Manchester Collective

Feel the ground tremble as Manchester Collective morph into a bass-heavy ensemble, set against amesmerising backdrop of visual projections and electronics. Sliding rhythms and revving engines from James Tenney’s ‘Glissade’ rip open a chasm from which Luke Mombrea’s atmospheric ‘Black Gold’ emerges.

Tracing the history of a disastrous oil well fire, Luke’s audiovisual piece takes us from Californian mountains to the rumblings of industry. Fragmented photographs and textural projections by visual artist Nate Mohler complete the story.

With a rush of industrial pulses and sirens, a new work by composer and producer Sasha Scottshunts us between underground electronic spaces and the concert hall. It’s an intoxicating journeyinto the night.

We finally come up for air with contemplative Bach chorales and a cinematic vista from HildurGuðnadottir. Much loved for her TÁR, The Joker and Chernobyl scores, her piece ‘From the OtherPlace’ is a masterclass in restraint and expanse before we plummet back towards the shattered earth.

J.S. Bach   Selections from Orgelbüchlein
James Tenney   Glissade I. Shimmer and II. Array (a’sysing)
Sasha Scott   Into the Glare
Hildur Guðnadottir   From the Other Place
Luke Mombrea   Black Gold