US-born Jennifer Torrence is a percussionist, composer and artistic researcher based in Oslo, Norway. Storytelling, erasure, and place unite the three works in her programme. Deserted places, sites facing erasure, and their abstracted and fragmented memories receive quiet recognition. Message from the Lighthouse by Hanna Hartman combines field recordings and electronic sound with percussion and found objects, calling for a precision in listening that is wholly unique to Hartman’s music. Riuti from Walter Zimmerman’s cycle, Lokale Muzik, sets a disappearing one-woman marching band into motion as she roll-calls deserted German villages. And Ecology 2 by Gloria Coates is a work for voice, objects, and electronics where children’s fairy tales warn us about the loss of ecosystems. At its premiere in Berlin in 1978, Coates removed the spoken text and retitled the work Between, arguably due to pressure from the coal industry and the government that protected it. Torrence presents the work in its original version: “May the resistance be heard”, she asserts.

TECTONICS: Jennifer Torrence

The Old Fruitmarket

Described as "a primal, at times ecstatic state of Fauvist force" (Gramophone), Glasgow-born Richard Craig has developed a distinctive approach to the flute, collaborating with composers to create new works. A founding member of the Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra, he has performed with Ensemble Musikfabrik, Klangforum Wien and Riot Ensemble. “Music is the ideal medium to begin a reflection on our surroundings”, he poses. This concert explores themes of transformation, our consideration of the external world, and the alchemical dynamics of music. Let your imagination run riot with the mythological journey of Odysseus, the endless skyline of Cielo Gris, the fusion of materials in Sacateca's Dance, and a tribute to the miraculous eye in the night sky that holds sway over us all.

TECTONICS: Richard Craig & Jennifer Torrence

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Having played the guitar in rock and improvising groups, the eclectic influences of Norway’s fearless composer Øyvind Torvund range from Baroque and folk music to noise, electronics, and popular culture. In this 40-minute work (originally written as a site-specific work for the Kunstnernes Hus in Oslo), Torvund invites the audience to move freely throughout various spaces across the venue: “You can think of the piece as a multilayered festival in itself where various forms of expressions and energies take place at the same time." Players from the BBC SSO perform alongside percussionist Jennifer Torrence, saxophonist Kjetil Møster, and Jørgen Træen on synth and electric guitar.

Jennifer Torrence

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May 4, 2025

TECTONICS: Jennifer Torrence · BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

May 3, 2025

TECTONICS: Richard Craig & Jennifer Torrence · BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Future and recently performed repertoire

Percussion in Ulysse by Boucourechliev

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Percussion in Message from the Lighthouse by Hartman

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Percussion in Riuti: Rodungen und Wüstungen by Zimmermann

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Percussion in Ecology 2 by Coates

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

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