ReNEW: Extinction Events
Date: Fri 14th Feb, 2020 Time: 8pm Venue: Kings Place, London (N1 9AG) The inaugural concert of Riot Ensemble’s ReNEW series at Kings Place, bringing the cream of international contemporary music on to the Hall One stage.
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic: Close Up Concert
Date: Mon 25th Nov, 2019 Time: 8pm Venue: Music Room, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic (L1 9BP) Riot Ensemble feature in the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic’s Close Up Concerts series, giving you the chance to experience works by Kaija Saariaho, Lee Hyla, Bernhard Gander, Marc Mellits, and Matthias Pintscher in an intimate and relaxed setting in the Liverpool Philharmonic Music Room.
Rumpelstiltskin & CFS 2019
Date: Fri 31st JanuaryVenue: CLF Arts Cafe (133 Rye Lane, SE15 4ST) Third Floor The world premiere of Laura Bowler’s new opera Rumpelstiltskin will be preformed alongside brand new works commissioned from the Call for Scores from Igor Santos and Peggy Polias.
Southbank Sinfonia Workshop
Date: Thu 23rd May, 2019Venue: St John’s Waterloo, London The Riot Ensemble will be working side-by-side with Southbank Sinfonia in a workshop exploring new music and extended techniques as part of Southbank Sinfonia’s orchestral academy experience.
November Music: Saunders & Osborn
Date: Sun 3rd Nov, 2019Venue: ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands From their new album Speak, Be Silent, Riot Ensemble perform Rebecca Saunders’ Stirring Still II which continues her longstanding fascination with the writings of Samuel Beckett, sharing its title with Beckett’s final work of prose. Through its fragile and haunting soundworld, the piece’s brittle textures and distant […]
November Music: Solstices
Date: Sat 2nd Nov, 4.00pm Venue: ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands Solstices is a 70-minute piece from Georg Friedrich Haas, which takes place entirely in darkness. For 10 musicians, including a completely re-tuned grand piano, Solstices opens with a passage of taut, energetic and precise music. From here the piece turns to a process of deep-listening by the musicians […]
Composition Workshops: Ben Oliver
Date: Mon 16th & Tue 17th Sep, 2019 Venue: University of Southampton (SO16 7PP) Riot Ensemble travels to Southampton University to work with composer Ben Oliver on a new piece in development with poet Luke Wright. These workshops will lead to a major new work in 2020.
Voyages of Discovery
Date: Fri 2nd Aug, 2019Venue: Petworth, UK A new work for violin, cello, piano and percussion by renowned Petworth composer Terence Allbright provides the centrepiece for a concert of audacious contemporary works given by the Riot Ensemble at the Petworth Festival.
Composition Workshop: Music Biennale Zagreb
Date: Thu 11th & Fri 12th Apr, 2019 Venue: Zagreb, Croatia Riot Ensemble make their first ever trip to Croatia to take part in the Music Biennale Zagreb – an international festival of contemporary music. We will be working with composers from all across Europe in a series of workshops of new pieces written specially […]
Speak, Be Silent: CD Release Concert
Date: Mon 8th Apr, 2019 Time: 7.30pm Venue: Crypt on the Green, Saint James Church (EC1R 0EA) Join us the evening of April 8th to celebrate the release of Speak, be Silent, our latest CD, out on HCR/NMC Recordings. Riot Ensemble artists will play solo works by each of the composers represented on the CD: Rebecca […]
