2024-09-28 – 17:25 h
OFFICIAL DESCRIPTION
Music and Maths, Synths and Soundtracks, with Will Gregory – one half of electropop duo Goldfrapp – and the ultra-versatile orchestra Britten Sinfonia.
Will Gregory’s 10-piece Moog Ensemble features illustrious names from the world of pop and classical music, including Adrian Utley of Portishead, Florence and the Machine’s Hazel Mills and composer Graham Fitkin – each bringing their distinctive musicianship to the retro-futurist world of fizzing, funky synths.
The first half focuses on sci-fi movie soundtracks and pays tribute to electronic music’s two great female pioneers: the BBC Radiophonic Workshop’s Delia Derbyshire and Wendy Carlos, creator of Moog-overdubbed Bach arrangements and the score for Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange. In the second half we hear the London premiere of Will Gregory’s suite for synths and orchestra, inspired by the theorems of ancient Greek mathematician and physicist Archimedes. Alongside the work, there will be fascinating insights into the connections between maths and music.
ARTISTS
- The Will Gregory Moog Ensemble
- Britten Sinfonia
- Ben Foster conductor
PROGRAM
- Johann Sebastian Bach/Wendy Carlos Prelude & Fugue in C minor (6 mins)
- Henry Purcell/Wendy Carlos Funeral Music for Queen Mary (A Clockwork Orange) (3 mins)
- Bernard Herrmann Fahrenheit 451 (10 mins)
- Charles Ives The Unanswered Question (6 mins)
- John Carpenter Escape from New York (8 mins)
- Vangelis Chariots of Fire: Main Theme (3 mins)
- Ron Grainer/Delia Derbyshire Doctor Who Theme (2 mins)
- Will Gregory Archimedes Suite (50 mins)
