Hosted by AMQH (whi music) at Metal’s Platform 1 building, the Liverpool Gathering Orchestra will perform John Zorn’s infamous game piece Cobra at the close of its 40th anniversary year – and on Winter Solstice. The fun part? This piece of music can be extremely long or really quite short…rock up and find out which way this still-novel composition goes. Whatever the direction, it’s bound to be play-full.

From AMQH:

“John Zorn wrote Cobra in 1984. It is a game piece, involving cards, gestures and headgear to direct and shape improvisations, providing a framework for the music without inhibiting the players. Hopefully.

The LGO are ten of the finest local improvising musicians tackling Zorn’s rarely-performed piece. We didn’t have the budget to get Zorn himself over, but do come and hear his composition.”

This will be the last event at Metal Liverpool for the rest of this year – on the shortest day, no less – come to experience live musical spontaneity in all its unfettered, humourous, and raw glory.

Doors 7.30pm, music starts at 8pm.

Tickets are £7, and £5 concessions

Advance tickets for AMQH / whi music events are available here.

Please note: This event is ‘hosted at’ Metal Liverpool and as such functions outside of Metal’s core programme. For more information on the organisers, please visit their website here. For more information about Metal and what we do with our public programme, click here.