We are very sorry to inform you that Mark Simpson has a horrible virus and is bed-bound, so we are having to postpone the Helmut Lachenmann talk, performance, and film that was due to take place on Thursday 27th March. We will inform everyone with a rescheduled date soon. Apologies for any inconvenience.

Over the past fifty years German composer Helmut Lachenmann has shaped contemporary music with his ‘Musique Concrete Instrumentale’- a unique noise music in which players use all parts of their instruments to make extraordinary new sounds.

Mark Simpson is introducing and playing Lachenmann’s extraordinary clarinet piece, Dal Niente. The music comes out of silence, from nothing, from the nature of the clarinet itself- wood, breath, and the weight of the keys.

An exclusive film screening will follow - Wiebke Pöpel’s award-winning film, ‘My Way’. The film depicts a portrait of Helmut Lachenmann, approaching the music and its captivating protagonist in a very personal, engaging, and often humorous way.