Closing Concert by Fennessy, Young, N., Minn (2016/2016), Surmast Direttur Ilan Volkov, City Halls, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Tectonics Glasgow 2016 closes with the UK premiere of David Fennessey’s Hirta Rounds, commissioned by the Münchener Kammerorchester, written for 16 strings - and no conductor. Ánde Somby’s many animal yoiks are inspired by the idea of transformation in the pre-Christian Sami religion - how a person could transform into an animal and back into a human. His signature yoik is that of the wolf and here he gives a solo performance of this ancient form of vocal expression. Finally, Wolf Eyes - founder Nate Young joins forces with composer/guitarist Mario Diaz de Leon for a work which debuted at 2015’s Tectonics New York and which explores Young’s masterful sense of atmosphere and lucid dread, arranged and expanded for an ensemble of eight musicians.