The first ’discover’ concert is The Tyburn Tree, an epic song cycle that shines a lantern into the darker corners of London’s history, including the infamous Tyburn gallows at Marble Arch. It is a new collaboration between two acclaimed Ivor Novello 2013 winning artists: multi-award-winning British saxophonist, composer and record producer John Harle and iconic singer Marc Almond. The concept album entitled The Tyburn Tree – Dark London will be released on Sospiro Noir (and distributed by Proper Records) on 24 February 2014 and the project will receive its live premiere on a UK tour that includes Cambridge Corn Exchange on Tuesday 4 March.
On Sunday 27 April the Cambridge Classical Concert Series 2013/14 presents an evening of works by Major Minimalist composers Arvo Pärt, John Adams and Philip Glass, performed by Switzerland’s acclaimed Basel Symphony Orchestra. Mesmerising and hypnotic, the concert features Glass’s film score music Cello Concerto No. 2 which will have received its UK premiere just days earlier.
Following the massive success of Live_Transmission: Joy Division Reworked last autumn, the ‘discover’ series will also play host to another radical reworking of music inspired by an iconic and highly influential band. On Friday 2 May, the impossibly cool Icebreaker, a 12-piece contemporary amplified music group, re-imagines tracks from a range of Kraftwerk albums, accompanied by a stunning avant garde film, in Kraftwerk Uncovered – Future Past.
Steve Bagnall from Cambridge Corn Exchange said: "Cornex: discover offers the people of Cambridge and surrounding areas an exciting and affordable new way to experience a wide range of live music events that they might not normally have thought of coming to see at the Corn Exchange.
"We want to encourage as many people as possible to come and try something different – with the assurance that each of the ‘discover’ events will be of the highest possible quality, and each will take you on a fantastic journey of discovery."
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