Electro Lieder sees pianist Brieley Cutting and soprano Judit Molnár of Fragments Ensemble join with experimental composers Mark Oliveiro and Vincent Giles, Eleanor Streatfeild on cello, Daniel Lopez on violin, and young emerging composers to produce this wildly expressive multimedia blend of classical and the avant-garde as art song is re-imagined.

Songs from composers such as Schubert, Richard Strauss, Shostakovich and Bartók are presented in a re-imagined context as they are combined alongside new material and merged together with spliced and distorted electronic connective tissue. Voice, piano and poetry meet, true to art song, with this expanded upon with cello, violin, explorative live electronics and interactive digital visuals, producing a continuous 55min experience.

With this production’s inception being in the modern world, these musicians could not help but be influenced by considerations of continuous night-time and possible dystopia. Yet, hope remains, with feelings of warmth and the sensation of light beautifully appearing in the cracks.

Electro Lieder is an experimental multimedia fusion, born of these musicians’ collective, artistic response to recent world experiences. Their craft allows them to draw on historical and culturally diverse experience as they connect the past to the present and allow for imagination of the future.