Drone Mass recording in Copenhagen

May 26th-29th ACME String Quartet visits Theatre of Voices in Copenhagen to record Jóhann Jóhannsson’s Drone Mass for Deutsche Grammophon, led by Paul Hillier and recorded by producer Francesco Donadello. 

Our recent performance at Big Ears in Knoxville, Tennessee, was hailed by Rolling Stones as:

“….the glacial drama of minimalism, the familiar harmonies of church music, the keening drama of pop, the deep digital rumble of modern cinema – all in movements that feel about the length of a rock song. Played to a standing crowd in rock club Mill & Mine, the piece made it difficult not to adhere to the unwritten, long-held orchestra rule of not applauding until the end. But after a movement where a vocal drone met a cello slide – the satisfying sound of a properly tuned guitar, an effect like a film coming into focus – the boundary was breached and torrents of applause followed."