June – Sonic Illuminations

12th June, 6.00pm & 7.30pm

Sonic Illuminations is a project by violinist Hannah Perowne and live visual artist Marian Saunders creating immersive, unique and site specific performances which captivate and inspire audiences.

For this bespoke performance, the musical centrepiece is the monumental Partita no.2 by J.S.Bach with its mighty ‘Chaconne’.

Bach’s music moves like a cell at work – intricate, self-contained, and quietly alive. Tiny motifs repeat and reshape themselves into ever richer patterns. Each melodic line threads through the others with purpose, distinct yet inseparable. What begins as something small and simple grows into a complete, breathing form – an architecture of sound where order feels organic, and complexity blooms from the smallest seeds.

Marian adopts an improvised, experimental approach to creating abstract visual interactions that respond directly to Hannah’s music. Her hand-crafted imagery draws inspiration from cellular structures, patterns, rhythms, and organic forms. Echoing the metamorphosis of a living environment, the visuals continuously transform and evolve over time.

Hannah Perowne
Hannah enjoys a varied career as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral leader. She has performed worldwide as a guest artist with the Henschel Quartet, the Mozart Piano Quartet, Camerata Salzburg and the eminent harpsichordist, Mahan Esfahani. Her concerto performances include those of Brahms, Elgar, Prokofiev, Barber, Glass and Tchaikovsky and she has been broadcast as a soloist and chamber musician by the BBC, Classic FM, ABC Australian and SWR and NDR Radio, Germany. Her recording of John Rutter’s ‘Visions’ together with the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge was released by Hyperion Records in 2024.

Marian Saunders
Marian is an experimental audio-visual artist specialising in improvised, live visual performance. Fusing hand-made analogue imagery and digital real-time technologies, her improvised visual projections respond to sound, space and audience in an evolving collage of colour, shape and light. She enjoys a diverse collaborative practice with recent performances including Sonic Illuminations @The Chapel, ‘Aether’ at Norwich Arts Centre, ‘Bionsynthesis’ at Cinema City Norwich, ‘The Light Works’ at EAST gallery Norwich, ‘This is How We Dance’ at First Site Gallery Colchester. Her visuals feature in ‘Tripping On Life’ and ‘Could You Patent The Sun?’ theatre productions in New York.

14+ only.

Walk ins will be accepted if capacity allows but booking is recommended.

Disclaimer:

This show will include flashing lights and low light levels throughout the duration, they should not trigger photosensitive epilepsy.

Latecomers will be admitted up until 10 minutes past the start time. Due to the nature of this event people arriving later than 10 minutes will be unable to enter.

Adult:	£5
Concession:	£4

All ticket proceeds support Centre of the Cell’s operations and future events.