Brilliant Corners 2025 - Ed Bennett’s ‘Decibel Ensemble’
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About this event
Composer Ed Bennett presents a new incarnation of his renowned Decibel Ensemble to premiere a new commission ‘All Earth Once Drowned’ with texts by NI poet Cherry Smyth.
Through a combination of music and spoken word, this work will address some of the most pertinent environmental issues of our time in a collective call for action. Bennett will utilise Irish and UK musicians of international standing in a 10-piece ensemble to create a deeply personal music in response to Smyth’s texts and the wider environmental problems we face as a planet.
Cherry Smyth will perform with the ensemble interweaving her texts throughout this expansive composition ranging from music of huge energy and rage to quiet and delicate introspection.
Ed Bennett (Composer/Electronics) Cherry Smyth (Vocals/Text) Xenia Pestova Bennett (Piano) Kate Elis (Cello) Tom Challenger (Saxophone) Martyn Sanderson (Trombone) Neil McGovern (Saxophone) Barry Halpin (Guitar) Damien Harron (Percussion) Steve Davis (Drums)
Location
18-22 Hill St, Belfast BT1 2LA
Venue details
The Black Box is housed in a Grade II listed building on Hill Street in the Historical Cathedral Quarter of Belfast, originally constructed c. 1850 and converted into its current usage as an arts venue in 2006.
