Friday, 2 October 2009

Martin Harris Centre: high speed broadband network performance with Manchester Camerata (UK) and ExNovo Ensemble (Venice)

Manchester Camerata will perform in Continental Europe on Friday 2nd October... without leaving Manchester.
The orchestra will play a collaborative concert of new music using the power of Manchester's high-speed broadband network. A live synchronised performance by Manchester Camerata and the Venetian ensemble Ex Novo will be relayed to the Venice World Forum on Climate Change via the Internet, using the latest groundbreaking technology. Together they will perform Green Piece, a world première by Michele Dall’Ongaro, specially commissioned for the occasion. The performance takes place on Friday 2 October, as part of a free lunchtime concert featuring music by Charles Ives and Oliver Knussen, during the connection between the orchestras will be kept open, with a trumpeter in Venice providing the trumpet solo for Ives’ ‘Unanswered Question’.

Time & Date: 12:45pm, Friday 2nd October 2009

Venue: Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, Manchester University

Tickets: Free on a first come/first served bais. Please email rshaw@manchestercamerata.com, stating how many you require.

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