built around Steve Reich’s monumental Double Sextet, Manchester Collective's new show interrogates the darker side of our urban dreams, evoking the intrigue and momentum of sleepless nights and crowded streets. These tunes are darkly swaggering, dirty and sly.
A pair of new commissions lie at the heart of the programme – Hannah Peel’s titular ‘Neon’ is inspired by light and life, fusing layers of live electronics and field recordings from Shinjuku Station in Tokyo with the acoustic performances of the Collective. In her first major chamber commission, Berlin-based Lyra Pramuk presents a sensual world premiere, a meditation on feelings of disconnection and grief.
Elsewhere, David Lang’s underhand masterpiece ‘Cheating, Lying, Stealing’ paints a picture of everything that can be wrong with a composer, and Julius Eastman’s much maligned ‘Joy Boy’ presents a totally unique musical world of ‘ticker-tape music’.
Fast. Slow. Fast. Keep up. Don’t be late.
(Please note Hannah Peel and Lyra Pramuk will not be performing live. They have been commissioned by Manchester Collective to compose some of the music in this programme.)
Doors from 5:00pm. The performance will start at 6:00pm sharp.
Entry requirements:
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