Date: 19-20 January 2017 Venue: Brunel University Two days of rehearsals with composers Oliver Brignall on his new opera “Palace of Junk” -a multimedia retelling of the tragic tale of the Collyer brothers, an infamous pair of hoarders, and an exploration into hoarding disorder – ahead of our performance at Mahogany Opera Group’s Various Stages Festival.
Date: Friday 24th February, 1-8pm Venue: Institute of Contemporary Arts (SW1Y 5AH) We are thrilled to join Mahogany Opera Group’s Various Stages Festival as the resident ensemble. We’ll be workshopping and premiering a scene from Oliver Brignall’s new opera Palace of Junk, a multimedia retelling of the tragic tale of the Collyer brothers, an infamous pair of […]
Date: Monday 20th February Venue: St. Thomas’ Central Hall This is our fourteenth concert – free and open to the public – in conjunction with Breathe Arts Health Research and our third concert with charcoal artist Marcus Stefanelli. The concert will be programmed by and feature soloists from Riot Ensemble’s Artistic Board.
Date: Monday 20th February Venue: St. Thomas’ Central Hall This is our thirteenth concert – free and open to the public – in conjunction with Breathe Arts Health Research and our second concert with charcoal artist Marcus Stefanelli. The concert will be programmed by and feature soloists from Riot Ensemble’s Artistic Board.
Date: Wednesday 3rd May, 7.30pm Venue: Blackheath Halls Great Hall (SE3 9RQ) Come celebrate Jonathan Harvey’s rarely heard masterwork Jubilus – with Artistic Board Member Stephen Upshaw on solo viola – alongside the world premiere of composer/clarinettist Scott Lygate’s Chamber Symphony, the UK premiere of Augusta Read Thomas’ Capricious Angels, and our second performance of Helga Arias Parra’s Incipit (commissioned and premiered by us in 2015)!
Dates: Friday 17th – Sunday 19th February Venue: Real World Studios Back in 2014, on Radio 4, comedian Mark Steel quoted an anonymous description of the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival: ‘Much of it sounds like a chest of children’s toys coming down the stairs.’ We think this is accidentally a wonderful description of the joyful, cacophonous […]
Date: Tuesday 4th April, 7.30pm Venue: Cardiff University Concert Hall (CF10 3EB) We return to Cardiff University for an evening-length performance of Pauline Oliveros’ Text Scores, like the one below. You can read Tim Rutherford-Johnson’s reflections on these scores on our blog. The music is joyous, fun and informal. The concert will take place in two halves, with […]
Date: Friday 3rd March, 7.30pm Venue: The Warehouse, Theed Street (SE1 8ST) We are thrilled to be bringing Liza Lim’s Violin Concerto Speak, Be Silent to the Warehouse for its UK Premiere with soloist Sarah Saviet. Alongside Lim’s concerto, this concert includes an array of atmospheric, colourful and virtuosic music including the UK Premiere of Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s Ró, Edmund Finnis’ Frame/Refrain, and Rebecca Saunders’ A […]
Date: Thursday 16th February, 7.30pm Venue: Brixton East 1871 (SW9 7JF) The Riot Ensemble celebrates the beginning of 2017 with a return to Brixton East 1871 in an evening filled with chamber music from around the world. Come hear some of Europe’s top performers in an array of World and UK Premieres, along with the customary £5 bottles […]
Date: Wednesday 9th November 1pm Venue: Guys Hospital – Atrium 1 A ‘Remembrance’ themed concert, with live artist Marcus Stefanelli. Music by John Garner, A world premiere of Giovanni Cacioppo’s The Immigrant Suite, a selection of Bartok’s 44 Duos For Two Violins and Kate Williams Suite for Two Violins.
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