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City Halls : Grand Hall

DAY ONE: Saturday 11 May

17.00

INTRODUCTORY TALK: WHAT IS TECTONICS?

Join Tectonics curator Ilan Volkov as he discusses the festival with some of the participants, including Alvin Lucier, Hildur Guðnadóttir and David Fennessy.

18.00 Grand Hall

OPENING CONCERT with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

David Fennessy Prologue (Silver are the tears of the moon) BBC Commission, World Premiere

Feldman Cello and Orchestra

Alvin Lucier Exploration of the House UK Premiere

Charles Ross The Ventriloquist

Frank Denyer The Colours of Jellyfish*

BBC Co-Commission with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra UK Premiere

Anton Lukoszevieze (cello)

Juliet Fraser (soprano*)

Children from St. Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral Choir, Edinburgh*

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Ilan Volkov (conductor)

c.20.00 Old Fruitmarket

VOICE OF THE BIRDS with Hanna Tuulikki

Hanna Tuulikki’s Air falbh leis na h-eòin (Away with the Birds) is a body of work interrogating the mimesis of birds in Gaelic song. The vocal composition at its core, Guthnaeòin (Voice of the Bird), will be premiered at this performance by a choir of female singers.

This event is a mixture of seating and standing

c.21.00 Grand Hall

DUMITRESCU/AVRAM with Iancu Dumitrescu, Ana-Maria Avram & Stephen O’Malley

Ana-Maria Avram Nouvel Archae for computer-assisted voice and live voice

Iancu Dumitrescu Hazard and Tectonics,for computer assisted sounds, electric guitars, prepared piano, percussion

Ana-Maria Avram Metalstorm (II) for computer assisted sounds, electric guitar,cello, percussion and piano

Duration: approx. 45 minutes

c.22.00 – c.24.00 Old Fruitmarket

LATE GIG with Aidan Moffat, Stuart Braithwaite, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Oren Ambarchi, James Rushford, Joe Talia & members of the BBC SSO. DJ set from Stephen Pastel.

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