What's On

Programme

Grażyna Bacewicz Concerto for Strings
Laurence Osborn Schiller’s Piano (world première) *
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings (movements one and three)
Caroline Shaw Evergreen (movements one and two)
Wojciech Kilar Orawa

Performers

Zubin Kanga piano, keyboard, live electronics *
Aaron Holloway-Nahum conductor *
Rakhi Singh violin, director
Manchester Collective

About

Part of our new Inspirational Artists series.

Reawaken the past. Reach into the future.

Experience the full force of the string orchestra as Manchester Collective revive old classics and summon futuristic sounds alongside ‘cyborg pianist’ Zubin Kanga.

Tchaikovsky said his Serenade for Strings was ‘a piece from the heart’. Beloved by the composer and audiences alike, it’s a technicolour, opulent romance. Here, it’s given a Collective twist, blurring into music that lives closer to the present day.

There’s more muscle to the brisk Concerto for String Orchestra by Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz. It’s a real workout for the players. Feverishly paced, it will leave you catching your breath.

In these two works, the composers take inspiration from their heritage to create something new. But what happens when a retreat into history turns violent? It’s an auditory hallucination where Zubin conjures ghostly samples of piano construction with his keyboard: handsaws, sandpaper, drills.

Time is an illusion. Let’s dispel it.

‘Schiller’s Piano’ is commissioned by Zubin Kanga and Manchester Collective. Zubin originally co-commissioned the work as part of Cyborg Soloists, with the support of a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship and Royal Holloway, University of London. The première is supported by the Vaughan Williams Foundation.

Photo credit: Raphaël Neal

Tickets:

Full Price £22, £20 (balcony)
Student/Under 26 £14, £12.50 (balcony)

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Automatically receive 15% off at least one ticket per event when you book three or more events in this series. Events must be purchased in a single transaction, and this promotion cannot be combined with any other offers or discounts.

This event includes an interval and will end at approximately 9.30pm.

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