Arts
Setting the tone at the Lakeside Theatre
The University’s autumn music programme continues with eclectic work at
the Lakeside Theatre.
Following two jazz performers in October, November sees Empirical at
the Lakeside at 8.30pm, 8 November. Last year their self-titled debut
album won almost every jazz award going, including both MOJO and Jazzwise
Album of the Year.
Empirical will be
performing at the Lakeside Theatre this month
Armed with a catalogue of soul defining music, Kevin Pearce returns to
the Lakeside after producing his album, For Her, at 8.30pm, 13
November. His unique voice combined with the raw passion of his
composition guarantees an electrifying evening with one of Colchester’s
finest.
November ends with two very different performances. Firstly, the
University’s Musicians in Residence, the Angell Trio, present work by
three living composers from the USA, Australia and the UK. American-born
George Crumb’s powerful Sonata for Solo Cello and Australian
composer Peter Sculthorpe, whose music evokes the atmosphere of the
outback, will be performed at 8pm, 27 November. British composer Peter
Fribbins will be there in person to introduce his dramatic Piano Trio.
New musical horizons then come into view with improvisation and
electronics at 8.30pm, 28 November. Sounds from the Horizon offer a
concert combining extended instrumental techniques with exploration of new
sounds. Andrew Allen (digital sampling and processing) and Malcolm Miles
(saxophone and digital sound processing) have formed a unique partnership
that explores a range of moods, shapes and textures, all of which start as
acoustic saxophone sounds. Chris Burn contributes an electronic treatment
of piano and trumpet.
For tickets, telephone: 01206 873621 or e-mail:
arts@essex.ac.uk. Alternatively, you
can book through the Lakeside Theatre’s partnership with the Mercury
Theatre, telephone: 01206 573948 or visit:
www.mercurytheatre.co.uk/artson5.
Also in the printed November edition of Wyvern:
- Dramatic dates for your diary
- Spotlight on Latin American Art
- Now Showing
