Tectonics Glasgow 1/2: Clara Iannotta, Beatrice Dillon, Oyvind Torvund

Kate Molleson presents the first of two programmes of music from Tectonics Glasgow 2025, the annual two-day festival curated by Ilan Volkov and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

Tonight, we hear the electronic sets of both Beatrice Dillon and local artist Lauren Sarah Hayes, recorded in the Old Fruitmarket, plus world premieres of two searingly honest orchestral works that confront grief, by the Italian composer Clara Iannotta and the American composer Timothy McCormack, and conducted at City Halls by Ilan Volkov. The flautist Richard Craig showcases the extremes his instrument can reach in works by Patricia Alessandrini and Mesias Maiguashca, drummer Mark Sanders and saxophonist Rachel Musson collaborate with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and we take a sonic walk around the spaces of City Halls in Orvind Torvund's Symphony.

LAUREN SARAH HAYES
Electronics

PATRICIA ALESSANDRINI
Il y a plus d'eau que prevu sur la lune for contrabass flute and electronics (2020)
Richard Craig (flute)

ORVIND TORVUND
Symphony
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

CLARA IANNOTTA
strange bird – no longer navigating by a star (UK Premiere)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

MARK SANDERS / RACHEL MUSSON
Improvisation – New Collaboration
Mark Sanders (drums / percussion)
Rachel Musson (saxophone)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

TIMOTHY McCORMACK
a vapor (no body, no image) (World Premiere)
Ty Bouque (singer)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

BEATRICE DILLON
Electronics