Event 54: British Electronic Music in the 1960s

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British Electronic Music in the 1960s: Wishart, Gerhard, Derbyshire, Oram, Davies

A selection of electronic tape music and audiovisual work by pioneering composers working in Britain during the formative years of electronic music, projected via multiple loudspeakers surrounding the audience. Celebrated Leeds-born composer Trevor Wishart will perform extracts from his first tape work ‘Machine’ (1969)—which includes sounds recorded in factories in Leeds and Nottingham—and his most recent work ‘Encounters in the Republic of Heaven’ (2006–10). Monty Adkins (University of Huddersfield) will perform several pieces by Roberto Gerhard that have been newly restored from rare archive tapes. The programme also includes works by Delia Derbyshire and Daphne Oram—of BBC Radiophonic Workshop fame—and Hugh Davies.

6.30pm – Pre-concert talk by James Mooney, Monty Adkins, Trevor Wishart

7.30pm – Concert (estimated finish 9.30pm)

Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall, School of Music, University of Leeds