Friday 20 July 2007, 19.00

Clonic Mutations features the world premiere of live new music scores created for a range of experimental films made between 1904 and 1952 with strong ties to surrealism. Composed for twelve musicians and clockwork toys by Sergio López Figueroa, a Spanish composer and specialist in silent film, the scores examine new contextual relationships between music, historical experimental film and art. The screening will feature the newly restored version of Un Chien andalou by Filmoteca Española.

Programme duration approx 60'

The Strength and Agility of Insects, F Percy Smith, 1911, 3'58, DVD

A Phantasy, Norman McLaren, 1952, 7'15, 16mm

El Hotel eléctrico, Segundo de Chomón, 1904, 4', digiBeta

Tusalava, Len Lye, 1929, 9', 35mm

L'Étoile de mer, Man Ray, 1928, 18', 35mm

Un Chien Andalou, Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí, 1929, 17', 35mm

 

Tim Murray, conductor

The Clarion ensemble

Maya Sapone, soprano

Kate Ryder, piano

Robert Farrer, percussion

 

Violin

Helena Wood

Peter Graham

Kate Robinson

Ciaran McCabe

 

Viola

Jennifer Christie

Helen Goatly

 

Cello

Chris Allan

David Kadumukasa

 

Bass

Richard Pryce

 

Tate Modern  Starr Auditorium
£5 (£4 concessions), booking recommended

    

This event is related to the Dalí at Tate Modern exhibition