MANTIS Festival Fall 2011 (October 28 - 30, 2011)

4 concerts!!!

October 28, 19.30; October 29, 18.00 and 19.30; October 30, 14.00; Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, Manchester UK

Featuring guest artists Andrew Lewis, Adrian Moore, Hans Tutschku, David Eagle, Chikashi Miyama and Psappha. Works by MANTIS composers (students, Ricardo Climent and David Berezan) will also be featured, including the UK premieres of David Berezan's buoy (5.1 channels, 10 minutes) and Thumbs (8-channels, 12 minutes), both composed in 2011.

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Kevin Malone´s two new orchestra tone poems about 9/11 at the Imperial War Museum North at Salford Quays

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Pictured above, town of the crash site of United Airlines Flight 93 on 11 Sept 2001

Last Sunday, 11 Sept — the tenth anniversary of the events of 9/11 — the premieres of two new orchestra tone poems about 9/11 by Kevin Malone (Music, University of Manchester) took place at the Imperial War Museum North at Salford Quays.  The programme lasted until 5:00pm, and admission was free.  

Performers for “E pluribus unum”: Nottingham Philharmonic with Mark Heron conducting, Christian Elliot cello soloist and Manuella Blackburn computer programmer/playback musician.  

Performers for “Angels and Fireflies”: musicians from the Winston-Salem Symphony Orchestra with conductor Woodson Faulkner, flute soloist Tadeu Coelho and Angela Yarber dancer.  

The British flag recovered from the collapse of the World Trade Center towers was on display alongside the performers.  Broadcasted by BBC Radio Manchester on Sunday morning at 10:30am with a live interview with Gordon Burns, part of which will include excerpts from these pieces of research.

Kevin Malone