Xenia Pestova Bennett presents world premieres composed especially for the University's Magnetic Resonator Piano (MRP) now permanently housed in the Sonic Lab, SARC. The new pieces were selected from composition submissions by summer workshop participants, who explored the MRP in depth over a series of group and individual sessions. Originally designed by Andrew McPherson, this innovative hybrid instrument expands the capabilities of the concert grand piano, introducing an array of colourful techniques from bowed-like sounds to otherworldly textures.

Photo credit: Andy Catlin

Programme - all pieces are world premieres

Anne Marie Deacy - Cosmic Stethoscope

Eileen McLoughlin - Waxing Gibbous

Avril Kneafsey - Sparkles

Kristain Rasmussen - Rumination

Rory Murphy - Acanthus

Sam Chambers - Hamlet’s Voyage to England

Tristan Kersten - Cyclene

Dylan Murphy - Between Two Points

Aga Olek - Cloaked