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Sarah Kenchington: Wind Pipes for Edinburgh
Sarah Kenchington builds her mechanical instruments from discarded materials. Bicycle spokes, typewriters, the inner tubes of tractor tyres are combined to create unique musical machines which emit a discordant array of moans, squeaks and chimes. Kenchington’s work offers a contemporary manifestation of a long history of…
Trinity Apse Church Nave, Edinburgh
Thu 1 Aug
Free
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Fri 2 Aug
Free
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Sat 3 Aug
Free
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
To Dream Again
World Premiere: Cellist Peter Gregson’s new work To Dream Again unfolds after a series of interactions between the audience and bespoke data systems. Created especially for this world premiere, these audience interactions mean that each performance develops in an entirely different way in the laboratory venue and…
Inspace, Edinburgh
Mon 19 Aug
£15 / 0131 473 2000
Tue 20 Aug
£15 / 0131 473 2000
Thu 22 Aug
£15 / 0131 473 2000
Bang on a Can All-Stars
Ghosts of the past and present collide through video and sound technology in this evening-long project from the internationally renowned Brooklyn-based Bang on a Can All-Stars, an electric chamber ensemble that brings together some of the world’s most adventurous musical thinkers. The Field Recordings project looks back…
Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Fri 23 Aug
£12–£34 / 0131 473 2000
Wiszniewski & Stevenson: New Focus
Following rave reviews of its premiere in the 2011 Edinburgh Jazz Festival, Konrad Wiszniewski (tenor sax) and Euan Stevenson (piano)'s new project New Focus consists of large-scale compositions for jazz quartet, harp and string quartet; sounds like it's time to grab the word 'fusion', shove it in the shower and give it…
City Halls, Glasgow
Wed 19 Jun
Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells For Two
Daniel Holdsworth and Aidan Roberts attempt to recreate one of the most influential albums of the 20th century, live on stage, with just four hands and four feet. Those crazy cats.
City Halls, Glasgow
Tue 28 May
£18–£21 / 0141 353 8000
- 19:30
Eden Court Theatre, Inverness
Mon 27 May
£22 (£20) / 01463 234234
Grand Opera House, York
Wed 19 Jun
£19–£21 / 0844 871 3024
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Cian Nugent & The Cosmos
Complex eclectic jazz, blues and psych-rock.
Summerhall, Edinburgh
Thu 23 May
£7 (£6) / 0845 874 3001
With The Family Elan and Pyramidion.
- 20:00
Neu! Reekie!
Avant-garde spoken word, film and music fusion night describing itself as 'playing host to the sinister and the sanguine'.
Summerhall, Edinburgh
Fri 31 May
£7 / 0845 874 3001
With readings from American poet Krystelle Bamford and short story writer McGuire; music from Stevie Jackson of Belle and Sebastian and pop folkies Admiral Fallow; and the usual selection of animated goodness.
