Here’s an anecdote to herald in 2011: ‘At one time Karlheinz [Stockhausen] and I would talk and exchange ideas. You know the story about the talk about singing? Well, he was writing a song for Cathy Berberian, who I later also wrote for, and he said, “if you were writing for a singer, would you write […]
As the end of the year approaches, here are some of the best things that I have read, seen and heard in the past twelve months. Two major, large-scale performances this autumn made an impact on me. The London Sinfonietta’s concert of Lachenmann at the Southbank Centre in October was one. I already knew the […]
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Tagged A Town Called Panic, Amir Nizar Zuabi, Aurélio Edler-Copês, Centre Acanthes, Dogtooth, Helmut Lachenmann, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Joanna Newsom, London Sinfonietta, musikFabrik, My Son My Son What Have Ye Done, Olafur Eliasson, Quatuor Diotima, Rebecca Saunders, ShiberHur, Southbank Centre, Tony Judt, Washington Phillips, Werner Herzog
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Tuesday, 23 November 2010
In celebration of Helmut Lachenmann’s 75th birthday, University of Manchester new music ensemble Vaganza are presenting two concerts of his music this Friday. A free lunchtime concert will see Ad Solem Chamber Choir perform Lachenmann’s Consolation II alongside works by students, including Tom Coult and Joy Chou. The evening sees a more thorough examination of […]
[…] and every attempt Is a wholly new start, and a different kind of failure Because one has only learnt to get the better of words For the thing one no longer has to say, or the way in which One is no longer disposed to say it. […] — T.S. Eliot, ‘East Coker’, Four Quartets
Saturday, 13 November 2010
With recent premieres by Dutch accordion duo TOEAC, Colinton Amateur Orchestral Society, Manchester Camerata and period instrument trio Spirituoso, 29-year-old composer Nina Whiteman has had a busy year, not mentioning performances as a vocalist with her flute, voice and cello group, Trio Atem, whose most recent performance was the premiere of graphic scores by artist […]