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Waves Crash on Old Street/Rufus Isabel Elliot

LSO Jerwood Composer+ Showcase

,LSO St Luke's
Black and white image of a forest on the Isle of Mull

Composer Rufus Isabel Elliot and artists Miek Zwamborn and Rutger Emmelkamp bring the Isle of Mull’s wild Atlantic rainforest of Tireragan to LSO St Luke’s.

Archival tape hiss becomes harmonic material in David Fennessy’s transcription of The Blue Eyed Lassie. We hear the unfurling of flowers in Mason’s Efflorescence, and we meet the otter who crosses our path in Arnold’s Lutra. Monk Feldman and Akama present chordal piano sequences, exploring open and closed spaces. 

Elliot’s A way out for piano trio closes the concert, imagining the wavering songs that belong intrinsically to a bivvy place amongst the cliffs of Tireragan – songs that transform a place in the wild into a sleeping place. Featuring visuals by KNOCKvologan Studies, it hopes to bring that place alive in the hall of LSO St Luke’s.

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The concert will finish at approximately 9pm, including a 20-minute interval (timings subject to change).

Artists Miek Zwamborn and Rutger Emmelkamp are based in Knockvologan, on the Isle of Mull, where they merge their creative work with the natural worlds of forest and shore that surround them. They have an ongoing collaboration with composer Rufus Isabel Elliot. Last year, they brought a recording studio into the forest near Knockvologan, singing together small songs found amongst hazel trees.

Produced by the London Symphony Orchestra. LSO Jerwood Composer+ is generously supported by Jerwood Foundation. Waves Crash on Old Street is generously supported by Marchus Trust, the Hinrichsen Foundation and the Vaughan Williams Foundation.

Programme

David Fennessy The blue eyed lassie
Christian Mason Efflorescence
Barbara Monk Feldman Clear Edge
Martin Arnold Lutra
Britta Byström Baum in der Stadt
Ryoko Akama 10 days’ etude
Stuart MacRae Haroldswick
Rufus Isabel Elliot A way out (world premiere)

Performers

David Alberman violin
Louise McMonagle cello
Mark Knoop piano

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