| Main Performers | Jon Hopkins - piano, synths |
| Orchestra or Band | Band (Leo Abrahams - guitar, Emma Smith - violin, Laura Moody - cello) |
| Set List | 19:30 Hayden Thorpe:
'The Universe Is Always Right',
'Supersensual',
'Love Crimes',
'Diviner',
'Blue Crow',
'Golden Ratio',
'Metafeeling',
'Anywhen',
'Head On A Platter',
'Earthly Needs'
INTERVAL
21:00 Jon Hopkins and Band:
Improvisation / 'Scene Suspended' (piano),
Improvisation (piano) (with Leo Abrahams)
'Breathe This Air (Asleep Version)' (piano) (with full band),
'Cosm' (electronic),
'Emerald Rush' (electronic),
Improvisation (piano) (with full band)
'I Remember' (piano) (with full band)
'First Watch' (piano) (with full band)
'Sun Harmonics' (electronic),
'Singularity' (electronic),
'Abandon Window' (piano) (with full band)
ENOCRE
'Open Eye Signal' (electronic),
'Luminous Beings' (electronic) (with full band),
'Recovery' (piano) (with full band) |
| Performance Notes | The event was rescheduled from 18 March 2020 to this date due to the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic.
Jon Hopkins, one of the most celebrated electronic musicians of his generation, will make his Royal Albert Hall headline debut in 2021 with his new show, Polarity.
Polarity follows on from his incredibly successful Singularity tour. Jon says it tethers together the two disparate elements of harsh and fragile in my music, continuing, by going between the two, well hopefully create some profound moments of stillness.
Playing grand piano for parts of the show, he will be joined on stage by a small group of consummate musicians and long-time friends, consisting of acclaimed producer and guitarist Leo Abrahams, violinist and arranger Emma Smith and cellist Laura Moody.
Presenting his live show in a seated venue will present a fascinating challenge for both performer and audience. Right now I have a set thats tailored to festivals and to standing crowds and intoxicated people, he says, and thats been amazing, but I would say my deepest nature lies in the stillness, the meditative side of my music.
On Instagram on 23 November 2021 Hopkins (mrjonjopkins) wrote:
"Polarity show tonight at the @royalalberthall. So excited. When I was a teenage I used to go to music college next door and get stoned on the steps of this place at lunch breaks. Now a mere three decades later I'm allowed inside. <3" |
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