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MR MCFALL’S CHAMBER Tribute to Scottish techno-folk composer

In a concert featuring the music from their latest album, Mr McFall’s Chamber present a programme of the same name, ‘Birds and Beasts’, celebrating the musical legacy of ‘folk meets techno’ composer Martyn Bennett, and including a couple of pieces by Scottish jazz/folk composer Fraser Fifield.

Birds and Beasts is the result of a collaborative venture between the

innovative chamber music group, Mr McFall’s Chamber and Martyn Bennett, which started before the composer tragically lost his fight to cancer in 2005. Robert McFall, the founding member

of the ensemble, has worked with Bennett extensively in the past. ‘We knew Martyn well, and were originally going to be doing a project with him, and so this is a continuation of that project which we have to finish,’ he explains.

With several of Bennett’s tunes, McFall has ‘taken a lot of liberties, which he would have appreciated, I know,’ when orchestrating some of Bennett’s music. Presenting his work in a new light

such as this shows that even though the composer is, sadly, unable to hear the new hues that his music is taking on, his work is still very much alive. (Miranda Heggie) Birds and Beasts: Music of Martyn Bennett and Fraser Fifield, Mr McFall’s Chamber with Fraser Fifield, The Queen’s Hall, 668 2019, 25 Aug, 7.30pm, £14 (£8).

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Mark Lanegan His third album with Isobel Campbell, the excellent Hawk, came out last week, proving the ‘beauty

and the beast’ coupling of grunge grump and indie lovely was one with plenty mileage in it. This date is a solo show from the Queens of the Stone Age/ Gutter Twins/ Soulsavers/ Screaming Trees frontman. HMV Picture House, 08444 999 990, Thu 26 Aug, 7pm, £15. Part of The Edge Festival.

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