Memory Unwrapped: GBSR Duo - Lines of Resistance

Artists-in-Residence, GBSR Duo join forces with close collaborator Pianist Joseph Havlat and guests for a charged evening in our Composer-in-Focus, Steve Martland series.

At the centre of this programme are two landmark works by Steve Martland and his mentor Louis Andriessen, composers who fearlessly challenged musical and political convention. Martland’s Drill and Andriessen’s Worker’s Union are fierce, percussive and unapologetically direct, embodying their shared belief in music as a vehicle for social comment and collective energy.

Luke Lewis’ O Dreamland, was written in response to the parallel anniversaries of Martland and filmmaker Lindsay Anderson. Drawing on Anderson’s realist portrait of seaside Britain, Martland’s Liverpool roots and the maritime thread of his Sea Songs, Lewis folds historic recordings and Martland’s own voice into a vivid, time-bending soundscape.

Together, these works celebrate two visionary composers and the artistic legacies they continue to inspire.

This event will last approximately 1 hour and 50 minutes, including an interval.