SOUND OUT LEEDS 24/25:
Manchester Collective – Hidden Mechanisms
Cassandra Miller Leaving
Oliver Leith The Big House
Heloise Werner Hidden Mechanisms (world premiere)
Olli Mustonen Piano Quintet
Music that makes you lean in.
Intimate, personal, and intricate. Chamber music has always invited a close-knit chemistry, where you can hear every bow and breath.
If chamber performances originally took place in homes, then the perfect setting for The Big House would be a derelict mansion. Oliver Leith’s piece is uncanny yet alluring – like the beckoning pull of the dark basement door. Quiet, spectral strings will haunt you long after the end.
One of the most exciting voices on the contemporary British scene, composer and soprano Héloïse Werner is known for her playful and imaginative style. Her new piece for the Collective, Hidden Mechanisms, peers into a music box and examines the tiny mechanical parts that power it, each inspiring a different movement. Expect a fun approach to vocals and theatrical flair.
It’s not all delicate sounds: cranking up the volume is Olli Mustonen’s Piano Quintet. Filled with musical jumpscares, it bursts with energy and a hint of mischief.
So come in, make yourself at home and listen closer.
Co-promotion with Howard Assembly Room/Opera North
Howard Assembly Room
46 New Briggate
Leeds
LS1 6NU
United Kingdom
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Full price: £22
Full-time students/unwaged/LeedsCard Extra/Under 30s: £11