Saturday 28 November

Bates Mill 9.15pm,
Full price £18; Concessions £16

Jonathan Harvey Bhakti
Richard Barrett Mesopotamia (World Premiere) Broadcast Live by Radio3
Richard Barrett & fORCH fOKT 6

London Sinfonietta
fORCH
Richard Barrett electronics

A concert to celebrate Richard Barrett's versatility both as a composer and performer, in his 50th year. 

Inspired by artefacts found on ancient archeological sites, Richard Barrett's Mesopotamia has a dense, multi-layered structure that imitates the successive destruction and re-building of communities throughout history. Scored for 17 instruments and electronics, the piece forms the fifth part of a series of compositions collectively entitled resistance & vision, and has been commissioned by the London Sinfonietta with generous support from the London Sinfonietta Commissioning Circle. Mesopotamia will be played alongside Jonathan Harvey's Bhakti - a reflective, spiritual exploration of Sanskrit hymns, some of the world's oldest religious texts.

fORCH was formed in 2005, based around the electro-acoustic duo FURT (Richard Barrett & Paul Obermayer). The duo is combined with two vocalists and four instrumentalists, all leading players in experimental music who have developed their own unprecedented sounds and techniques, so that the boundary between electronic and acoustic sound may be constantly crossed from either direction.

Produced by hcmf// Mesopotamia is commissioned by the London Sinfonietta with generous support from the London Sinfonietta Commissioning Circle; part of this concert will be broadcast live by BBC Radio 3.

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• joan hamilton

  at 22:24 on Monday 9 November 2009, wrote

  You should listen to pj caplin if you want electroacousmatique works.