“Somewhere between the blurred orchestral washes of Gavin Bryars’s The Sinking of the Titanic, the creaking emptiness of Nurse With Wound’s Salt Marie Celeste and the sublime, submerged mysteries of John Luther Adams’s Become Ocean… haunted both by the near future and the barely perceptible unravelling of the present.”
Phil England, The Wire

“Black Glass In Pieces is an intimate musical journey - but at scale… The musicians and the audience journey together into the unknown… [for] a proper immersive collective experience. It is very exciting musically. Showcasing the strength of music making in Scotland that is unencumbered by form… Really brave, really experimental.”
Jean Cameron, Executive Producer, Edinburgh International Culture Summit.


Live Performances at The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh
Made In Scotland Showcase @ Edinburgh Fringe

https://www.madeinscotlandshowcase.com/shows/black-glass-in-pieces-michael-begg-and-the-black-glass-ensemble/

“Music of uncanny beauty, where environmental sounds and mysterious electro-acoustic timbres fold into glacial strings and warm brass”
Stewart Smith, The List

The Black Glass Ensemble reveals new music for the anthropocene in the margins of classical and experimental music. Combining the cream of Scotland’s chamber players with longstanding pioneers of the UK’s avant-garde electronic underground, the result of these liminal explorations is an emotionally resonant new music that challenges the senses, confounds expectations and breaks open new sonic ground.

The Black Glass Ensemble are: Michael Begg (scores, samples, data feeds, erosions); Ben Ponton (receivers, recordings, forensics); Clea Friend (cello); Aisling O’Dea (violin); Siún Milne (violin); Neil Cuthbertson (trumpet); Jen Cuthbertson (French horn); Douglas Caskie (tuned and bespoke percussion).

UPDATES

July 16 2022
BLACK GLASS IN PIECES is a two day showcase for Black Glass programmed as part of the Made In Scotland showcase at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Tickets are on sale now.
Here is a brief promotional video, put together by the Made In Scotland team, featuring Jean Cameron, Executive Producer at the Edinburgh International Culture Summit: https://vimeo.com/728848855

March 16 2022
Tickets are now on sale for the Black Glass performance of Michael Begg's LIGHT WATER IS BLACK WATER on June 4th. Tickets available directly from The Queen's Hall: https://www.thequeenshall.net/whats-on/light-water-black-water

February 25 2022
The Queen's Hall show postponed in January has been confirmed for June 4th 2022. Tickets will be available soon.

February 13 2022
Black Glass In Pieces, a two day showcase for Back Glass Ensemble will feature as part of the Made In Scotland EXPO at the biggest international arts festival in the world, the edinburgh Fringe, in 2022. 

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