Another Contemporary Music Ensemble’s FLECK at the Burgess Foundation

This May, the International Anthony Burgess Foundation will host a night of genre-busting, mixed-medium musical storytelling. Another Contemporary Music Ensemble (that’s not editorialising – it’s the group’s official name), and composer Joe Snape are presenting a show called ‘FLECK’. The performance is centred on a large-scale work using chamber ensemble, electronics and live touch-typed projection. This 16-part piece documents the complicated relationship between an elderly woman, her infirm husband and her one-time lodger. It deals with the themes of love and death, to the score of half-working synthesisers, buzzers, sampling, bass and violin. The concert will also include the UK premiere of Alexander Schubert’s Hello – a work for amplified ensemble and video – and also new pieces by Michael Cutting and Otto Willberg.

Sun 17 May, International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Chorlton Mill, 3 Cambridge Street, M1 5BY, 7pm, £5 (adv), £7 (OTD), www.anthonyburgess.org