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Nordic Music Days presents: Immersed In Sound I & II:For more info visit schedule on the website: https://nordicmusicdays.org/whats
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Immersed In Sound I
Friday, November 1, 2024 - 17.00
CCA Theatre
Natasha Barrett’s Impossible Moments from Venice 3: The Other Side of the Lagoon is part of a series that dives into real outdoor soundscapes, pulls them apart and re-composes representations that are impossible yet plausible. This work is one of three based on Venice from the viewpoint of a Norwegian tempted by literary fiction and word of mouth.
Rikahður H Fridriksson takes inspiration from a speech by the former mayor of his hometown, explaining that the town was a good place to live. Through the drawn out rendering of the statement, he expresses his fond memories of growing up there.
Trioxia, by Girilal Baars, examines a very modern problem – the issue of space junk. Using transmission data from over 7000 satellite launches (going back to Sputnik in 1957) mixed with created sounds, the work illustrates how busy the Earth’s upper atmosphere has become.
In The Heavier the Stone, the Heavier It Rock, Sofia Kiviniemi searches for a representation of the feel of stones, their weight and dirt. The title refers to the idea of turning the weight one carries into strength, seeing struggles and burdens as rather part of life, than an endless Sisyphus myth cycle.
Stockholm’s subway system (a little more extensive than Glasgow’s!) has 100 stations, almost all of which feature public artworks, and all of the subway cars are given names, mostly after famous people. There is a unique car in the fleet – a model C20F - formerly known by the name Inkognito. This car has several unique features; lighter, wider inside, air-con. The electromagnetic signature of Inkognito it also sounds different compared to the other cars. For Marcus Wrangö, this grew into the idea that Inkognito is a kind of an unintentional moving artwork.
Programme:
Girilal Baars (Sweden): Trioxia: 10’
Natasha Barrett (Norway): Impossible Moments from Venice 3: The Other Side of the Lagoon: 11’
Sofia Kiviniemi (Finland): The Heavier the Stone, the Heavier It Rock: 9’
Rikharður H Fridriksson (Iceland): Gott: 15’
Marcus Wrangö (Sweden): Inkognito C20F: 9’ - first performance
1 hour
Tickets £10/ £6: https://ccaglasgow.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873665076
Unreserved seating and standing space
This concert is supported by Arts and Culture Norway and Föreningen Svenska Tonsättare
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Immersed In Sound II
Saturday, November 2, 2024 - 17.00
CCA Theatre
A programme of virtuosic works for solo strings and electronics, as Riot Ensemble’s Marie Schreer and Scott Dickinson, until recently the Principal Viola of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and now in the same seat in the Philharmonia Orchestra, take the stage. Perttu Haapanen’s in vitro for violin and electronics plays with the possibilities for sound offered by the Finnish double consonant, with music evolving both from the text and from sounds of eating. An apple, chewing gum, and a carrot all feature as unlikely instruments. Ollie Hawker’s piece is based on a traditional Scottish tune of the same name, with abstract ideas and digital samples reinforcing a feel of melancholy through the ages.
Ailie Robertson’s new work, written for Scott Dickinson, references the famous acoustic of Hamilton Mausoleum. Reflecting both the mausoleum’s role as a burial site, and as a site where the sound slowly decays and erodes, the piece is centred around traditional Scottish keening songs – laments for the dead – which have almost been completely eroded from our oral tradition.
Leo Butt’s ambisonic work uses samples of historical horns and violins from St Cecilia’s Museum of Musical Instruments, and new co-composed works from the UNM x NMD Composer Exchange complete the programme.
Programme:
Perttu Haapanen (Finland): in vitro: 20’
Ollie Hawker (Scotland): Lochaber No More: 5’
Ailie Robertson (Scotland): Beannacht: 12’ - first performance
Aileen Sweeney (Scotland) & Heli Hartikainen (Finland): new work 5’ - first performance
Saga Fagerström (Sweden) & Finn O’Hare (Scotland): new work: 5’ - first performance
Leo Butt (Scotland): Archives: 5’
Performers:
Marie Schreer (violin)
Scott Dickinson (viola)
Ian Gibson (electronics)
1 hour
Tickets £10/ £6: https://ccaglasgow.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873665082
Unreserved seating and standing space
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
CCA Glasgow, 350 Sauchiehall Street,Glasgow, United Kingdom
