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Listen II: The Text Scores of Pauline Oliveros

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 […]

Reflections on the Text Scores of Pauline Oliveros

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 […]