‘I Burn for You’ is an atmospheric new music theatre work inspired by Bram Stoker’s legendary vampire novel Dracula, created by composer Ian Wilson and stage director Tom Creed.
It brings together an astonishing line up of performers including the Hungarian death metal vocalist Attila Csihar (Mayhem, Sunn O))), and Void of Voices) – whose remarkable voice has been described as operatic – in the vampyric role.
He is joined by virtuosic vocal improvisers Phil Minton and Elaine Mitchener and acclaimed musicians including saxophonist Cathal Roche, accordionist Clive Bell and electro-acoustic improviser David Toop..
Pre-event talk with the artists Jerwood Kiln Studio, Snape 6.30pm. Admission free, but please book.
Project Management Paul Smith
Britten Studio, Snape
8pm
Tickets £15 Under 27s £10
For more information visit www.aldeburgh.co.uk or call the Box Office on 01728 687110
Faster Than Sound connects the legacy of Dubstep with some of the earliest experiments in electronic music and projection. Roly Porter (former Vex’d) presents Fall Back, specially commissioned by Aldeburgh Music. Porter fuses his background in British sound system music with experimental composition incorporating the unique, strikingly similar aesthetics of the Ondes Martenot and the Dobro; both patented in 1928 and played by Cynthia Millar. The music is partnered by Rod Maclachlan’s epic, archaic projections that evoke the sublime and phantasmagorical.
The evening is completed with the premiere live performance of Porter’s new debut solo album, Aftertime (also featuring Millar on the Ondes Martenot) and instrumental interludes plus more visuals from Maclachlan. (subtextrecordings.net)
Pre-event talk with the artists Jerwood Kiln Studio, Snape 6.30pm. Admission free, but please book.
Britten Studio, Snape.
Tickets £10
For more information visit www.aldeburgh.co.uk or call the Box Office on 01728 687110
Saturday 1 October
Christian Marclay, the Swiss-American visual artist and composer has won worldwide acclaim for his explorations of visual media and sound. Hot on the heels of winning the prestigious Golden Lion for best artist at the 2011 Venice Biennale, he comes to Aldeburgh Music for a specially commissioned performance piece.
Involving both regular and new collaborators, Steve Beresford, John Butcher, Mark Sanders, Alan Tomlinson, the new work uses found film footage and a local brass band, Suffolk Phoenix Brass.
Preceding the premiere is a separate performance of two other Marclay works, Ephemera performed by Steve Beresford and Manga Scroll (2010) interpreted by vocalist Elaine Mitchener.
Jerwood Kiln Studio, Snape 4pm (Ephemera, and
Manga Scroll) (ends approx 5.30pm) Tickets £5
Under development as part of a Faster Than Sound:LAB project for children and computer mice, Mira Calix and Memo Akten’s new composition draws inspiration from Ligeti’s La Poème Symphonique for 100 metronomes and Varèse’s La Poème Electronique. Using a computer game to generate its musical material, rhythmic mouse clicks of the performers are amplified, mixed and diffused, mimicking Ligeti’s iconic original. The composers are joined by a group of young people to present work in progress.
Free, no ticket required
Faster Than Sound:LAB receives generous support from Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Faster Than Sound is generously supported by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Photo: C. Passamonte
For more information visit www.aldeburgh.co.uk or call the Box Office on 01728 687110
Variable 4 – For 24 hours, Sound Artist, James Bulley and Software Engineer, Daniel Jones’s Variable 4 will use meteorological equipment and software to transform the weather conditions into an orchestral piece of music, projected through speakers integrated into the ground.
Hepworth Lawn, Snape Maltings Saturday
12 noon through Sunday 12 noon.
Free, no ticket required.
Fixing Point – Blast Theory with musician and composer, Chris Clark, have developed an interactive application that traces your movement. Armed with headphones as you walk away from Snape, you will be taken on a journey into a new musical landscape.
Snape Maltings Saturday & Sunday 10am-6pm.
Tickets £5. Pick up your headphones from the
Aldeburgh Music Visitor Centre.
Soundtrap V – A new audio-visual artwork is created and synthesized in a collaboration between musician Bruce Gilbert and Beaconsfield ArtWorks. Using ‘organic’ field recordings and expressive art, the Big Shed in Iken will undergo a visual transformation as the sound of the coast illuminates the room.
Big Shed, Iken Saturday & Sunday 10am-6pm.
Free, no ticket required. Pick up a map from
Aldeburgh Music Visitor Centre.
