Ryoji Ikeda: music for percussion 1 & 2
Alongside his monumental installations combining video and electronic sounds, Japan’s leading electronic composer and visual artist Ryoji Ikeda has also been working on pure acoustic sounds projects.
Commencing with music for percussion 1, commissioned by Eklekto Ensemble Geneva in 2016. Body Music features the hands and the legs of two percussionists engaging a virtuosic counterpoint of "body claps". Metal Music I is a duet and uses of one of the most iconic orchestral percussion instruments, the triangle. Metal Music II brings onstage two sets of crotales - small bronze discs played with violin bows to create a polyphony of sinus-like high frequencies. Metal Music III, a piece featuring 4 percussionists evolving in a landscape-like installation of 12 suspended cymbals, closes the first part. The second part presents pieces for three performers, from music for percussion 2 that use nonmusical objects.
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Programme
Performers
Ticket prices
Corporate Members enjoy discounted ticket prices for this performance.
20% discount for corporate members capped at 20.
10% discount for bookers for 2 or 3 shows.
20% discount for bookers for all 4 shows.
£12
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Silk Street, London
EC2Y 8DS
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