Unsound Presents: The Warp x Providenza Ensemble with the...

Warp’s Providenza Ensemble Residency brings six artists into new territory: composing for a 30-piece string ensemble for the first time.

Loraine James, Puce Mary, Clarissa Connelly, Mabe Fratti, Kelman Duran and Mark William Lewis developed individual ten-minute works during residencies at the Corsican agricultural site of Providenza, under the guidance of Manchester Collective co-Artistic Director Rakhi Singh and New Zealand composer Karl Sölve Steven.

Their music spans electronic, experimental and contemporary composition, from James’s intricate electronic production to Connelly’s mythic, folk-influenced songwriting and Puce Mary’s industrial noise.

The six works premiere in our hall alongside Sinfonietta Cracovia, marking a new chapter for each artist and a rare meeting of electronic and experimental music with a full string ensemble.








Produced by the Barbican in association with Unsound

Supported by PRS For Music and L’Occitane en Provence.