JennyOwen

By JennyOwen

Saturday night out

Richard and I spent more time on the M1 today than we'd have liked, needing to make a visit to R's niece Erin, who lives near Loughborough. However, we shared a sociable pub lunch to together and had a much-needed catch-up.
Later, we went to a concert in a renovated chapel in Sheffield's General Cemetery (we know how to live it up on a Saturday night... ) The Samuel Worth chapel dates from 1836; with its grand entrance columns and large windows, it looked beautiful in the  evening light.
The first set featured a harpist, Manon McCoy.  She's billed as an "experimental harpist", and uses an array of electronic kit to complement the harp itself.  In the image, she's tuning up.  There's an example of her work here:
https://soundandmusic.org/discover/composer/manon-mccoy/
She's interesting. Some of what she played felt too cerebral to engage us fully; other passages were delightful.

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