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Things to doManchester Classical – Manchester Collective: The Body Electric

Manchester Classical – Manchester Collective: The Body Electric

Manchester Collective explores the power of the soloist in a performance of stark contrasts.
The Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley St, Manchester M2 3WS
From £9
3:30 pm
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- 4:30 pm
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The Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley St, Manchester M2 3WS
From £9
3:30 pm
- 4:30 pm
Save for later

Overview

From the sublime to the electric, Manchester Collective explores the power of the soloist in a performance of stark contrasts.

  • David Lang – Mystery Sonatas, mvt 1. Joy
  • J.S. Bach – Prelude from Cello Suite No.1 in G Major
  • Zoe Martlew – G-Lude
  • Missy Mazzoli – Vespers
  • J.S. Bach – Allemande and Sarabande from Cello Suite No.1 in G major
  • Julia Wolfe arr. Rakhi Singh – LAD
  • Rakhi Singh – violin (Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director of Manchester Collective)
  • Zoë Martlew – cello

Intimate, resonant sounds lull us into a false sense of security, before the violin and cello begin battling it out onstage. The pair end up drenched in delay, distortion and reverb; flitting between chaos, peace and order.

Gate-crashing the calm is Zoë Martlew’s ‘G-Lude’ for solo cello and electronics. A cathartic howl exploding from the quiet, it’s a celebration of the rough edges, complete with wild scrapes, screeches, thwacks and gasps. ‘G-Lude’ is a raucous homage to the Bach ‘Prelude’ also featured in this show.

Not content with letting the cello have the final say, Rakhi Singh’s arrangement of Julia Wolfe’s ‘LAD’, originally for nine bagpipes, is reinvented here for just one very loud violin – plugged into a crunchy guitar pedal.

Consider the mic dropped.

Directions

The Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley St, Manchester M2 3WS

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