Join Ben Gaunt for the premiere of a new piece for electronics and improvisers:
“When I was a child, our family used to go to Filey for our annual summer holiday. I absolutely loved it there! 2p machines, sandcastles, ice cream, playing football on the beach. I have very, very fond memories of the place. When I was 13, I wrote a piece for my local wind band called “Filey Brigg”. It was premiered under the baton of Anthony Houghton, to whom I am incredibly grateful for showing me such encouragement and support. Recently, I found the tape of that performance, and listened to it for the first time in – probably – 26 years! This new version of “Filey Brigg” features an hour-long electronics part, which combines the recording of my childhood piece with sounds recently recorded in Filey.
Feel free to listen to the entire piece or walk in and out of the performance as you desire. I will be improvising along to the electronics part, and you can join me if you want to! The music will be very relaxing, ambient, chilled-out, and beautiful.”
It is a wonderful opportunity to listen to this artist’s innovative music in the awe-inspiring atmosphere that the Pianodrome oozes.
Ben Gaunt
Ben Gaunt is a composer, sonic artist, and improviser. He has written for the London Symphony Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Grimethorpe Colliery Band, and many other lovely people. He has been nominated for an Ivor Novello Award, a British Composer Award, and is Professor in Composition at Leeds Conservatoire. Recently, Ben’s pieces have explored the city of Leeds (including Originally From Another Cross about Leeds Minster, Clad in Fire-Resistant Armour about the cladding on his flat in Leeds, and Goodbye Bins and Benches about his local park).