Free
An interdisciplinary project blending classical, electronic, jazz, avant-garde and West African traditions with poetry and storytelling, Nocturnal Sun was written by award-winning composer and multidisciplinary artist Chisara Agor.
The first movement, ‘Dust’, is a live performance with conceptual film, following a people’s final journey across an arid landscape under a dying star.
Part of New Music Biennial, this event includes two performances of the same work and a short interview with the creative team in between the two, enabling audiences to experience the second performance with greater insight into the creative process.
Chisara Agor’s participation in New Music Biennial at the Southbank Centre and Bradford City of Culture is supported by the Vaughan Williams Foundation grant. This work was developed on Sound and Music’s New Voices programme. New Voices is supported by Arts Council England and PRS Foundation. The film work was supported by MSCTY and Sound and Music’s Digital Dimensions award. This work was also supported by Britten Pears Arts as part of their residency programme at Snape Maltings, The Roundhouse and The Help Musicians Fusion Fund.
Credits
Chisara Agor producer
Adam Elyasse & Chisara Agor costumes
Tim Grabham direction, visualisation
Lizz Payne make-up
Yolanda Y Liou camera assistant, lighting