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"Peerless collision between classical and experimental worlds. Manchester Collective blow the concert hall wide open again and again; this time with George Crumb’s bad acid, neo-classical devil music, ‘Black Angels’ (for electric string quartet). Plus a new composition from Camae Ayewa (Moor Mother)."
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A gig held at Strange Brew on Wednesday 22nd March. The event starts at 19:30.
Weds 22nd March // Manchester Collective present 'Black Angels' // SEATED SHOW!
The classical collective embracing contemporary electronic music return for their 4th appearance at Strange Brew, this time presenting a dark odyssey for amplified string quartet.
Featuring works by Moor Mother and American avant-garde composer George Crumb’s trippy cult composition ‘Black Angels’.
All MC shows we've had so far have been mindblowing – highly recommended!
Tickets on Headfirst & https://manchestercollective.co.uk/
God music. Devil music. New music.
George Crumb’s ‘Black Angels’ is about as close as you’ll get to an acid trip without breaking the law. Subtitled ‘Thirteen Images from the Dark Land’, it’s a cult work for a reason – once you hear it, you’ll never forget it.
The notoriously difficult piece makes extraordinary demands of any string quartet who dare to attempt it. Musicians are instructed to chant in foreign languages, play their instruments upside down, incessantly tap the strings with thimbles and glass rods, scream, shout, beat, count and pray. It’s a roast.
Themes of death, destiny and obsessive spirituality prevail in Crumb’s avant-garde masterpiece – performed here alongside ‘Death and the Maiden’ by Schubert. Elsewhere, the Collective present a brand-new commission by New York hip-hop artist, activist, poet and composer Camae Ayewa (Moor Mother). The set is completed by Edmund Finnis’ transcendent 2nd string quartet and Gabriella Smith’s fast and furious ‘Carrot Revolution’.
This is not music for the faint of heart. Come, journey into the black of the night.
Support comes from Harrga (‘a burn’ in Moroccan Darija dialect), a duo formed by producer and philosopher Miguel Prado and experimental vocalist and improviser Dali de Saint Paul. With Miguel’s amorphous noise design and Dali’s mixing of poetics and politics, Harrga explore new sonic territories and conjure a singular vision of contemporary industrial music. Their series of collaborations with Moor Mother began in 2019 with their first album, on which she featured as a guest vocalist; they are set to continue working together in 2023.
7.00pm Doors open
7.30pm Support act: Harrga
8.30pm Manchester Collective
10.15pm Show ends
Entry requirements:
The classical collective embracing contemporary electronic music return for their 4th appearance at Strange Brew, this time presenting a dark odyssey for amplified string quartet.
Featuring works by Moor Mother and American avant-garde composer George Crumb’s trippy cult composition ‘Black Angels’.
All MC shows we've had so far have been mindblowing – highly recommended!
Tickets on Headfirst & https://manchestercollective.co.uk/
God music. Devil music. New music.
George Crumb’s ‘Black Angels’ is about as close as you’ll get to an acid trip without breaking the law. Subtitled ‘Thirteen Images from the Dark Land’, it’s a cult work for a reason – once you hear it, you’ll never forget it.
The notoriously difficult piece makes extraordinary demands of any string quartet who dare to attempt it. Musicians are instructed to chant in foreign languages, play their instruments upside down, incessantly tap the strings with thimbles and glass rods, scream, shout, beat, count and pray. It’s a roast.
Themes of death, destiny and obsessive spirituality prevail in Crumb’s avant-garde masterpiece – performed here alongside ‘Death and the Maiden’ by Schubert. Elsewhere, the Collective present a brand-new commission by New York hip-hop artist, activist, poet and composer Camae Ayewa (Moor Mother). The set is completed by Edmund Finnis’ transcendent 2nd string quartet and Gabriella Smith’s fast and furious ‘Carrot Revolution’.
This is not music for the faint of heart. Come, journey into the black of the night.
Support comes from Harrga (‘a burn’ in Moroccan Darija dialect), a duo formed by producer and philosopher Miguel Prado and experimental vocalist and improviser Dali de Saint Paul. With Miguel’s amorphous noise design and Dali’s mixing of poetics and politics, Harrga explore new sonic territories and conjure a singular vision of contemporary industrial music. Their series of collaborations with Moor Mother began in 2019 with their first album, on which she featured as a guest vocalist; they are set to continue working together in 2023.
7.00pm Doors open
7.30pm Support act: Harrga
8.30pm Manchester Collective
10.15pm Show ends
Entry requirements:
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