Immerse yourself in the eclectic sounds produced by a new generation of visionary music makers, brought to life by a full orchestra. Alker presents her pick of intriguing, exploratory music alongside interviews with her line-up of crossover artists.
The innovative duo Ed Handley and Andy Turner have been expanding the realm of electronic music as Plaid since the early 90s. Forging ever bolder and emotive paths through electronic music, Elizabeth Alker now invites them to experiment as part of Unclassified Live and to write a new piece for full orchestra.
American musician Rafiq Bhatia joins the orchestra to perform new arrangements from his 2018 album Breaking English. A composer, guitarist, producer, and sound artist, Bhatia makes sculptural, meticulously crafted music that finds common ground among ecstatic avant-garde jazz, mournful soul, fractured beats and building-shaking electronics. 鈥淗is music manages to marry the busyness and vibrancy of jazz and the sparseness and sparkle of electronic music,鈥� Alker observes. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a wild and wonderful mix of those influences and experiences.鈥�
Grappling with questions of place is Daniel Elms鈥� debut album, Islandia, released in 2019, in which works for chamber orchestra, electric guitar and synthesisers take inspiration from his home city, Hull. Alker calls Elms鈥� complex, atmospheric music 鈥榠ntoxicatingly comforting.鈥�
Open up your perspective through music that reveals the unfamiliar histories, and unsettling hidden corners, of the places we call home.
After show DJ set with The Social DJs.
From 9.30pm in the Queen Elizabeth Hall foyer.