Date: Thursday 14th June, 2018 Time: 8-9pm with drinks in New Cross House to follow! Venue: Great Hall, Goldsmiths (SE14 6NW) In our second 2018 performance at Goldsmiths we perform music with electronics by Ann Cleare (On Magnetic Fields, World Premiere), Patricia Alessandrini (De profundis clamavi [hommage à Alban Berg]) and Pauline Oliveros (Wheel of Time, London […]
Date: Saturday 25th November, 10pm Venue: Bates Mill Blending Shed (HD1 3ER) As part of hcmf//’s 40th Anniversary Festival, we’re bringing two Pauline Oliveros pieces to their closing weekend ‘mix-tape’. We continue our ongoing interpretations of Pauline’s text scores, with Sarah Dacey’s performance of The autobiography of Lady Steinway (which we gave the UK premiere of earlier this […]
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 […]
Music entails listening. This may be a truism, but it is one that Pauline Oliveros’s music considers from every angle. What is listening? How is it different from hearing? Can we activate it, and then shape it at will? Can we compose music with it? Listening needs stillness. As does reading. ‘First imagine silence’ begins […]
Date: Tuesday 13th September, 8pm Venue: Montague Arms, Peckham (SE15 2PA) Sonic Imperfections is a monthly experimental music night at the Montague Arms in Peckham. We’re heading down with a complete evening of Pauline Oliveros‘ Text Scores, like the one below. The evening will take place in three short sets, with time for drinks and conversation in-between!