"Kantione" concert night: μ Ensemble

The μ Ensemble works with subtle, intense microtonal drone sounds, generated using analog instruments such as hurdy-gurdies, homemade bagpipes, violas, and wind instruments, as well as electronic sine waves. With the resulting dense acoustic textures, the ensemble explores the interpretation of medieval polyphony, weaving elements of Pérotin's organum compositions and Hildegard von Bingen's antiphonal chants into fluctuating, shimmering masses of sound that atmospherically fill the space.


The μ Ensemble works with subtle, intense microtonal drone sounds, generated with analog instruments such as hurdy-gurdies, self-made bagpipes, violas, and wind instruments, as well as electronic sine waves. Alf Brooks – sine waves, radio, tape recorder

• Aisling Marnane – viola
  
• Germán Gabriel García – trumpet, flugelhorn
  
• Joseph Summers – bagpipes, hurdy-gurdy, stringed instruments, whistles
  

Duration: 60 minutes (no intermission)