Tectonics Glasgow 2024 - 'an invigorating adrenaline rush' - The Scotsman

'a novel, invigorating experience...wild ephemeral transformations...Edvard Greig-inspired repose...a final ebullient Bartok-style Hoolie'

Wow!! Super happy with this review of Juhani Silvola's & my commission for us with BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra strings & Ilan Volkov at Tectonics Glasgow!

Tectonics Glasgow among many good things: #EikoYamada twittering-raspberries, shimmeringshinyshoedsciarrino, scientific doings ripped from the ether by LemkeRedspidersJackson, wild fun from Mariam Rezaei matthew shlomowitz & a great grand finale feat the superb sinkingblinking Lag Jack Sheen

🎶 2 BBC Commissions/World Premieres by Jack Sheen & Charles Uzor, and 2 UK Premieres by Carola Bauckholt & Mirela Ivičević (featuring Ilya Gringolts) and conducted by Ilan Volkov.

🎧 Enjoy two Tectonics specials on BBC Radio 3's New Music Show (11&18 May) with kate molleson

Well Son2 & I had a great afternoon & evening Tectonics Glasgow with a fabulous range performers at the cutting edges of new music. Including the remarkable Ka Baird. Thanks to all. A fine occasion this year again & in perfect venues.

Back in the Recital Room for the final performance of Kate Armitage’s live improvised works with Vymethoxy Redspiders, Helmut Lemke & Dave Jackson 🎸🎷

🎸 Guitarist Yaron Deutsch performed the UK premieres of 2 major contemporary works for electric guitar by Pierluigi Billone & Andreas Dohmen

Avant-garde vocalist & theremin player Koichi Makigami joined forces with the veteran improvising percussionist Roger Turner in the Old Fruitmarket.

Let's do Day 2!! Brian Irvine assembles musicians of all ages & instruments to be part of the beautiful, monster, music machine THE IMAGINARY ORCHESTRA.

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Brian Irvine & The Imaginary Orchestra

Tectonics Glasgow Day 2 let’s go

DAY 2 starts at 3pm with Brian Irvine & THE IMAGINARY ORCHESTRA.

Doors open at Glasgow City Halls from 2pm. Sunday Passes are available on the door.

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“Coming to see what I do, you don’t sit back' Elaine Mitchener

Experimental vocalist & composer Elaine Mitchener performed 3 works in the Old Fruitmarket including a moving interpretation of the Black spiritual ‘Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child’ by Olly Wilson.

Tonight with BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Ilan Volkov at Tectonics Glasgow, the world premiere of my new orchestral piece ‘Lag’. Thank you to everyone who’s helped make this piece happen. Broadcast soon via BBC Radio 3.

That was a total rush. I couldn’t be happier. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra just amazing, committed, intense, beautiful, and Tectonics Glasgow just the best festival. The piece will be on thenewmusic.show very soon. Lovely to meet kate molleson too! I’m wiped out now, but in a good way.

🎸🎷 Vymethoxy Redspiders, Helmut Lemke & Dave Jackson - live improvisation in the Recital Room from Day 1 of Tectonics Glasgow 2024.

Hear today at 15.30 & 19.15 at Glasgow City Halls

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🎻 Ilya Gringolts 'Sei nuovi capricci e un saluto' for solo violin by Salvatore Sciarrino

Experimental vocalist, movement artist & composer Elaine Mitchener performs Olly Wilson's 'Sometimes', a moving interpretation of the Black spiritual 'Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child'.

Marlo De Lara & Euan Currie performed live improvisation drawing on voices, electronics and field recordings

🌬️ Air becomes sound with recorder player, improviser and sound-worker Eiko Yamada

🎻 Old Fruitmarket: Sarah-Jane Summers & Juhani Silvola with BBC SSO Strings & Ilan Volkov