Erland Cooper – *At The NCEM* – *SOLD OUT*

Erland Cooper
plus ‘Recomposing Earth’ Film Screening
The National Centre For Early Music, York
Wednesday 20th November
Doors 7pm, Show 7.30pm
Tickets are £22.50 (+ b/f) in advance (more on the door) and available from See Tickets.

This show will start at 19:30 with a screening of ‘Recomposing Earth’.

What happens when an artist risks losing the only recording of their album by burying it in the earth in the name of art. Recomposing Earth tells this unique story – of Erland Cooper’s ultimate collaboration with the natural world.
A film Christian Cargill, Tribeca Festival & BAFTA Cymru award-winning filmmaker.

*This show is now sold out*

*This is a seated show with all seating unreserved*

A treat for us as we’re able to bring classically trained Orkney singer-songwriter Erland Cooper to York for the first time for a super intimate show at The National Centre For Early Music.

‘Nature’s songwriter’ – The Guardian

Erland Cooper is a Scottish composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist originally from Stromness, Orkney. As a solo artist, he has released five acclaimed studio albums, including a trilogy of work inspired by his childhood home, as well as themes of nature, people, place and time. His work combines field recordings with traditional orchestration and contemporary electronic elements. Through music, words and cinematography he explores landscape, memory and identity. He develops these themes further by partnering with other artists, writers and poets. Cooper also works across mixed media projects including installation art, theatre and film. He’s widely known for burying the only existing copy of the master tape of his first classical album in Scotland, deleting all digital files and leaving only a treasure hunt of clues for anyone to seek it. The tape was found in 2023 and the album will be released, exactly as it sounds from the earth, this year along with its world premiere of the completed score.

Press:

‘One of the most unique, consistently engaging composers of his generation.’
CLASH

‘Exploring the place where electronic and classical music can co-habit.’
The Quietus

‘Cooper’s project serves as a commentary on the disposable nature of music and the immediacy in which it is delivered.’
The Times

Erland Cooper
plus ‘Recomposing Earth’ Film Screening
The National Centre For Early Music, York
Wednesday 20th November
Doors 7pm, Show 7.30pm
Tickets are £22.50 (+ b/f) in advance (more on the door) and available from See Tickets.