BEAST: Sonic Fingerprints

Saturday 6 March 2010 at 6.00pm

CBSO Centre, Birmingham +44 (0)121 767 4050

BEAST (Birmingham Electro-Acoustic Sound Theatre)  
Jonty Harrison  director
Luciane Careassi  piano
Eric Bumstead  percussion

6pm, 7.30pm & 9pm

BEAST presents a weekend of sonic delight using its spectacular multi-channel sound diffusion system. The two-day event celebrates 20 years of empreintes DIGITALes, the Montreal-based CD and DVD label, which specializes in acousmatic electroacoustic music and on which many BEAST, British and UK-based composers appear (Saturday 6 March). Sunday 7 March whets the appetite for the University's performances (on 18 & 19 March) of Stockhausen's Carré (1959-60) for four orchestras and choirs, with a performance of his Kontakte, composed at the same time, featuring Canadian duo Luciane Careassi and Eric Bumstead.

£14, £8 concessions, £5 under 16’s, £4 students