Stephen is a brilliant viola player and a fantastic new addition to our artistic board. Come and hear him play alongside Sarah Mason (percussion) and Claudia Maria Racovicean (piano) at The Forge, Camden on Monday November 21st at 8pm. The programme includes Morton Feldman’s ‘The Viola In My Life’ alongside new works for viola by Mark Simpson, […]
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: Wednesday 1st July, 7.30pm Venue: The Forge, Camden The closing ‘summer party’ on the second season of the critically acclaimed Wednesdays at the Forge concert series. The concert is built around Kevin Malone’s cabaret based around A Clockwork Orange, which sets the “songs” that Burgess included in his own script for the film (which Kubrick was eventually to […]
Date: Friday 7th November; 7.30pm Venue: The University of Chichester The Riot Ensemble’s co-principal pianist Adam Swayne presents a unique performance Frederic Rzewski’s The People United Will Never Be Defeated, one of the twentieth century’s most monumental works for solo piano. Rzewski wrote the piece in 1975 for Adam’s teacher, Ursula Oppens. The 36 variations are based on a song that expressed solidarity […]
Date: Tuesday 11th November; 7.30pm Venue: The Forge Camden The Riot Ensemble’s co-principal pianist Adam Swayne presents a unique performance Frederic Rzewski’s The People United Will Never Be Defeated, one of the twentieth century’s most monumental works for solo piano. Rzewski wrote the piece in 1975 for Adam’s teacher, Ursula Oppens. The 36 variations are based on a song that expressed solidarity […]
Near the one-year anniversary of his death, The Riot Ensemble brings Henri Dutilleux’s Les Citations to the Divinity School Recital Hall at St. John’s College, Cambridge. Presented along Dutilleux’s masterwork are an array of newly-commissioned works by composers from across the globe for the same lineup of instruments (with an additional soprano in two of the […]
The Riot Ensemble kicks off a new series of contemporary music at The Forge in Camden. The first half of this concert, starting at 7.30pm on 5th February, features CHROMA – while the Riot Ensemble brings you a second half of extremely low notes from Scott Lygate, Amy Beth Kirsten, Martijn Padding, Chris Mayo and […]
Near the one-year anniversary of his death, The Riot Ensemble brings Henri Dutilleux’s Les Citations to The Forge, Camden. Presented along Dutilleux’s masterwork are an array of newly-commissioned works by composers from across the globe for the same lineup of instruments (with an additional soprano in two of the works). These new pieces will come from Jose […]
Live recording from The Forge of Nicholas Omiccioli’s Invisible Worlds with Riot Ensemble’s flautist Kate Walter and pianist Adam Swayne.
We’re really pleased to announce that we’re running our first call for scores! The call is in collaboration with the fantastic East Coast Contemporary Ensemble. Two scores will be selected for performance at both The Forge (Camden, 16th July) and The Meetinghouse (Brighton, 17th July) as part of our Transatlantic Collaborations projects. You can apply […]
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