Ligeti Quartet: Shared Consciousness
What does the brain sound like?
Neuroscientist and composer Cliff Kerr explores what happens when performers become composers by translating their brain activity in real time into musical scores.
Leveraging recent advances in non-invasive EEG hardware and time series analysis methods information is extracted from the brain.
This world premiere is surrounded by pieces which make use of some of the same elements.
The shared consciousness represented in Lutosławski’s masterminding of the aleatoric process; Ruth Crawford Seeger’s trailblazing use of textures in her highly original 1931 string quartet where the whole is greater than the sum of individual parts; and Feshareki’s slowly cumulative exploration of open strings and harmonics.
Programme
Ruth Crawford Seeger – String Quartet (1931)
Cliff Kerr – Brainstaves (2019)
Witold Lutosławski – String Quartet (1964)
Shiva Feshareki – Venus/Zohreh (2018)
The Ligeti Quartet are:
Mandhira de Saram (violin 1)
Patrick Dawkins (violin 2)
Richard Jones (viola)
Val Welbanks (cello)
At the forefront of modern and contemporary music since their formation in 2010, the Ligeti Quartet has established a reputation as one of the UK’s leading ensembles, breaking new ground through innovative programming and championing of today’s most exciting composers and artists.
This is a PAY WHAT YOU THINK concert – pre-book a free ticket and then ‘pay what you think’ once the concert is finished. Payments can be made by cash or text message. Front of House staff will be around to help with any questions.
