Performance
Adam Swayne: Couperin and Concrète
An evening with Manchester-based pianist and new music specialist, Adam Swayne.
This programme of music for piano and electronics owes as much to older styles as it does the musique concrete of 20th century France. The colourful musical palettes of French giants Couperin and Messiaen appear alongside hypnotic cityscapes and church bells. Legendary recordings by Caruso, Judy Garland, and some of the greatest albums of all time, are used as ‘found material’ in heady juxtapositions with virtuosic live piano music.
Pianist Adam Swayne presents a mesmeric hour that will challenge your perceptions. What is present, and what is past? What is music, and what is sound? What is familiar, and what is unfamiliar?
Pianist Adam Swayne presents a mesmeric hour that will challenge your perceptions. What is present, and what is past? What is music, and what is sound? What is familiar, and what is unfamiliar?
