Sounds of Now: Rakhi Singh - Violin and Electronics

NICOLA MATTEIS Alia Fantasia (4’)
ANNA CLYNE October Rose for Two Violins (4’)
MICHAEL GORDON Tinge (4’)
ALEX GROVES Alula (9’)
ANDREW HAMILTON In Beautiful May (13’)
MISSY MAZZOLI Vespers (5’)
PAUL CLARK Natural Remedies (6’)
EDMUND FINNIS Elsewhere (8’)
JULIA WOLFE (arr. Singh) LAD (17’) 

Programme subject to minor changes 

One of the leading figures in the UK’s contemporary music scene, violinist and composer Rakhi Singh has garnered critical acclaim for her adventurous and boundary-crossing programmes. She has firmly established her reputation touring with cutting-edge artists such as Phillip Glass, Abel Selaocoe and the London Contemporary Orchestra. She is also the co-founder and Artistic Director of Manchester Collective, the award-winning ensemble known for its daring collaborations and engaging performances in spaces ranging from warehouses to nightclubs. 

In her debut solo recital for Music in the Round, Rakhi performs exhilarating music for violin and electronics by Michael Gordon, Andrew Hamilton and others. Edmund Finnis’s Elsewhere sees delicate, whispered tones coaxed from the violin, while Julia Wolfe’s LAD (originally composed for nine bagpipes, arranged here for violin and electronics) is an extraordinary, immersive experience – a wall-of-sound unlike any other.