SOUNDFESTIVAL 2024 – DECONSTRUCTING PIERROT (WORLD PREMIERE)

A musical demolition and a dramaturgical interrogation, Laura Bowler’s Deconstructing Pierrot takes Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire and looks at the work through a contemporary queer lens. A new interpretation of Albert Giraud’s poems that repurposes musical material from Schoenberg’s work in a subversive act of defiance of the great master.

Laura Bowler Deconstructing Pierrot (World Premiere)*

Red Note Ensemble
Ruth Morley, Flute
Tim Lines, Clarinet
Jackie Shave, Violin
Robert Irvine, Cello
Siwan Rhys, Piano
Tom Hunter, Percussion

Laura Bowler, Voice

Matthew Swan, Electronics

Deconstructing Pierrot is co-commissioned by Red Note Ensemble, Music on Main
and Ensemble Offspring.