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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 […]

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 […]

Recording: UK Commissions 2017 Call for Scores

Date: Sat 30th Mar, 2019Venue: City, University of London (EC1V 4PB) The Riot Ensemble record pieces by Georgia Rodgers, Aaron Einbond and Donghoon Shin, commissioned following the ensemble’s 2017 Call for Scores, developed at the Southbank Centre as part of the Nordic Music Days festival and premiered in Helsingborg, Sweden in 2018. 

Three Labyrinths

Date: Tue 2nd Apr, 2019Time: 7.00pmVenue: City, University of London (EC1V 4PB) The Riot Ensemble presents the UK premieres of pieces by Georgia Rodgers, Aaron Einbond and Donghoon Shin, commissioned following the ensemble’s 2017 Call for Scores, developed at the Southbank Centre as part of the Nordic Music Days festival and premiered in Helsingborg, Sweden […]

Wired in Amsterdam

Date: Thursday 28th May; 7.30pm Venue: Orgelpark, Amsterdam Last year, as part of our Les Citations project, we commissioned UK composer Chris Roe to write a new work for Oboe, Harpsichord, Percussion and Double Bass.  Chris’ piece WIRED was recorded for our first CD, and has now been selected as a finalist for the Prix annelie de Man.  We are […]