Chamber music for saxophones, clarinets, piano, accordion and electronics. In Desire Paths, many contrasting paths coexist simultaneously: microtonality, deconstructivism inspired by video games and internet culture, excavations of unusual timbral combinations, and mutated salsa music, spatialised through eight loudspeakers.

We present exploratory composition as a field with several exciting avenues rather than a single ideology. The only dogma here is plurality. The concert takes its title from a human phenomenon known as Desire Paths. ‘Desire paths’ meander beyond the organised pavements and parks of our urban spaces; they are the unofficial footprints of individuals that reveal unspoken preferences, shared shortcuts and the collective choices of people who dare to step outside the norms. The programme features the world premiere of Stine Benjaminsen’s new work ‘Edge Effects’, commissioned by Ear Transplant, and the world premiere of James Black’s piece for solo saxophone ‘É5QÖï’, written in close collaboration with soloist Anja Nedremo, with whom James has a longstanding artistic relationship.

Curation by Matthew Grouse and Joss Smith

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Performers:

Anja Nedremo - Saxophones

Jónas Ásgeir Ásgeirsson - Accordion

Karin Viktoria Jakobsson - Piano

Mathilde Schelin - Clarinets

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Programme:

Joy Replica - Ben Nobuto (UK/JPN)

HELL HOT - Robin Haigh (IRE/UK)

Song for Matilda and me - Natacha Diels (USA)

salsa al vapor - Felipe Tovar-Henao (COL)

É5QÖï - James Black (UK/DK) - world premiere

Edge Effects - Stine Benjaminsen (DK) - world premiere - Ear Transplant commission

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Ear Transplant are grateful to the following foundations for supporting this concert: KODA Kultur, Knud Højgaards Fond, Dansk Musiker Forbund, William Demant Fonden, Hoffman og Husmans Fond, Frederiksberg Fonden, Frederiksberg Kommune Musikudvalg, Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansens Fond, Beckett Fonden.