Sound: A feast of new music in Aberdeenshire
Scotland’s Festival of New Music, SOUND demanded something really mind-blowing for this year’s launch. By Reason of Darkness, commissioned from composer Phillip Cooke fitted the bill perfectly. This was no ordinary choral work. Designed for open air performance, it took place outside, in King’s College Quad at Aberdeen University. A specially recruited community choir stood circled around conductor Kathleen Cronie and a set of tubular bells played by percussionist Staš Hable.
