Opera Aperta (UK) was formed in 2018 after an Arts Council England tour of ‘Recitativo/Clouds and Noise’ – a work for video, singer, speaker and instrumentalists co-ordinated by David Ryan. The name Opera Aperta (‘Open Work’) is a homage to Umberto Eco’s text of the same name, which explores openness and improvisation in the work of the 1950s ‘new music’. This aspect is also central to the ensemble’s outlook as well as the exploration of text and voice in relation to instrumental sound and colour. Featured in the concert will be Provisional Pieces 2024 (for ensemble), Aphorisms 2019/24 (for spoken word and instruments), extracts from Inscriptions 2022-3 (for spoken word and instruments) as well as Morton Feldman’s legendary ‘lost score’ – The Possibility of a New Work for Electric Guitar (1967, 2013) and a reinterpretation of an obscure Miles Davis piece that attempted to fuse free improvisation and rock motifs, Trevere (1969).