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.
America-born, Germany-based violinist Sarah Saviet is a new member of our artistic board. Hear her live performances of Liza Lim’s solo violin piece Philtre and Jack Sheen’s work for solo violin and ensemble Television continuity poses on Radio 3’s Hear and Now (recording available until October 28th). Sarah has a pretty intense schedule of travel and concerts, so […]
Welcome to the first contribution to a mini-series of interviews with new members of our Artistic Board. Today we put the big questions to singer Sarah Dacey, who is also a member of vocal trio Juice. This Saturday (01/10/16) she will perform Void by our 2016 composer in residence Nina C Young alongside Stephen Upshaw […]
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: Monday 21st November, 8.00pm Venue: The Forge, Camden (NW1 7NL) The Riot Ensemble connects people to great contemporary music with this performance entitled “The Viola in my Life.” The performance features Riot’s new Artistic Board Member Stephen Upshaw, who programmed this concert alongside fellow rioters Sarah Mason & Claudia Maria Racovicean. The concert features Feldman’s classic The […]
Date: Saturday 29th October, 5.00pm Venue: St. Nicholas Church, Brighton (BN1 3LJ) The World Premiere of Laurence Osborn’s Micrographia – a song cycle for two sopranos and chamber ensemble setting seven new poems (written specifically for this piece) by poet Joseph Minden. World Premieres from our 2016 Call for Scores winners Yukiko Watanabe and Lee Westwood, and an array of new […]
Date: Saturday 1st October, 10.00pm Venue: South Bank Centre, London Members of our Artistic Board perform live from the Southbank on BBC Radio 3’s Hear and Now. We’ll be performing the UK premiere of “death, hocket, and roll” – a Toy Piano Duo by Thomas Kotcheff, Nina C Young’s “Void” (Nina is our current composer in residence), Scelsi’s Ko-Lho, […]
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!
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