Date: Wed 18th March, 2020 Venue:Cardiff University Concert Hall, Cardiff (CF10 3EB) Riot Ensemble workshop new pieces from Cardiff University postgraduate composers written for Bass Clarinet, Soprano, Viola, Cello, and Harp.
Date: Tues 17th March, 2020 Time: 7pm Venue: Cardiff University Concert Hall, Cardiff (CF10 3EB) Riot Ensemble makes our third appearance at Cardiff University, with an array of chamber songs spatialized throughout Cardiff University’s concert hall, punctuated by virtuosic solos from Berio (Sequenza XIV) and Donatoni (Soft).
It’s been quite a year at Riot HQ. Aaron had to buy a new sofa in order to squeeze in all our new members of the artistic board. (Maybe I’ll pop a picture of the sofa up on instagram.) Our final ‘unveiling’ of the year is the astonishing clarinetist Ausiàs Garrigós Morant. Ausiàs will be […]
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 […]
In the centenary of his birth, we’re thrilled to return to music based around Henri Dutilleux’s Les Citations. We’ll be giving a world premiere from Nathan Shields, an extended version of Jose Manuel Serrano’s magical Cenizas de un madrigal triste, other Riot Ensemble commissions from Ken Hesketh & Chris Roe, Arlene Sierra’s Petite Grue and – of course – Les […]