Continents, Computers and Electronic Dreams
BBC SO Total Immersion: Symphonic Electronics
Continents, computers and electric dreams: Tristan Murail’s non-electronic orchestral classic Gondwana charts a course to new worlds with electronics sound from Steven Daverson and Misato Mochizuki.
Musical instruments probe the inner game of a film by Tarkovsky, plumbing memories and dreams in the UK premiere of Steven Daverson’s BBC co-commission. A computer-created bird erupts into the middle of a symphony orchestra in Misato Mochizuki’s work exploring the thread between brains, intrusions and interactions. And Tristan Murail invokes Indian myths and electronic inspiration to rediscover – in ravishing orchestral sound – a whole continent that has been lost.
Sounds impossible? Well, that’s what this Total Immersion day is about. Murail’s 1980 classic Gondwana helped define a new method of creating sound, and a compelling new way of listening to it. Now, Ilan Volkov, the BBC SO, our composers and a team of virtuoso sound engineers follow his trail into that vast new world, and see where it’s taken us. You might be surprised…
This performance will finish at approximately 4pm, with no interval
Co-produced by the Barbican and BBC Symphony Orchestra.
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Location
Milton Court Concert Hall is located within the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and is approximately a 5 minute walk from the Barbican entrance on Silk Street.
Address
Milton Court
Silk St, London
EC2Y 9BH
Nearby public transport
We are within walking distance from a number of London Underground stations, the closest being Barbican, Old Street, St Paul’s and Moorgate. The nearest train stations are Liverpool Street and Farringdon. Bus Route 153 runs directly past the Barbican along Chiswell Street
Car and bicycle parking
We have free bicycle spaces and paid car parking spaces available
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