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Kammer Klanging number....24
Saxophone: Alison Dodd
Bass trombone: Martyn Hunter
Percussion: Toby Kearney
Harp: Martino Panizza
Guitar: Declan Zapala
Piano: Charlie Sdraulig, Katherine Tinker, Miizuki Komori, Joseph Houston
Violin: Laura Thompson, Michelle Lee, Joana Ly, Yuka Matsumoto.
Headlined by the amazing band, MA.
Tom Challenger/Ross Stanley/Dave Smith/Matt Calvert.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0-QpOpLsjY
The night will also include:
The RCM Experimental Music Ensemble
Flute: Hannah Grayson, Kelsey Seymour
Clarinet: Michael ShearerSaxophone: Alison Dodd
Bass trombone: Martyn Hunter
Percussion: Toby Kearney
Harp: Martino Panizza
Guitar: Declan Zapala
Piano: Charlie Sdraulig, Katherine Tinker, Miizuki Komori, Joseph Houston
Violin: Laura Thompson, Michelle Lee, Joana Ly, Yuka Matsumoto.
Lucy Railton and Aisha Orazbayeva
The music of Alex Hills
And of course the music of Steve Reich and Frederic Rzewski who don't need linking.
Hear Kammer Klang's performances at the ICA broadcasted on HALAS Radio.
Recorded by Ophir Ilzetski.
HALAS Radio, is a non-profit internet radio station broadcasting from The Israeli Center for Digital Art in Holon, Israel.
HALAS Radio is a meeting place for local art and music communities as well as neighboring communities from the Middle East and the whole wide world, while reaching diverse new audience. This unique encounter between the realm of art and the realm of music delivers an original, multi-disciplinary approach that goes beyond the limits of any one single medium.
The studio of HALAS Radio acts as a home for artists from different disciplines; a haven in which they can experiment, push their limits and progress while meeting others, to exchange ideas and share knowledge, as part of the creative process.
The internet radio platform, benefiting from the advantages of the World Wide Web, such as access, dialog and exposure beyond the limits of geographic broadcasting, can reach the whole world. The defining line between consumption, access and production has expired and is no longer relevant.
Reading Room Visual Library for Notations and Interpretation Festival ICA 2011
NAMELY for Peter Manson. Film by Lawrence Upton and John Drever.
Serge Vuille's Solo percussion recital in the Lower Gallery.
Materials made for a perfomance of John Zorn's Cobra and T - Shirt Score of Jenny Walshe's THIS IS WHY PEOPLE OD ON PILLS / AND JUMP FROM THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE.
@ the ICA: Notation and Interpretation 16 -20 February
A mini-season with a dual focus on composed work and the permutations of music performance. Notation and Interpretation will also showcase the aesthetic appeal of the musical score and current cross-pollination at work in the fields of contemporary classical and electronic practice.
More info here
WEDNESDAY 16th 8PM - Gallery
Mauricio Kagel -Match
performed by Oliver Coates, Lucy Railton - celli, Serge Vuille - percussion
Aldo Clementi -Madrigale
performed by Kerry Yong - Casio Keyboard and Computer
Christian Wolff - Exercise 15
performed by Eloisa Fleur Thom, Benedict Taylor, Fred Thomas, Lucy Railton, Newton Armstrong
FRIDAY 18th
6.30/8PM - Gallery
Christopher Fox - Talks about Notation
John Cage -Prepared Piano works (selection)
Adapted and performed by Kerry Yong for Sampler Keyboard.
John Cage -Five(One)
Earle Brown -Folio - December 1952
10pm
Morton Feldman -For Bunita Marcus (duration: 75mins)
performed by Mark Knoop - Piano
SATURDAY 19th, 3pm
Serge Vuille performs music for solo percussion:
Anton Wymann -Akrobat
Matthew Shlomowitz - Hi-Hat and Me
Annette Schmucki- und durch. figuren. unter ruhe/punkten
John Cage - Composed Improvisation
Vinko Globokar - Corporel
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VISUAL LIBRARY - Reading Room & Concourse
On display: A broad collection of scores, films and writings by composers demonstrating new methods of notation in their work. áDisplayed throughout the festival in the Concourse and Reading Room, works included by:
Christopher Fox, Claudia Molitor, James Saunders, Jennifer Walshe, Earle Brown, Sam Britton John Cage, John Zorn, Matthew Shlomowitz, Lawrence Upton, James Tenney, Christian Wolff, Karlheinz Stockhausen, John Cage, Vinko Globokar, Pierre Boulez, Larry Polansky, Philip Corner, Adem Ilhan, Chris Peck, Mauricio Pauly, Christian Kesten, Anton Lukoszevieze, Cornelius Cardew, Morton Feldman, Michael Finnissy & Brian Ferneyhough
The festival also features work by Pattern Foundry artist Richard Rhys, daytime workshops and a Sunday 20th performance lead by Dirty Electronics (John Richards) and Saturday 19th evening performance of music by Plaid, Will Dutta, Larry Goves and Mira Calix.
More info here
WEDNESDAY 16th 8PM - Gallery
Mauricio Kagel -Match
performed by Oliver Coates, Lucy Railton - celli, Serge Vuille - percussion
Aldo Clementi -Madrigale
performed by Kerry Yong - Casio Keyboard and Computer
Christian Wolff - Exercise 15
performed by Eloisa Fleur Thom, Benedict Taylor, Fred Thomas, Lucy Railton, Newton Armstrong
FRIDAY 18th
6.30/8PM - Gallery
Christopher Fox - Talks about Notation
John Cage -Prepared Piano works (selection)
Adapted and performed by Kerry Yong for Sampler Keyboard.
John Cage -Five(One)
Earle Brown -Folio - December 1952
10pm
Morton Feldman -For Bunita Marcus (duration: 75mins)
performed by Mark Knoop - Piano
SATURDAY 19th, 3pm
Serge Vuille performs music for solo percussion:
Anton Wymann -Akrobat
Matthew Shlomowitz - Hi-Hat and Me
Annette Schmucki- und durch. figuren. unter ruhe/punkten
John Cage - Composed Improvisation
Vinko Globokar - Corporel
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VISUAL LIBRARY - Reading Room & Concourse
On display: A broad collection of scores, films and writings by composers demonstrating new methods of notation in their work. áDisplayed throughout the festival in the Concourse and Reading Room, works included by:
Christopher Fox, Claudia Molitor, James Saunders, Jennifer Walshe, Earle Brown, Sam Britton John Cage, John Zorn, Matthew Shlomowitz, Lawrence Upton, James Tenney, Christian Wolff, Karlheinz Stockhausen, John Cage, Vinko Globokar, Pierre Boulez, Larry Polansky, Philip Corner, Adem Ilhan, Chris Peck, Mauricio Pauly, Christian Kesten, Anton Lukoszevieze, Cornelius Cardew, Morton Feldman, Michael Finnissy & Brian Ferneyhough
Films Include:
- Five Finger Discount and Letter Piece Number 1 (performances) by Matthew Shlomowitz.
- NAMELY for Peter Mason, (a collaboration with John Drever) by Lawrence Upton.
- Changing the System, a documentary exploring the music of Christian Wolff by Andrew Chesher.
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The festival also features work by Pattern Foundry artist Richard Rhys, daytime workshops and a Sunday 20th performance lead by Dirty Electronics (John Richards) and Saturday 19th evening performance of music by Plaid, Will Dutta, Larry Goves and Mira Calix.
Kammer Klang - Aug 3rd, the VORTEXFrom Paris:
BENOIT DELBECQ
Delbecq figures today among the most creative musicians is the European scene ... Enlightened experiment of a music decidedly personal in the way it links apparently contradictory influences from the freest improvisation and the ultra-sophisticated constructions of contemporary composers as such as Ligeti and Conlon Nancarrow.
"Plenty of forward-thinking jazz pianists have been painted with a modern-classical brush, but few have approached improvisation armed with the vocabulary demanded by Cage, Ligeti and the like with the diligence and flair as Delbecq". http://www.delbecq.net
From New York:
TANYA KALMANOVITCH
Violist and violinist Tanya Kalmanovitch performs contemporary jazz, classical music, and many things in between. Based in New York City since 2004, she has been named "Best New Talent" by All About Jazz, while Time Out New York identified her as “the Juilliard-trained violist who’s been tearing up the scene”. Tanya has performed with a diverse range of artists including Mark Turner, Benoît Delbecq, Mark Helias, Dominique Pifarély, Andy Laster, Tom Rainey, Ernst Reijseger, Mat Maneri, and the Turtle Island String Quartet, Martin Hayes, John Cage and Shujaat Husain Khan.
Kalmanovitch is an exceptional musician. " In soloing she thinks compositionally, with an expressive contrast between the astringent chromaticism of her lines and compositions and her warmly malleable tone". The Irish Times. http://www.tanyakalmanovitch.com
BENOIT DELBECQ
Delbecq figures today among the most creative musicians is the European scene ... Enlightened experiment of a music decidedly personal in the way it links apparently contradictory influences from the freest improvisation and the ultra-sophisticated constructions of contemporary composers as such as Ligeti and Conlon Nancarrow.
"Plenty of forward-thinking jazz pianists have been painted with a modern-classical brush, but few have approached improvisation armed with the vocabulary demanded by Cage, Ligeti and the like with the diligence and flair as Delbecq". http://www.delbecq.net
From New York:
TANYA KALMANOVITCH
Violist and violinist Tanya Kalmanovitch performs contemporary jazz, classical music, and many things in between. Based in New York City since 2004, she has been named "Best New Talent" by All About Jazz, while Time Out New York identified her as “the Juilliard-trained violist who’s been tearing up the scene”. Tanya has performed with a diverse range of artists including Mark Turner, Benoît Delbecq, Mark Helias, Dominique Pifarély, Andy Laster, Tom Rainey, Ernst Reijseger, Mat Maneri, and the Turtle Island String Quartet, Martin Hayes, John Cage and Shujaat Husain Khan.
Kalmanovitch is an exceptional musician. " In soloing she thinks compositionally, with an expressive contrast between the astringent chromaticism of her lines and compositions and her warmly malleable tone". The Irish Times. http://www.tanyakalmanovitch.com
KAMMER KLANG 17 - July 6
KAMMER KLANG 17JULY 6TH - - - THE VORTEX
The first night of Kammer Klang at THE VORTEX, featuring music by Schoenberg, Michael Finnissy, Matthew Shlomowitz and John Cage, headlined by music from Adem Ilhan, composed for various small ensembles.
ADEM ILHAN
Adem Ilhan is a musician of eclectic styles and has released on Domino Records and continues to make his own music and produce that by others. His works spans the experimental and electronic to songs and broken toys, as well as an enthusiastic gatherer of musicians to form the mass improvising collective, Assmebly, who will feature this KK in performances of Adem's pieces composed specifically for the event.
Adem Ilhan is a musician of eclectic styles and has released on Domino Records and continues to make his own music and produce that by others. His works spans the experimental and electronic to songs and broken toys, as well as an enthusiastic gatherer of musicians to form the mass improvising collective, Assmebly, who will feature this KK in performances of Adem's pieces composed specifically for the event.
www.adem.tv www.myspace.com/ademofficial
SCHOENBERG - Pierrot Lunaire (first cycle) (1912)
Adam de la Cour - Voice
Mark Knoop - Piano
Adam de la Cour - Voice
Mark Knoop - Piano
MICHAEL FINNISSY- Walrus (2010)
Mark Knoop - Accordion
Michael Finnissy's Walrus portrays this fat, smelly, noisy mammal as it disrupts a North Sea costal town fair.
JOHN CAGE - Five(one) (1988)
One of Cage's earliest number pieces written for five voices or instruments or voices and instruments. Performed by regular Klangers.
One of Cage's earliest number pieces written for five voices or instruments or voices and instruments. Performed by regular Klangers.
MATTHEW SHLOMOWITZ -Letter Piece No.1(2007)
Mark Knoop - Performer
Matthew Shlomowitz - Sampler
Shlomowitz's Letter Pieces combine physical actions, music and text. The performers create the material themselves, but the structure of each piece is determined. The result has been described as the "formalistic paterrning of the everyday world" and "arty fart charades". This realisation features Mark Knoop as superhero.
Mark Knoop - Performer
Matthew Shlomowitz - Sampler
Shlomowitz's Letter Pieces combine physical actions, music and text. The performers create the material themselves, but the structure of each piece is determined. The result has been described as the "formalistic paterrning of the everyday world" and "arty fart charades". This realisation features Mark Knoop as superhero.
Kammer Klang 16 - June 1
8.30pm - - - - CAFÉ OTO.
Featuring: James Alssopp, Bartok (3rd qtet) performed by the Solstice String Quartet, Mowgli & songs by Chris Newman.
James Allsopp is a multi-instrumentalist and composer whose genre busting quintet “Fraud” exploded on to the Jazz scene in 2005 to instant critical acclaim, James also writes for his new trio “The Golden Age of Steam” which features his Fraud collaborator Tim Giles alongside Hammond organ wunderkind Kit Downes. As an improviser James has recently recorded an album of solo saxophone improvisations which explore the territory of spontaneous composition. These pieces fuse James’s complex and highly individual harmonic and rhythmic languages with an exploration of extended techniques and effects. The album is due to be released on the “Quartz” contemporary classical music label in October 2009. www.jamesallsopp.co.uk
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Mowgli is a quintet of improvisers/composers abandoned at childhood and raised by apes. Tonight they perform an improvised set of feral romanticism and carnal desire. Mowgli is a band from SQUIB-BOX a cooperative dedicated to the production and dissemination of avant-garde music and performance. www.squib-box.com
"Shere Kharnage" R.Kipling
Dominic Lash - Bass
Adam de la Cour - Voice
Javier Carmona - Percussion/drums
Federico Reuben - Live electronics
Neil Luck - Miscellaneous
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Solstice String Quartet - BARTOK 3rd String Quartet
First prize winners in the 2009 Royal Over-seas League Competition, the Solstice String Quartet is quickly gaining a reputation as one of the finest young quartets in the UK. Selected by both the Tillett Trust and Park Lane Group in 2008 the quartet made their debuts at the Wigmore Hall and Purcell Room in 2009. Established whilst studying at the Cambridge University in 2003, they held a Junior Fellowship at the IIMC in Madrid in 2008-9 where they studied with Prof. Günter Pichler of the Alban Berg Quartet. They currently study with the ProQuartet Foundation in Paris and hold the Leverhulme Chamber Music Fellowship at the Royal Academy of Music. www.solsticestringquartet.com
Jamie Campbell - Violin
Helena Nicholls - Violin
Meghan Cassidy - Viola
Gregor Riddell - Cello
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Chris Newman - THREE SONGS
- Beautiful Skys
- Time Continues
- Girls are like my sister
Adam de la Cour (voice) and Tim Parkinson (piano) perform a series of Chris Newman's cabaret-style songs, including the wonderful 'Girls are like my sister' and the marvelous 'My wife is French'.
KK 15
KAMMER KLANG - - - MAY 4TH - - - CAFE OTO
SEB ROCHFORD drums LEO ABRAHAMS guitar TIM HARRIES bass
NEWTON ARMSTRONG - Three Windows for piano and electronics
LUCIANO BERIO - Sequenza VIII for Violin
MORTON FELDMAN - Durations II for cello and piano
HELMUT LACHENMANN - Ein Kinderspiel for solo piano
DAMIEN RICKETSON - Same Steps 2007 for clarinet and modular ensemble
Mark Knoop - Piano and Accordion
Lucy Railton - Cello
Leo Abrahams - Guitar
Aisha Orazbayeva - Violin
Vicky Wright - Clarinet
KK#14 - 2 March 2010
Video summary of the event:
Electro accoustic solo set by John Wall
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Ensemble of Notes perform work that goes beyond the instrument and beyond the score.
- Graphic classic: Earl Brown's December 1952
- Accumulation groove: Larry Polansky's Ensembles Of Note
- Microtonal patterning: Christopher Fox's Chromascope
- Combinatorial lullabies: Tom Johnson's Bedtime Stories
- 1925 investigations inside the piano: Henry Cowell's Banshee
- Tounge theatre: Christian Kesten's Zunge lösen
Eva Polger - clarinet
Katarzyna Kuchnicka - trombone
Serge Vuille - percussion
Alex Wilson - piano
Ikuyo Kobayashi - piano
Tim Yates - guitar
Carla Santos - violin
Violeta Barrena Witschi - violin
Richard Jones - viola
Julia Vanbeuningen - cello
Cafe Oto
Christian Kesten - Zunge lösen
3 bedtime stories by Tom Johnson:
Electro accoustic solo set by John Wall
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Ensemble of Notes perform work that goes beyond the instrument and beyond the score.
- Graphic classic: Earl Brown's December 1952
- Accumulation groove: Larry Polansky's Ensembles Of Note
- Microtonal patterning: Christopher Fox's Chromascope
- Combinatorial lullabies: Tom Johnson's Bedtime Stories
- 1925 investigations inside the piano: Henry Cowell's Banshee
- Tounge theatre: Christian Kesten's Zunge lösen
Eva Polger - clarinet
Katarzyna Kuchnicka - trombone
Serge Vuille - percussion
Alex Wilson - piano
Ikuyo Kobayashi - piano
Tim Yates - guitar
Carla Santos - violin
Violeta Barrena Witschi - violin
Richard Jones - viola
Julia Vanbeuningen - cello
Cafe Oto
Christian Kesten - Zunge lösen
3 bedtime stories by Tom Johnson:
KK#13 - 2 February 2010
Tuesday February 2nd - - CAFE OTO
Kammer Klang presents a night of contemporary classical compositions and improvised music.
Highlights of the night:
Improvisation:
Roger Turner - drum set & percussion
Alan Tomlinson - trombones
Steve Beresford - electronics
Elliott Carter - Figment No 1 (1994) For solo cello
Performed by Lucy Railton
The next installment in the Kerry Yong Cover Me Casio series:
Aldo Clementi - Madrigale
Olivier Messiaen - Dance of fury for the seven trumpets
Federico Reuben - Reinita amarilla, termina en el charco
Performed by
Leo Chadburn - Recorder
Lucy Railton - Cello
Kerry Yong - Harpsichord
Kammer Klang presents a night of contemporary classical compositions and improvised music.
Highlights of the night:
Improvisation:
Roger Turner - drum set & percussion
Alan Tomlinson - trombones
Steve Beresford - electronics
Elliott Carter - Figment No 1 (1994) For solo cello
Performed by Lucy Railton
The next installment in the Kerry Yong Cover Me Casio series:
Aldo Clementi - Madrigale
Olivier Messiaen - Dance of fury for the seven trumpets
Federico Reuben - Reinita amarilla, termina en el charco
Performed by
Leo Chadburn - Recorder
Lucy Railton - Cello
Kerry Yong - Harpsichord
KK#12 - 24 November 2009
TUES NOV 24TH
£5
8.30PM
Cafe Oto 22 Ashwin Street DalstonE8 3DL
Featuring
Outhouse
Robin Fincker - tenor saxophone/ clarinet
Tom Challenger -tenor sax
Johnny Brierley - bass
Dave Smith - drums
PA Tremblay - bass
The quartet is a core-member of the Loop Collective. Nov KK invites laptopist/bass-guitarist Pierre Alexandre Tremblay to join them for the headline set.
Pierre Alexandre Tremblay - Un clou, son marteau, et le béton (2009)
Performed by pianist and dedicatee, Sarah Nicolls
ATAU TANAKA - NEW WORK for pianist and sensors (2009)
Performed by Sarah Nicolls.
Louis Andriessen - Sweet for solo recorder
Performed by Leo Chadburn
£5
8.30PM
Cafe Oto 22 Ashwin Street DalstonE8 3DL
Featuring
Outhouse
Robin Fincker - tenor saxophone/ clarinet
Tom Challenger -tenor sax
Johnny Brierley - bass
Dave Smith - drums
PA Tremblay - bass
The quartet is a core-member of the Loop Collective. Nov KK invites laptopist/bass-guitarist Pierre Alexandre Tremblay to join them for the headline set.
Pierre Alexandre Tremblay - Un clou, son marteau, et le béton (2009)
Performed by pianist and dedicatee, Sarah Nicolls
ATAU TANAKA - NEW WORK for pianist and sensors (2009)
Performed by Sarah Nicolls.
Louis Andriessen - Sweet for solo recorder
Performed by Leo Chadburn
KLANG 11, ZORN'S COBRA....... thanks to Gareth Humphreys for the action shots!
Master minded and conducted by Sam Britton
Zac
Vicky in Guerrilla mode, Dave Schulmann doing.....
Michael
Maurizio and Chris
Vince
The whole crew-thanks everyone for a memorable night
KAMMER KLANG & PLUS MINUS JOIN FORCE AT THE ICA
Wed 18 November | 7pm | £8 / £7 forICA Members
Very good news:
As part of the ICA's Calling Out of Context nine day festival of experimental music and sound, we are presenting works by composer Trond Reinholdtsen and visual artist James Beckett, in a night comprised of motorcross trophies, travel sounds, rabbits, power point presentations and microtonal music.
The whole night will look like this:
Trond Reinholdtsen – 13 Music Theatre Pieces
Trond Reinholdtsen – Concert Music Piece
Iannis Xenakis – Charisma
Alex Hills – Some states can be resolved rhythmically [premier]
Matthew Shlomowitz – Fast Medium Swing
Giancinto Scelsi – Duo for Cello and Violin
Larry Polansky – Ensemble Of Notes
James Beckett – Trophies
James Beckett – Rabbit to Score
James Beckett – THE FRÈDERYCK NÙYEGEN SEASIDE MEMORIAL BAND
Trond Reinholdtsen – Concert Music Piece
Iannis Xenakis – Charisma
Alex Hills – Some states can be resolved rhythmically [premier]
Matthew Shlomowitz – Fast Medium Swing
Giancinto Scelsi – Duo for Cello and Violin
Larry Polansky – Ensemble Of Notes
James Beckett – Trophies
James Beckett – Rabbit to Score
James Beckett – THE FRÈDERYCK NÙYEGEN SEASIDE MEMORIAL BAND
And these guys going to play it:
Mark Knoop - Accordion
Roderick Chadwick - Keyboard
Vicky Wright - Clarinets
Adam De La Cour - Guitar
Alex Waterman - Cello
Matthew Coorey - French Horn
Aisha Orazbayeva - Violin
Lucy Railton - Cello
Scott Lygate - Clarinet
Serge Vuille - Percussion
Dave De Rose - Drums
Wed 18 November | 7pm | £8 / £7 forICA Members
Kammer Klang on the Radio
We were very happy to be invited to the Resonance FM studios by Joe Kassman-Tod to do a little show for Disorder at the Border, about an hour long, some music from past KK's and some rambling interview from me, skip that bit:
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1215648/Disorder%20at%20the%20Border%20-%20Kammer%20Klang%20-%2024th%20October.mp3
Finnissy's Confusion in the Service of Discovery, for Mandolin and electronic mandolin, played by Michael Hooper
Xenakis Charisma played by myself and Scott Lygate on Clarinet
and a solo electronics piece from Isambard Khroustaliov, playing Pink, a piece he wrote for KK number one!
Thanks to everyone for their time and exceptional skill.
It's a good listen! Here's the link:
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/
Big thanks to Joe for asking to play. His show is at 8pm every Saturday night on Resonance 104.4 fm, definitely worth checking out, this man has good taste!
KK#11 - 27 October 2009
Cafe Oto
22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, E8 3DL
Tickets on the door: £5
Starts 8.30
ISAMBARD KHROUSTALIOV- OHKA Album Launch
JOHN ZORN - Cobra
conducted by Sam Britton.
Michael Hooper - Mandolin
Kerry Yong - Piano
Peter Willcock - Voice/acting
Vicky Wright - Clarinets
Maurizio Ravalico - Congas
Alex Ward - Guitar
Dave Schulmann - Sax
Adem - Electronics
Vince Sipprell - Viola
MAURICIO KAGEL - Atem
for Actor and Clarinet
Performed by Ah! You sitting comfortably
SALVATORE SCIARRINO, solo piano pieces:
- Due Notturni Crudeli (2000-2001)
- Anamorfosi (1980)
Performed by Kerry Yong - piano
GIACINTO SCELSI - Duo for cello and violin (1965)
Aisha Orazbayeva - Violin
Lucy Railton - Cello
KK#10 - 29 September 2009
Footage from the night here:
IMPROVISATION: Matthew Bourne (piano) and Christophe De Benezac (sax)
MICHAEL FINNISSY - Confusion in the Service of Discovery
Michael Hooper - mandolin (and electronics)
J.M. STAUD - Towards a Brighter Hue
Aisha Orazbayeva - violin
ALEX HILLS: Knight's Move
Sarah Cresswell - Percussion and Lucy Railton - Cello
KAIJA SAARIAHO: Rock Garden
Sarah Cresswell - Percussion (and electronics)
ELLIOTT CARTER: Rhapsodic Musings
Aisha Orazbayeva - violin
IMPROVISATION: Matthew Bourne (piano) and Christophe De Benezac (sax)
MICHAEL FINNISSY - Confusion in the Service of Discovery
Michael Hooper - mandolin (and electronics)
J.M. STAUD - Towards a Brighter Hue
Aisha Orazbayeva - violin
Sarah Cresswell - Percussion and Lucy Railton - Cello
KAIJA SAARIAHO: Rock Garden
Sarah Cresswell - Percussion (and electronics)
ELLIOTT CARTER: Rhapsodic Musings
Aisha Orazbayeva - violin
KK#9 - 1 September 2009 at CAFE OTO
A night of contemporary classical compositions by John Cage, Christian Wolff, Luciano Berio , electronic music by Tristan Brooke, and a selection of songs from Simon Bookish.
SIMON BOOKISH -- selected songs
Simon Bookish - Vocals
Emma Smith - Violin
Max Baillie - Violin
Mandy Drummond - Viola
Lucy Railton - Cello
JOHN CAGE -- Etudes Boreales
Mark Knoop - Piano
LUCIANO BERIO -- Sequenza I
Carla Rees -- flute
CHRISTIAN WOLFF -- Music for 1, 2 or 3 players.
Performed by Lucy Railton and Mark Knoop
TRISTAN BROOKES -- Threads for amplified viola and 7 loudspeakers
Robert Ames - viola
Tristan Brookes and Oliver Whitworth - electronics
SIMON BOOKISH -- selected songs
Simon Bookish - Vocals
Emma Smith - Violin
Max Baillie - Violin
Mandy Drummond - Viola
Lucy Railton - Cello
JOHN CAGE -- Etudes Boreales
Mark Knoop - Piano
LUCIANO BERIO -- Sequenza I
Carla Rees -- flute
CHRISTIAN WOLFF -- Music for 1, 2 or 3 players.
Performed by Lucy Railton and Mark Knoop
TRISTAN BROOKES -- Threads for amplified viola and 7 loudspeakers
Robert Ames - viola
Tristan Brookes and Oliver Whitworth - electronics
KK#8 - 30 June 2009 at CAFE OTO
Mark Knoop, Lucy Railton, Shabaka Hutchings and Kerry Yong perform works by Peter Ablinger, Cornelius Cardew, Iannis Xenakis and Luigi Nono, and a special set by Mayming.
MAYMING - Seaming To - Voice/Semay Wu - Cello
Kerry Yong - piano (and electronics)
MAYMING - Seaming To - Voice/Semay Wu - Cello
(Mother Theresa, Morton Feldmann & Billie Holiday)
Kerry Yong - piano (and electronics)
KK#7 - 26 May 2009
Guest curated by Mark Knoop, a night of works exploring the nature of live collaboration.
Vicky Wright (clarinet) and Mark Knoop (accordion)
GASTRO - Songs of food
Adam de la Cour - guitar/voice
Richmond Stockwell - drums
Mark Knoop- accordion
ANGHARAD DAVIES & ALEX WATERMAN
improvisation: violin & cello
video highlights here
MICHAEL MATTHEW - The First SeaMARK KNOOP - A.B.
Vicky Wright - clarinet (and tape)
ØYVIND TORVUND - Audio Guide
Mark Knoop - keyboard and tape
Vicky Wright (clarinet) and Mark Knoop (accordion)
GASTRO - Songs of food
Adam de la Cour - guitar/voice
Richmond Stockwell - drums
Mark Knoop- accordion
ANGHARAD DAVIES & ALEX WATERMAN
improvisation: violin & cello
video highlights here
KK#6 - 28 April 2009
KK's most eclectic night yet: an electronic tape classic by Varese, an even more classic classic by Purcell, and the 21C coming in the form of Anna Meredith, Mira Calix and Ah! You Sitting, comfortably.
- Mira Calix (electronics) and Oliver Coates (cello) Duo
HENRY PURCELL - Three Part Fantasias adapted for modern string trio
EDGAR VARESE - Poeme ElectroniqueAh! You sitting, comfortably!
- Mira Calix (electronics) and Oliver Coates (cello) Duo
ANNA MEREDITH (solo electronics)
HENRY PURCELL - Three Part Fantasias adapted for modern string trio
EDGAR VARESE - Poeme Electronique
KK#5 - 24 February 2009
The Final Terror, plus works by Stockhausen, Scelsi, Williamson and Crane
* THE FINAL TERROR
Pete Wareham - Sax
Leo Taylor - Drums
Ruth Goller - Bass
Chris Sharkey - Guitar
Kenichi Iwasa - Keyboard
Kerry Yong rereads two classic piano and electronic works for Casiotone keyboard
STOCKHAUSEN - Klavierstuck XVI
SCELSI - Aitsi
LAURENCE CRANE - Riis
Vicky Wright - Clarinet -
Kerry Yong - Organ
Lucy Railton - Cello
JAMES WILLIAMSON - new work
Sarah Cresswell - percussion
Complete performance of Scelsi
* THE FINAL TERROR
Pete Wareham - Sax
Leo Taylor - Drums
Ruth Goller - Bass
Chris Sharkey - Guitar
Kenichi Iwasa - Keyboard
Kerry Yong rereads two classic piano and electronic works for Casiotone keyboard
STOCKHAUSEN - Klavierstuck XVI
SCELSI - Aitsi
LAURENCE CRANE - Riis
Vicky Wright - Clarinet -
Kerry Yong - Organ
Lucy Railton - Cello
JAMES WILLIAMSON - new work
Sarah Cresswell - percussion
Complete performance of Scelsi
KK#4 - 27 January 2009
LEAFCUTTER JOHN
Featuring the KK String Quartet, live electronics and animated graphic score
STEVE REICH - Different Trains (for string quartet and tape)
Kate Riley - violin
Helena Nicholls - violin
Rob Ames - viola
Lucy Railton - cello
HAROLD GENZMER - Sonata for Bass Clarinet
Scott Lygate - bass clarinet
Featuring the KK String Quartet, live electronics and animated graphic score
STEVE REICH - Different Trains (for string quartet and tape)
Kate Riley - violin
Helena Nicholls - violin
Rob Ames - viola
Lucy Railton - cello
HAROLD GENZMER - Sonata for Bass Clarinet
Scott Lygate - bass clarinet
KK#3 - 2 December 2008
HELMET LACHENMANN - Pression
Lucy Railton - cello
TOM JOHNSON - Counting Duets
Mark Knoop & Matthew Shlomowitz
MATTHEW SHLOMOWITZ - When Is a Door Not A Door?
Kammer Klang 4 - Lucy Railton, Sasha Milavic Davies, Mark Knoop & Matthew Shlomowitz
Improvisation by Patrick Farmer (snare drum), Dominic Lash (Double Bass) & Matt Milton (violin)
Here is a video clip with footage from the night - sadly missing the improvisation.
Lucy Railton - cello
TOM JOHNSON - Counting Duets
Mark Knoop & Matthew Shlomowitz
MATTHEW SHLOMOWITZ - When Is a Door Not A Door?
Kammer Klang 4 - Lucy Railton, Sasha Milavic Davies, Mark Knoop & Matthew Shlomowitz
Improvisation by Patrick Farmer (snare drum), Dominic Lash (Double Bass) & Matt Milton (violin)
Here is a video clip with footage from the night - sadly missing the improvisation.
KK#2 - 28 October 2008
ALFRED SCHNITTKE - A Paganini
David Worswick - violin
STEVE REICH - Pendulum Music
sets in motion by Isambard Khroustaliov
LOUIS ANDRIESSEN - Workers Union
Vicky Wright - bass clarinet
Sasha Koushk-Jalali - tuba
Rob Ames - viola
Sarah Creswell - percussion
Lucy Railton - cello
Improvisation by Oren Marshall (tuba) & Maurizio Ravalico (congas)
David Worswick - violin
STEVE REICH - Pendulum Music
sets in motion by Isambard Khroustaliov
LOUIS ANDRIESSEN - Workers Union
Vicky Wright - bass clarinet
Sasha Koushk-Jalali - tuba
Rob Ames - viola
Sarah Creswell - percussion
Lucy Railton - cello
Improvisation by Oren Marshall (tuba) & Maurizio Ravalico (congas)
KK#1 - 30 September 2008
GYORGY KURTAG - Signs, Games & Messages
Ed Brenton - violin
Rob Ames - viola
Lucy Railton - cello
MATTHEW SHLOMOWITZ - Letter Pieces
Sasha Milavic Davies - dancer
Lucy Railton - cello
ANNA MEREDITH - Flex
Sarah Cresswell - metallic percussion
A new work by Isambard Khroustaliov (electronics) in collaboration with film maker Alice Scott
* Improvisation by Alex Bonney (piccolo trumpet) & Isambard Khroustaliov (electronics)
Here is a video clip with footage from the night.
Ed Brenton - violin
Rob Ames - viola
Lucy Railton - cello
MATTHEW SHLOMOWITZ - Letter Pieces
Sasha Milavic Davies - dancer
Lucy Railton - cello
ANNA MEREDITH - Flex
Sarah Cresswell - metallic percussion
A new work by Isambard Khroustaliov (electronics) in collaboration with film maker Alice Scott
* Improvisation by Alex Bonney (piccolo trumpet) & Isambard Khroustaliov (electronics)
Here is a video clip with footage from the night.
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