Howl at ACO on the Pier

Uniting five leading contemporary classical voices Howl presents a performance of musical defiance and untamed brilliance.

Best known as the musical mind behind Tim Burton's dark cinematic worlds, Danny Elfman’s mischievous Piano Quartet is a rare and revealing gem, written with the same sardonic humour and manic intensity that define his film scores.

Celebrating the strange and the sinister, this performance also features Pierre Jalbert’s Howl, a clarinet-led incantation of ritual and outburst, alongside Missy Mazzoli’s folk-infused Tooth and Nail, a wild work for solo violin and live electronics mimicking the overtones of a jaw harp.

Described as “part-string-quartet-part-rave” Anna Meredith’s Tuggemo expands the ensemble into new sonic territories before a world premiere by Paris-born, LA-based composer Daniel Wohl fuses electronic and acoustic forces into a three-dimensional sound world.

ACO On The Pier (May 2nd at 2pm and 7pm)