Explore Ensemble with Beatrice Dillon

Explore Ensemble presents Beatrice Dillon’s Seven Reorganisations alongside the world premiere of her new work, Where Never, a rare chance to hear her latest music unfold live. Marking a decisive shift from her roots in rhythmic, system-based electronic music, Dillon writes for ensemble and electronics with a fluid, unstable sound rather than a fixed instrumentation.

Alongside Dillon, music by Helmut Lachenmann and Pascale Criton extend this focus on acoustic sound. Lachenmann’s ‘Guero’ deconstructs the piano into a percussive instrument of friction and play, while Criton’s mesmeric guitar duo ‘Trans’ destabilises pitch itself through microtonal haze drift, patterns, and interference.






Beatrice Dillon commissioned by Explore Ensemble with the support of the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung, the Marchus Trust, and the Radcliffe Trust. Co-commissioned by The Barbican Centre, Rewire Festival, and Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival.

Barbican Classical Music Programme receives major support from Marcus Margulies and additional support In Memory of John Murray.







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