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Classical Music - New
Music Brighton
Cutting edge stuff at Pelham House this evening as New Music
Brighton, an association of local contemporary classical music
composers, present a concert of pieces from eight of their
members, played by the Shellira String Quartet. Six of the
pieces will be making their public debut, many of them will
be rather avant-garde. The NMB plug a gap which is usually
left well alone by concert organisers, who prefer to play
safe with at least some of the repertoire dedicated to better
known ‘classic’ composers.
Tonight’s featured composers include Peter Copley, Ric
Graebner (who is also being featured by the MAS this week
in the All Saints), Barry Mills, David Hoyle, Phil Baker,
William Johnstone, Guy Richardson and Julian Broughton. No
Corelli, then; not a Vivaldi to be heard. Expect to be surprised
occasionally by the tonality and sonority of the works, expect
more percussion than you might be used to from a string quartet,
expect quite some diversity of style. And expect to be entertained:
contemporary classical music might not be ‘safe’
but it’s nothing to be afraid of. AL |
