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When: 7.30pm on Thursday 21 November 2024
Where: Hallé St Peter’s, 40 Blossom Street, Ancoats, Manchester, M4 6BF
PLEASE NOTE: This show has sold out! Watch this space for information about future Erland Cooper shows in Manchester.
We’re delighted to welcome Erland Cooper back to Manchester!
Erland Cooper: Carve the Runes
Then Be Content With Silence
Erland Cooper is a Scottish composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist originally from Stromness, Orkney. As a solo artist, he has released five acclaimed studio albums, including a trilogy of work inspired by his childhood home, as well as themes of nature, people, place and time.
His work combines field recordings with traditional orchestration and contemporary electronic elements. Through music, words and cinematography he explores landscape, memory and identity. He develops these themes further by partnering with other artists, writers and poets. Cooper also works across mixed media projects including installation art, theatre and film.
He’s widely known for burying the only existing copy of the master tape of his first classical album in Scotland, deleting all digital files and leaving only a treasure hunt of clues for anyone to seek it. The tape was found in 2023 and the album will be released, exactly as it sounds from the earth, this year along with its world premiere of the completed score.
‘Nature’s songwriter’ – The Guardian
‘One of the most unique, consistently engaging composers of his generation’ – CLASH
‘Exploring the place where electronic and classical music can co-habit’ – The Quietus
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A screening of Recomposing Earth will precede Erland’s performance. What happens when an artist risks losing the only recording of their album by burying it in the earth in the name of art? Recomposing Earth tells this unique story – of Erland Cooper’s ultimate collaboration with the natural world. This short film is by Christian Cargill – the Tribeca Festival and BAFTA Cymru award-winning filmmaker.
Age restriction: 14+. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.
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