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"Post-classical experimental string pieces echoing around St. Ambrose church. Benjin combines 800 year old British folksongs with Bach, dense jazz improvisations and chamber folk majesty for nyckelharpa (Swedish keyed harp). Hosted by JOW - trumpet sparring with delicate folk cello for a fuzzy ECM classical crossover feel."
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A gig on Friday 30th June. The event starts at 19:00.
Postclassical Assembly is a new concert series showcasing composer-performers working in a classically-influenced format, each with their own modern, unique, and deeply listenable approach.
Tonight, string quartet Red Carousel and nyckelharpa player Benjin join curators JOW for an evening we’re cheekily calling ‘sympathetic strings’, in the magnificence of the ‘Cathedral of East Bristol’.
Red Carousel is an innovative string ensemble (comprising Sue Lord and Ian Vorley, violins; Emma Hooper, viola; & Beth Porter, cello), formed in 2005 and based in Bath and Scotland, who collaboratively compose and perform neo-classical loveliness of all sorts. Sitting somewhere between the soundworlds of Penguin Café Orchestra and Nils Frahm, they’ve been featured on BBC Radio, CBC Radio (Canada), Arteles Radio (Finland) and BCFM (Bristol).
benjin is a multi-instrumentalist who has toured and recorded with a number of experimental ensembles over the last 15 years. Tonight he'll be performing entirely on nyckelharpa, the extraordinary 'keyed fiddle' which is the national instrument of Sweden. Aside from regular concert performances, benjin's music has been featured on BBC Radio 6 Music, Radio 3 and at the TATE Galleries.
JOW, two thirds of the Postclassical Assembly team, are cellist James Gow and trumpeter Pete Judge. They'll be hosting the evening and performing a handful of their distinctively uncategorisable tunes. Expect some impromtu collaborations with this unique ensemble...
Doors 7pm
Music starts at 7.30pm
Entry requirements:
Tonight, string quartet Red Carousel and nyckelharpa player Benjin join curators JOW for an evening we’re cheekily calling ‘sympathetic strings’, in the magnificence of the ‘Cathedral of East Bristol’.
Red Carousel is an innovative string ensemble (comprising Sue Lord and Ian Vorley, violins; Emma Hooper, viola; & Beth Porter, cello), formed in 2005 and based in Bath and Scotland, who collaboratively compose and perform neo-classical loveliness of all sorts. Sitting somewhere between the soundworlds of Penguin Café Orchestra and Nils Frahm, they’ve been featured on BBC Radio, CBC Radio (Canada), Arteles Radio (Finland) and BCFM (Bristol).
benjin is a multi-instrumentalist who has toured and recorded with a number of experimental ensembles over the last 15 years. Tonight he'll be performing entirely on nyckelharpa, the extraordinary 'keyed fiddle' which is the national instrument of Sweden. Aside from regular concert performances, benjin's music has been featured on BBC Radio 6 Music, Radio 3 and at the TATE Galleries.
JOW, two thirds of the Postclassical Assembly team, are cellist James Gow and trumpeter Pete Judge. They'll be hosting the evening and performing a handful of their distinctively uncategorisable tunes. Expect some impromtu collaborations with this unique ensemble...
Doors 7pm
Music starts at 7.30pm
Entry requirements:
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