Carnyx & Co presents The Mouthpiece of the Gods

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Carnyx & Co presents The Mouthpiece of the Gods: An evening of music and film featuring John Kenny with soprano Adaya Malca-Peled and sound designer Tim Cooper. In 1992 John became the first person for 2,000 years to play the great Celtic horn known as the carnyx, and has since gone on to perform and lecture with it globally. Over the past four years Adaya and John have established an extraordinary duo, exploring the voice with carnyx and the trombone.
The evening concludes with “Multiplex”, a film by Kenneth McQueenie inspired by John’s music, performed live.

Concert in support of the charitable company Carnyx & Co www.carnyx.org.uk

Founded by John Kenny and Ian Ritchie in 1997, Carnyx & Co. is a charitable company which provides a unique interface between musical archaeology and the world of contemporary performance and recording. Following the initial carnyx reconstruction project, based at the National Museum of Scotland in 1992, it rapidly became clear that instrument recreated by John Creed is not only a masterpiece of Celtic art - it is also a unique and powerful musical instrument. Tonight will feature not only the Deskford Carnyx, but also its French and Irish cousins, the Tintignac Carnyx and Lochnashade Horn, and John’s own first instrument, the trombone, combined with the most ancient of instruments: the human voice. The finale of our programme will be the Scottish premiere of Kenneth McQueenie’s film Multiplex, inspired by John Kenny’s score for trombone, UPIC generated sound score, and live electronics.

Timothy Cooper is a composer, researcher and sound engineer. His work is often collaborative, working with musicians, artists, and poets amongst others.

Most of Tim’s recent work is with Haptic, a group that performs contemporary music with an early music sensibility. Together they have created a concert length show exploring the life and music of English Renaissance composer John Dowland which has been release as an album titled Shadows that in Darkness Dwell on the TNW Music label.

In 2023 Tim was awarded his PhD from the University of St Andrews and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland supervised by Professor Alistair MacDonald and Dr Diana Salazar and in 2023-24 he was the Susan Manning Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Advances Studies in the Humanities.

He works as Specialist Technician Music and Sound at Edinburgh College of Art.

Please note that due to the nature of this event, it will not be suitable for children under 10 years of age, unaccompanied minors or pets (excluding service animals)

Venue Info

Pianodrome Bruntsfield is at The St.Oswald's Center at 41 Montpelier Park, Bruntsfield, Edinburgh EH10 4NB, at the corner of Montpelier and Montpelier Park and next to the Bruntsfield primary school.
Doors open 30’ before event starts.

The Pianodrome is based in a 130 year old ex church building, and currently the space is unheated, so please remember to wrap up warm.

Concessions
We do not check your right to a concession or name your price ticket. If you feel you can afford the full price please select this ticket. However, concessions prices are there to help anybody attend the show - if you need a lower cost ticket you are in the best position to determine that. No questions asked.

Accessibility
There is ramped access to the main hall of the Pianodrome on Montpelier (the entrance to the South-East of the building ///circle.item.tidy).

We have an accessible toilet and space for wheelchairs. Most of our performances are relaxed performances. If you have any access requirements please feel free to email us at boxoffice@pianodrome.org.