Past events

Inspired by Bartók’s legacy as a composer and collector of Eastern Europe folk music, KOGG conjures a world inspired by the breadth of Bartok’s explorations coupled with their own unique sound and approach.

Experimental electroacoustic duo KOGG is a collaboration between Selena Kay and Cerys Hogg. KOGG combine composition with improvisation and generative approaches. Working with real and home-made instruments, sound objects, and field recordings, they fabricate a kaleidoscopic sound world of elastic rhythms and shifting melodies.

The Ligeti Quartet make their return to Barber Concerts and give the final Barber Lunchtime Concert of the 21/22 season.

Ayanna Witter-Johnson is a multi-talented singer/songwriter, cellist, pianist and composer. She has a phenomenal mastery for seamlessly crossing the boundaries of classical, jazz, reggae, soul and R&B, to imprint her unique musical signature collaborating with artists including Anoushka Shankar, Nitin Sawhney, Andrea Bocelli and Jools Holland.

Laura Jurd leads this 11-piece ensemble recreating the music of her album Stepping Back, Jumping In, described as ‘a stylistic reinvention from the esteemed trumpeter’ with ‘moments of unalloyed joy’ by Guardian critic John Fordham. The ensemble features members of Laura’s regular quartet: pianist Elliot Galvin, bass player Conor Chaplin and drummer Corrie Dick, plus the Ligeti Quartet and three brass players. One for lovers of contemporary jazz and contemporary classical music.

New York drummer Sean Noonan who is now based in London will again partner with the Ligeti Quartet in the most ambitious project to date. Commissioned by the Arts Council of England, PRS for Music, and Forestry England, Bartalk addresses the issue of solitary confinement — a long-held concern for the composer that has only come into sharper focus during the pandemic era.

New York drummer Sean Noonan who is now based in London will again partner with the Ligeti Quartet in the most ambitious project to date. Commissioned by the Arts Council of England, PRS for Music, and Forestry England, Bartalk addresses the issue of solitary confinement — a long-held concern for the composer that has only come into sharper focus during the pandemic era.

New York drummer Sean Noonan who is now based in London will again partner with the Ligeti Quartet in the most ambitious project to date. Commissioned by the Arts Council of England, PRS for Music, and Forestry England, Bartalk addresses the issue of solitary confinement — a long-held concern for the composer that has only come into sharper focus during the pandemic era.

New York drummer Sean Noonan who is now based in London will again partner with the Ligeti Quartet in the most ambitious project to date. Commissioned by the Arts Council of England, PRS for Music, and Forestry England, Bartalk addresses the issue of solitary confinement — a long-held concern for the composer that has only come into sharper focus during the pandemic era.

New York drummer Sean Noonan who is now based in London will again partner with the Ligeti Quartet in the most ambitious project to date. Commissioned by the Arts Council of England, PRS for Music, and Forestry England, Bartalk addresses the issue of solitary confinement — a long-held concern for the composer that has only come into sharper focus during the pandemic era.

New York drummer Sean Noonan who is now based in London will again partner with the Ligeti Quartet in the most ambitious project to date. Commissioned by the Arts Council of England, PRS for Music, and Forestry England, Bartalk addresses the issue of solitary confinement — a long-held concern for the composer that has only come into sharper focus during the pandemic era.

Tune back into the sounds we unconsciously block out in the hustle and bustle of life with performances responding to the noises of the environments around us.

New works for string quartet by composers of the Cornelius Cardew Concerts Trust as tributes to Cornelius in this his 85th anniversary year, which is also 40 years since his untimely death. The concert, organised by the Cornelius Cardew Concerts Trust in association with Morley College and the Ligeti Quartet, celebrates how Cornelius Cardew linked his music with the struggle to open the door to progress. It aims to uphold Cardew’s legacy of having fidelity to the ensemble of human relations, and being dedicated to the creation of a new world of socialised humanity.

Ligeti Quartet play works by DKDM composers, including:

• James Budinich - Tautology
• Marianna Filippi - Sympathetic Resonance
• Anders Skibsted - Strygekvartet 1a
• Matias Vestergård - TRAEK
• Lasse Winterbottom - Euthycarcinoid No. 3

The Ligeti Quartet will be in Glasgow during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (Cop26) to take part in BBC Radio 3's New Music Show, joining Xenia Pestova-Bennett in her Atomic Legacies, and performing John Luther Adams's The Wind in High Places.

Recording:
5th November 2021, 19:00-21:00
Doors open 18:00
Studio B, BBC Scotland, Glasgow G51 1DA

We usually try to ignore latency (the delay between live sound and transmitted sound) in virtual concerts…but what if it’s an integral part of the music?