Ether 2011: Adrian Utley (Portishead) & Will Gregory (Goldfrapp) collaborate for The Passion of Joan of Arc

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Alison Fraser

Shot in France in 1927 by Carl Theodore Dreyer, the silent film The Passion of Joan of Arc was the victim of 55 years of bad luck. Censored before its release in 1928, the original negative was destroyed by fire. Then a second negative re-edited by Dreyer from alternate takes was also thought lost to [...]

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Ether 2011: Digital artist Klaus Obermaier on revamping The Rite of Spring

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Alison Fraser

Klaus Obermaier, digital artist behind The Rite of spring in 3D, in conversation with Southbank Centre’s Head of Contemporary Culture, Gillian Moore. GM: How have you managed to integrate a live dancer, live orchestra and screen? KO: Stereo cameras and a complex computer system transfer the dancer Julia Mach to a virtual three-dimensional space. Time layers [...]

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Ether 2011: Rites – The Rite of Spring live in 3D

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Alison Fraser

Ether has a history of bringing together seemingly the most unlikely of collaborators. This year is no different with Stravinsky’s seminal The Rite of Spring played live by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra plus Klaus Obermaier’s stunning 3D visuals on a screen behind the orchestra. Julia Mach dances live to the music – a [...]

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Ether 2011: Louis Andriessen on his Ether premiere

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Alison Fraser

Louis Andriessen, photo: Francesca Patella London Sinfonietta’s Sara Mohr-Pietsch visits composer Louis Andriessen in his Amsterdam studio to discuss his work to be performed tonight at Ether 2011, including the UK premiere of Anaïs Nin a new work for singer, ensemble and film and De Staat (The Republic) his 1976 work of jazz-infused politically charged [...]

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Ether 2011: Get to know Colin Currie

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Alison Fraser

The Colin Currie Group are returning to Southbank Centre this week for Ether 2011 with one of Steve Reich’s most acclaimed works, Drumming. We caught up with Colin to ask him our quick questions. What do you fear the most and why? Struggling to answer this one, so I guess I’m fairly fearless! I dislike [...]

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Ether 2011: Upload your sounds for Tim Exile’s live gig

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Alison Fraser

In addition to being one of the most exciting live performers around Tim Exile has established himself at the forefront of interactive music making. For Ether, a festival dedicated to the cutting edge of music making, we’re working with Tim to take this online collaboration even further. As part of his main Ether performance Tim will [...]

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Ether 2011: Trailer for 2001: A Space Odyssey Live with Philharmonia Orchestra

Posted on April 2, 2011 by Alison Fraser

Following a sell-out success in June 2010, Southbank Centre presents Stanley Kubrick’s seminal film 2001: A Space Odyssey with live music. Conducted by André de Ridder, the enormous forces of Philharmonia Orchestra and Philharmonia Voices join together to perform the film’s extraordinary soundtrack, as live accompaniment to a screening in Royal Festival Hall. Long recognised [...]

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Ether 2011: Tim Exile’s Jamshops – the interactive jamming experience

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Alison Fraser

Tim Exile hosts a series of Jamshops where you can make music with him up close and personal by collaborating in a group jam. Get a hands-on experience of Tim’s unique bespoke live electronic music performance machine, create and manipulate your own sounds, jam along and be sampled, and come away with your own exclusive [...]

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Ether 2011: Space Capsule lands at Southbank Centre

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Alison Fraser

On 31 March & 1 April, Will Gregory’s Piccard in Space crash-lands at Southbank Centre as part of Ether 2011. Gregory’s (of Goldfrapp) debut opera is a classic adventure about the real-life physicist Auguste Piccard and his mission to prove Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. In 1931, he broke aviation records by reaching 51,775 feet (15,781m) [...]

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Ether 2011: Young Xenarchitects – Painting with Sound

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Alison Fraser

Ether 2011 sees a focus on one of the 20th century’s most important composers, Iannis Xenakis with performances and interactive workshops . Here composer Aleks Kolkowski tells us about his experiences with the Ether project ‘Young Xenarchitects’ at Southbank Centre. Iannis Xenakis‘ dual career as architect and composer is beautifully illustrated by his 1953 masterpiece Metasastis, whose [...]

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