The 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra lends its powerful sound to an eclectic range of pioneering artists.
Breaking free of the usual concert conventions, the performances are punctuated by interviews with Elizabeth Alker revealing insights into the music.
Currently scouring the musical landscape for exciting new sounds at Radio 3, Alker is also a host at 6 Music, and enjoys the overlap: 鈥楤oth appeal to curious listeners and people who love music.鈥� She has co-curated this concert series with its conductor Andr茅 de Ridder.
One of Alker鈥檚 favourite hard-to-categorise composers is Daniel Avery, whose expansive, intuitively mood-altering music contains elements of IDM, house, shoegaze and techno.
Afrodeutsche is Henrietta Smith-Rolla, a composer, producer and DJ who draws on influences including Afrofuturistic electro and techno, classical solo piano and Detroit legacy house. She once explained to FACT Magazine that as a child, she was equally excited by Soul II Soul鈥檚 1980s club classic 鈥楤ack to Life鈥� and Rimsky-Korsakov鈥檚 enduring orchestral interlude Flight of the Bumblebee.
In a career that鈥檚 taken her from bedroom beats to transcendent live shows, A茂sha Devi employs unearthly vocals and shimmering synths to create musical mantras. Explaining that from her perspective, 鈥榗lubs are the new temples鈥�, she casts herself as an artist cum shaman, setting out to bring audiences to a heightened state of consciousness.
Programme to include:
Daniel Avery (arr. Quinta) Unclassified: Song for the Swordsman
Afrodeutsche (arr. Dave Foster) Promises
Aisha Devi (arr. Robert Ames) Aethernal Score