What's On

Programme

Laurence Crane Prelude for HS
Laurence Crane Four Miniatures
Kámea Németh pApRiKa BrEaTh (world première) *
Laurence Crane See Our Lake
Laurence Crane Riis

Performers

Matt Jones flute / alto flute
Miles Santner clarinet / bass clarinet
Emily Harpley-Gebbels violin
Hamish Barry cello
Elio Gaviria piano / keyboard
Avi Kwok percussion
Andre Chan conductor *

About

Each year, our In Focus series invites trailblazing composers to the RNCM. Behind the scenes, they work closely with our staff and students, culminating in a compelling day of performances. This Autumn, we’re delighted to welcome Laurence Crane.

Laurence Crane’s music stands out for its unique ability to sound simultaneously familiar and fresh. He reimagines basic musical elements like common chords, arpeggios, drones, and cadences, and places them within inventive frameworks. The result is a sound world that feels both comforting and novel, where traditional rhetoric finds new expression in contemporary spaces and the innateness of each element is put on centre display.

You know you’re in for something exciting when the performance notes direct musicians to refer to recordings of Pink Floyd and The Velvet Underground – as is the case in Laurence Crane’s Riis, written for Apartment House in 1996. It stands in this programme alongside his other notable works Prelude for HS, See Our Lake and 4 Miniatures, and this concert also features a new composition by one of our talented students – promising an afternoon of musical intrigue and discovery.

Tickets:
Free admission, ticket required

Promoted by RNCM.

This event will end at approximately 1.55pm.