Guildford International Music Festival 2005

Events for Wednesday 9 March 2005

Two exciting concerts for schools

Presented by Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra featuring The Elastic Band

Event number: 25

The Electric Theatre, 10.45am and 1.15pm

For tickets and further information, please call 01483 444666

Interactive Sound Installation
A Glimpse of Nature in a Synthetic World

by composer Anthony Bonello

Event number: 26

University of Surrey PATS Foyer, 11am - 7pm
Free event

See Special Events for further details

Joyce Dixey Composition Award Final

Event number: 27

University of Surrey, PATS Studio One, 1.10pm
Free admission

Students of the University of Surrey's Department of Music and Sound Recording compete annually for this composition award presented by the Mechanical Copyright Protection Society (MCPS). Today's finalists were chosen from the first round performances on 2 March, and a representative from the MCPS will attend to make the winning presentation.

The Garden of Cosmic Speculation

Illustrated talk and world premiere

Event number: 28

University of Surrey
PATS Studio One
7 pm
£6, £3 concessions

Exploring the Garden of Cosmic Speculation is a magical experience.
Professor James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA

Charles Jencks visiting speaker

Gemini
Ian Mitchell clarinets
Caroline Balding violin
Robin Michael cello
Julian Jacobson piano

Olivier Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time
Charles Jencks The Garden of Cosmic Speculation (an illustrated talk)
Stephen Goss The Garden of Cosmic Speculation (first performance)

The Garden of Cosmic Speculation is one of the most original and important gardens of the 21st century, created by the internationally celebrated architectural critic and designer Charles Jencks.

Covering thirty acres in the Borders area of Scotland, The Garden of Cosmic Speculation is conceived as a place to explore certain fundamental aspects of the universe. What are atoms made of and how should we conceive of them? How does DNA make up a living organism? Charles Jencks has created a series of new, expansive, visual metaphors that challenge misleading and frequently misunderstood concepts such as the 'Big Bang' and the 'Selfish Gene'. We are delighted to welcome Charles Jencks to the Festival.

Stephen Goss's exciting new composition for Gemini moves through the physical space of Jencks' garden exploring its sensuous surface in rich colours and varied musical styles while exploiting its underlying theoretical basis to generate the musical material.

According to quantum field theory, when the universe is reduced to a single essence it may turn out to be a co-ordinated symphony of vibrating energy, and its laws would be those of harmonic vibrations. Charles Jencks

Links:
View the Charles Jencks website
View the Gemini website

Jashn - E - Bahar

A celebration of Spring: music and dance from India and Africa
Presented by UniS Department of Dance Studies

Event number: 29

The Electric Theatre, 8pm
£10 full/senior citizens, £5 concessions

Special offer:

£16/£8 joint ticket with event number 58

A series of images which will long be remembered. Trinidad Guardian

Jashn - E - Bahar is an innovative and exciting collaboration between Triveni (Indian) and Muraldo (Afro-Caribbean) dance companies. The programme, led by Kathak master, Guru Pratap Pawar, is a combination of classical north Indian dance, folk dances from across India, dynamic Afro-Caribbean calypso and contemporary dance. Colourful, costumed dancers perform to a musical score featuring on-stage Tabla, Sitar and vocals from the Indian sub-continent and West African and Caribbean drumming. The dance sequences allow for both traditional as well as contemporary influences, while at the same time allowing these two distinct dance genres to work separately as well as with one another in a unique and extraordinary show.

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