The Expansion of Sound with Ethan Loch, Christoph Altstaedt & the Carers of Greater Manchester
As part of our Here We Are Festival, Manchester Camerata returns to our home- The Monastery, Manchester for a classical concert that connects music across nearly 800 years and explores what happens when composers break the rules.
It begins with Pérotin’s Viderunt Omnes, a hypnotic soundworld from the Middle Ages that still feels radical today. From there, we move through shifting ideas of time, harmony and listening, including Charles Ives’ The Unanswered Question, where strings, solo trumpet and woodwinds inhabit completely different worlds.
At the centre of the concert is a new work by Alan Williams, created with and inspired by carers from across Greater Manchester, a piece rooted in real voices and lived experience, shaped with our friends at The University of Salford.
We’re also welcoming back pianist Ethan Loch, our Artistic Partner, for his fourth appearance with Manchester Camerata and second in the Great Nave of The Monastery, joining conductor Christoph Altstaedt for Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 - the work that marked Beethoven out as a composer determined to do things differently.
The programme closes with Terry Riley’s In C, a landmark of minimalism built from simple repeating patterns that gradually shift and evolve, inviting performers and listeners into a shared sense of time and space.
Programme
- Pérotin Viderunt Omnes
- Alan Williams and Carers from Greater Manchester (Angela Massey, Jo Nicholson, Caroline Slifkin, Rose Edwards, Colette Travis, Jacqueline Jones, Helen Beaumont,Sonia Roczniak-Gulzar)
Carers' piece - Charles Ives The Unanswered Question
- Terry Riley In C
- Beethoven Piano Concerto No 3
Performed by
- Ethan Loch Piano
- Christoph Alstaedt Conductor
- Manchester Camerata
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