Experience the contemporary sound of Portugal at the wonderfully intimate Jacqueline du Pre music building.
For almost twenty years, the Smith Quartet has been at the forefront of the world's contemporary music scene, specialising in live electronics and commissioning new music from the world's leading composers. Tonight's performance features the work of celebrated Portuguese composers presented in immersive surround-sound.
Ian Humphries – violin
Darragh Morgan - violin
Nick Pendlebury - viola
Deirdre Cooper – cello
Miguel Azguime – live electronics (Miso studio)
Paula Azguime – sound projection (Miso studio)
Pedro Amaral - Quartet No.2
Miguel Azguime - Paraître Parmi
Caros Caires – Horizon
Andrew Poppy - Hatch
Steve Reich - Triple Quartet
Michael Gordon - Potassium
Circuits is co-produced by Miso Music Portugal and the Portuguese Music Information Centre; is supported by the Gulbenkian Foundation, Instituto Camões and the British Council and celebrates the contemporary music of Portugal. It is a pan-European project which has travelled to Madrid, Paris, Vilnius and will continue its journey after Oxford.
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