Author Archives: Chris

Video: Psappha Plays Wege & Waldstille

Here’s a video, cour­tesy of Psappha, of my piece Wege & Waldstille, which they premiered with verve and ac­curacy on Friday night. Enjoy it in HD!

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Getting it Right?

Notes on notes in London I was in London on Tuesday last week to at­tend Getting It Right? Performance prac­tices in con­tem­porary music, a day of talks and dis­cus­sions on per­form­ance, com­pos­i­tion and all the ways the two in­teract at LSO St Luke’s. Organised by Julian Anderson and Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the […]

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Mahler in Manchester: Take Eight

The Mahler in Manchester con­cert series is reaching its climax as we clamber up to the final, vast sym­phonies whose am­bi­tions outdid all pre­de­cessors and Mahler 8 is the largest of them all, com­bining the forces of BBC Philharmonic, Hallé, Hallé Choir, Hallé Youth Choir and CBSO Chorus, not to men­tion con­ductor Mark Elder and […]

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Wege & Waldstille Performed by Psappha

Wege & Waldstille, for cla­rinet, per­cus­sion, piano, cello and elec­tronics, will be premièred by the fant­astic Psappha at 17:00 on Friday 30 April in the Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall at the Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama. These guys really know how to play and it’s been an ab­so­lute pleasure hearing them re­hearse, so […]

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Wallander: "Not even Stockhausen could have come up with a din like that!"

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  • Microbiography

    Chris Swithinbank is a British-Dutch com­poser who works with both acoustic in­stru­ments and elec­tronic sounds. He is cur­rently a stu­dent at Harvard University with Chaya Czernowin.
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