Concert: PLAY – New Music for Video Game Controllers and House of Bedlam
- Tue 05 Nov 2024
- 7:00 pm
- Free
PLAY – New Music for Video Game Controllers and House of Bedlam
Practice. Precision. Play.
These words could describe a performance in the concert hall or in an online game. Yet, the two worlds are rarely understood to be related. This concert, and the project which led to it, asks: what happens when video game controllers are turned into expressive musical instruments? To find out, five composers joined forces with renowned experimental ensemble House of Bedlam to create an eye-opening range of music that cuts across genre to explore themes of control, identity, collaboration and – of course – play. Join us to explore new instruments, musical directions and never-before-heard soundworlds,
Programme includes:
Hongshuo Fan 范弘硕 – new work for video game controllers (2024)*
Cassie Kinoshi – new work for flute and video game controllers (2024)*
Robert Laidlow – Speedrun for cello and video game controller (2024)*
Sarah Hennies – Growing Block (2019) for mixed ensemble (2019)
Bofan Ma – new work for flute and video game controller (2024)*
Ellen Sargen – HIVE for saxophone and video game controller (2024)*
*Commissioned for PLAY
Supported by The Cultural Programme at the University of Oxford, PRiSM (the centre for Practice & Research in Science & Music at the Royal Northern College of Music), and Jesus College, Oxford University.