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SUNDAY 15 MAY 2016 | 16:00

ST. GEORGE'S BRISTOL

Bristol electro-acoustic composer John Bence joins forces with Cambridge chamber choir Concanenda to present the world premiere of Ansien, a transformative new music experience that finds sound travelling and morphing in innovative ways.

Ways of listening and the distinctions between acoustic and digital realms become reframed and reinvigorated across two of Bristol’s finest venues, as day becomes night across the city.

Part I will see the nine-piece Concanenda choir debut a new sacred choral piece written and scored by John Bence as well as a selection of other works in the hallowed acoustic space of St George’s Bristol, while Part Two sees a live reimagining of the same piece performed at The Cube Cinema.

PROGRAMME

Purcell Thou knowest Lord the secrets of our hearts
Victoria Vadam et circumibo
Byrd Cunctis Diebus
Palestrina Jesu, Rex admirabilis
Victoria O Vos Omnes
Lobo Versa est in luctum
Byrd Kyrie (from Mass for 4 voices)
Bence Ansien (premiere)

PART II

Ways of listening and the distinctions between acoustic and digital realms become reframed and reinvigorated across two of Bristol’s finest venues, as day becomes night across the
city.

For part two, we follow Bence to the intimate auditorium of The Cube Cinema, where he presents a live electronic reimagining using samples of Concanenda’s Part One performance recorded earlier that day. Bence’s unique performance concept is an exploration of how music can be transformed in different contexts, and how electronics can completely redesign recorded sound.

Bence will be joined by ASHLEY PAUL, who is an American performer/ composer, currently based in London. Her intuitive process integrates free form song structures with a focused approach to sound and clatter. A complexity of instruments including saxophone, clarinet, voice, prepared strings, bells and percussion create a delicate palette, uniquely her own. For Bristol New Music Ashley performis as a trio with Ben Pritchard (guitar, voice) and Olan Stephens (guitar, voice, electronics). http://ashleypaul.net/

JOHN BENCE is a young composer and producer from Bristol who radically combines contemporary classical, electro-acoustic music and bass culture. His compositional process incorporates a cyclical technique of scoring, recording, manipulating and re-scoring to create heady, intoxicating ripples of harmony and noise. He released his debut EP 'Disquiet' on Nicolas Jaar's Other People label in 2015. Since then he has performed at prestigious international festivals such as Berlin Atonal and Artefact as well as undertaking a residency at Etopia in Zaragoza. https://soundcloud.com/johnbence