Elektrostatic

Emerald Ensemble players collaborate with local jazz piano legend Jim Blomfield, composer Richard Barnard and the Bristol University Loudspeaker Orchestra to present a unique feast of fascinating music and virtuosic performance responding to Messiaen’s 1941 masterpiece Quartet for the End of Time. Musicians and composers will explore aspects of the Quartet from different angles. This will include live performances of selected movements, piano improvisations based on live fragments, electronic sound-art using samples of Messiaen’s music, and brand new works inspired by Quartet. The concert will feature Paul Beom-Seok Kim’s Being a Family Man for live violin, electronics, video and audience, in which the audience uses cutting-edge interactive technology to shape the course of the music moment by moment.

Venue

Colston Hall Bristol, Central Bristol

Dates

Date 30 Oct 2008

Tickets Information

Road Directions

Via M5, exit Junction 18, follow A4 (Portway) to the centre. At the promenade (St.Augustine's Parade) turn left after the Hippodrome into Colston Street. For parking, take first left (Pipe Lane) and park in Trenchard Street car park

Via M4, exit Junction 19 (M32). Follow signs to Clifton. Take first left after the Bristol Royal Infirmary (BRI) into Colston Street. Colston Hall is situated 400m on your right. For parking, take first right after Colston Hall and park in Trenchard Street car park.
PARKING
We recommend parking in the Trenchard Street multi-storey car park, situated to the rear of the hall. Parking is payable at the pay-machines either on entrance (before leaving the car park for Colston Hall) or exit. You may find it easier to pay for your ticket before the show to avoid queuing on the way home. Easiest access to Colston Hall can be found on floor one of the car park. Please be aware that Trenchard Street Car Park now closes at midnight.

Public Transport Directions

Temple Meads, the nearest station, is about 1 mile from the Colston Hall.
Buses 8 (508) and 9 (509) run directly to the city centre promenade. For further train enquiries please call: National Rail Enquiries - 08457 48 49 50 (24 hrs).

BY BUS
Most buses to the city centre stop at the promenade, where we recommend you alight for the Colston Hall. We are situated on Colston Street, behind the Colston Tower.

 Facilities

Provider Preferences

• In town/city centre
• Indoor Event

Accessibility

• Booking Advised

Establishment Features

• Accept coach parties
• Cater for groups