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Marc Allan

Manchester Collective: WEATHER

27 May 2027 19:30
27 May 2027
19:30
  • 27 May 2027
    19:30
    Schwarzman Centre, Oxford
    Sohmen Concert Hall
    Coming soon

A breathtaking expedition through four landscapes, WEATHER is an artistic record of threatened habitats, brought to life through live music, field recordings and film. 

Manchester Collective, the boundary-pushing chamber ensemble, joins forces with award-winning field recordist Chris Watson and Spanish filmmaker Carlos Casas to reimagine Michael Gordon’s cult 1997 composition Weather for string orchestra. Audiences are transported from an East Asian rainforest to the world’s oldest desert; from an Icelandic glacier to a sunken medieval town off the English coast. Each singular in their beauty, each bearing the scars of extreme weather events. 

Award-winning field recordist Chris Watson, known for his work on BBC natural history programmes including Frozen Planet, draws on his extraordinary archive of sounds. The slow bubbling of melting ice, merciless desert winds and the morning cries of tropical birds create an immersive sound installation that accompanies Manchester Collective's performance. Screens envelop the stage with panoramic vistas captured by filmmaker Carlos Casas. 

WEATHER is supported by the Cockayne Foundation, Leche Trust and Maria Björnson Memorial Fund

 

Performers

Manchester Collective String orchestra

 

Repertoire 

Michael Gordon Weather 70' 

 

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Duration:

1 hour 10 minutes. Plus, a panel discussion. 

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“This work, noisy, sobering, dizzying, offers no easy conclusions. Nor is it one to forget”

The Observer

Credits

Manchester Collective String orchestra
Rakhi Singh Creative and Music Director
Chris Watson Sound installation
Carlos Casas Film installation

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