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Location: Grand Hall, Glasgow City Halls

“I get the best of all possible worlds by using computers along with human performers for I can exploit the special qualities which each can bring to the music…there are qualities such as the subtle nuances of timbre and phrase which human performers bring to a performance which technology cannot match, as well as their concepts of interpretation." Janet Beat

This event showcases Beat’s interest in human and technological interaction – as well as works purely electronic and acoustic. One of her works for synthesizers, tape machines and acoustic instruments is followed by 'Apollo and Marsyas' featuring Yann Ghiro, the ´óÏó´«Ã½ SSO’s Principal Clarinet. Beat’s 1974 work for solo viola, was written for her colleague James Durrant (both taught at what is now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland) and is performed by his former student and ´óÏó´«Ã½ SSO Principal, Scott Dickinson. This composer portrait ends with 'Piangam', made up from the words 'piano' and 'gamelan', and was inspired by Beat’s life-long love affair with the East and pitches a piano against sounds of birdsong, bells and gongs.