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THE ART OF NOISE

Visual art and music combine in artist Toby Paterson’s collaboration with the Scottish Ensemble

Art, architecture and contemporary music, all in a secret Glasgow location the opening event in the Scottish Ensemble’s new season is far from a conventional classical concert. Cooked up by Glasgow-born artist Toby Paterson alongside the 12-strong string group’s artistic director, violinist Jonathan Morton, it plays for just two nights in what’s been termed ‘a Glasgow modernist landmark, in a space not normally accessible to the general public’, whose exact location will be revealed just a couple of weeks before the event.

Paterson will create an immersive environment especially for the event, rel ecting both the architecture of the surrounding building and the music being played, which ranges from works by Elgar, Prokoi ev and Britten through to more experimental music by Xenakis and Tüür, and which will be performed in three different locations in the mystery venue.

‘I think there’s the potential for the event to be more than the sum of its parts,’ says Paterson, ‘whether the audience approaches it from musical, visual art or even architectural perspectives. There isn’t a set of precise meanings to be teased out in doing this: we’re experimenting with forms, spaces, histories and sounds.’ ‘How people arrive at the site,’

he continues, ‘and make their way through the various spaces, how they feel during the performance, how they exit under changed light conditions, all these things will combine to suggest the richness of the frequently overlooked cultural and physical landscapes that surround us. We’re really just indulging in a little musical and spatial alchemy with a view to providing a thrilling and unexpected experience for the audience.’ 20th-Century Perspectives: City Spaces & Strings, Fri 12 & Sat 13 Sep, venue to be announced, scottishensemble.co.uk

MARKET LOCATION FOR AVALANCHE RECORDS SCOTTISH CRIME WRITING RECOGNISED

Edinburgh’s Avalanche Records, which quit its Grassmarket home in April after almost 30 years in business, is hosting a stall at the new Platform 2 market at Waverley Station every Friday during August, and monthly the rest of the year.

for Chris Brookmyre, Nicola la White and Louise Welsh h are among the six authors rs the 2014 nominated 4 Deanston Scottish Crime e Book of the Year award. . Chosen by a panel of f readers from a longlist of 49 books, the remaining shortlist authors are Neil Broadfoot, Natalie Haynes and Peter May.

The winner is announced on 20 September at crime writing festival Bloody Scotland. Read sample chapters from the shortlisted books at bloodyscotland.com 20 S t

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THE BIG YIN AT THE USHER HALL Billy Connolly will appear for six live dates at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall in October. The extra date of 16 October was added to the original announcement of 4, 5, 7, 8 and 15 October following exceptional demand for tickets. Purchases are restricted to two tickets per person.

HOGMANAY HEADLINER ANNOUNCED Lily Allen (pictured above) will headline Edinburgh Hogmanay’s Concert in the Gardens, it’s been revealed. Allen will be joined by special guests (yet to be announced) in the i nal show of her 2014 world tour, which follows a self-imposed temporary ‘retirement’ from the music industry. More at edinburghshogmanay.org

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GREEN AWARD TO BE ANNOUNCED The winner of this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Sustainable Practice Award will be announced on 22 August. The prize, which celebrates the festival’s most environmentally conscious shows, is supported by the Centre for Sustainable Practice in the Arts and Creative Carbon Scotland. See list. co.uk for futher details.

NEW COMEDY NIGHTS AT GLASGOW’S DRYGATE The Gilded Balloon teams with craft brewery Drygate Brewing Co on a new comedy night, starting 29 August. Gilded Balloon Comedy at Drygate will run every Friday. Dinner and comedy packages include a meal at Glasgow’s The Vintage at Drygate, with acts selected by Gilded Balloon artistic director Karen Koren. See highlights, page 55.