music we'd like to hear
apartment house play eldritch priest and jürg frey
2026
music we'd like to hear
This first event features "pleasure drenching...", a large work by Canadian composer Eldritch Priest for a large mixed ensemble.
The composer describes pleasure drenching… as "a work that aims to sound like a music that never was but might have been. It’s a kind of lounge music, or quasi-jazz that you think you’ve heard before but doesn’t sound quite 'right.' It’s a kind of mesmerism and deferral. But perhaps most of all, 'pleasure drenching…' is a pleasing clamour and a charming commotion that delights in the joy of losing itself in itself."
You can listen to an extract of Eldritch’s recent release on Another Timbre here.
This second event features a major new work by Jürg Frey, his Clarinet Quintet from 2023/25.
We present this first UK performance, hot on the heels from the premiere at the Angelica Festival in Bologna, and celebrating the release of the premiere recording on Another Timbre.
Jürg has a long association with Apartment House, and with Music We'd Like to Hear, and he will be present for this show.
Here’s an extract of the quintet.
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