Works by Paul Wilson and Ricardo Climent are to be performed in New York on 27 October.

The pieces for flute, clarinet and computer, form part of the composers' eight-year-long Tornado Project-collaboration with flautist Elizabeth McNutt and clarinettist Esther Lamneck, and were first heard in Manchester in November, 2007.

Paul Wilson's Beneath the Surface was written as a reaction to "the extremely rich and dynamic possibilities available within the electroacoustic medium". It sets out to investigate "musical ideas developed from a few whispers and clicks" heard initially on the solo instruments, before "exploring the tensions between noise or air sound and pitch, and the onset of vibrations both within and between the instrumental and computer parts".

Russian Disco, by Ricardo Climent, was inspired by a collection of short stories by Vladimir Kaminer describing the nightlife of Berlin from an outsider's point of view. Using sonic ideas inspired by recordings of "music of the past and present", including re-orchestrations of Dvorák's Humoreske and the sound of Siemens-built fans from the 1960s and '70s, it is structured as "a mosaic of pre-composed materials with live elements".

The concert, on Monday 27 October at the Frederick Loewe Theatre on West Fourth Street, New York, will also include contributions by American composers Eric Lyon, Andrew May and Robert Rowe, and has been co-sponsored by the NYU Music Technology Program, the Electronic Music Foundation and Culture Ireland.

Posted: 22 October 2008