Take a read of the full 4* review from our visit to the NMB Bradford weekend.
“Growling through the trombone is a new one for me,” admitted one musician between performances of Ailís Ní Ríain’s work Holocene. Bradford Cathedral echoed with squawks, rattles and primordial grumbling as the combined forces of Onyx Brass and Hammonds Band conjured Ní Ríain’s vivid soundscape of life on Earth 11,000 years ago (imagine prehistoric megafauna getting the Jaws treatment). But those lower brass growls weren’t the score’s most daring feature. That honour goes to the four percussionists who teased waves of soft rustling from cymbals with small battery-operated vibrators.”
Flora Willson – The Guardian