Category Archives: Performances

still point at Wigmore Hall

On Wednesday, 4 September, the Orfea Duo — Mea Wade (oboe) & Olivia Jageurs (harp)  —  will present a curious pro­gramme at London’s Wigmore Hall built around Heinz Holliger’s 1962 open-form work Mobile. This mod­ular and re­con­fig­ur­able work comes in 12 bits and it will be presented in­ter­mingled with 12 new matching mini­atures, in­cluding my (tiny) still point. The concert […]

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March Music: Stockholm & Brussels

I’m lucky enough to be fin­ishing this month with two con­certs. On 22 March, the Curious Chamber Players will per­form The Incredulity of St Thomas as part of Samtida Musik’s Vårflod Festival in Stockholm. The rest of the pro­gramme fea­tures re­cent works by Swedish com­posers and the con­cert is fol­lowed by a re­cital given by […]

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All that is solid melts into air in Paris

On Sunday 3 February, soundini­ti­ative will give the first per­form­ance of All that is solid melts into air at the Collège Franco-Britannique (MÉTRO Cité Universitaire) in Paris. The con­cert will also in­clude a new ver­sion of my All the time that you have what we have. / All the time that you have. for mezzo-soprano and two vi­olas, the […]

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Talking to France Musique

Talking to France Musique’s Pierre Rigaudière about my stay at Fondation Royaumont as part of ‘Les lundis de la contemporaine’.

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All the time that you have at Royaumont

Information about the première of ‘All the time that you have what we have. / All the time that you have.’ at Fondation Royaumont, 22 September 2012.

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    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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