new music
Sunday Coffee Concerts New Music Mornings January - June 2010
The Camberwell Composers' Collective … return to Kettle’s Yard for a second year to present some of the UK’s finest musical talent. Enjoy a diverse blend of acoustic and electronic sounds, with some of the most exhilarating music from around the world.
24 January New Music Morning New Music Ensemble, Cambridge University 12.00, free The Cambridge Songbook Songs by professional, undergraduate and school student composers.
S u n d a y C o f f e e C o n c e r t 31 January Aisha Orazbayeva, violin 12.00, £6 [£4] This young Kazakh violinist brings her dynamic style to a varied programme of music for solo violin. Works by Austrian composer Johannes Maria Staud and Anna Meredith.
14 February Sunday Coffee Concert A portrait of Michel van der Aa 12.00, £6 [£4] Dutch composer van der Aa writes music with an urgent sense of pulse, often using found or electronic sounds. He is one of the most sought-after composers in Europe. We are thrilled to have commissioned a brand new work for flute and soundtrack. Performers: Jane Mitchell, flute, Alex Wood, violin, Oliver Coates, cello and Huw Watkins, piano. www.vanderaa.net
21 February Sunday Coffee Concert Connecting Composers 12.00, £6 [£4] Part of a weekend exploring the music and composers who studied and taught at the International Summer School for New Music in Darmstadt from 1947 onwards. See panel for details .
28 February Sunday Coffee Concert A portrait of David Lang 12.00, £6 [£4] 2008 Pulitzer Prize winning American composer David Lang has an ear for the new, the unknown and the unconventional. Ambitious ensemble Azalea will give a rare complete performance of his 2003 work ‘Child’. www.bangonacan.org/about_us/david_lang
7 March New Music Morning Background Noise 12.00, free New work from regional electronic and improvisatory artists. 14 March Sunday Coffee Concert House of Bedlam 12.00, £6 [£4] This flexible Manchester ensemble perform electronic and instrumental music combined with spoken word on saxophone, percussion and guitar. Music by Larry Goves and others. www.thehouseofbedlam.com
Sunday Coffee Concert Joby Burgess 25 April and the Southbank Gamelan Players 12.00, £6 [£4] The shimmering sounds of Javanese gamelan fuse with Burgess’ usual mix of rhythmic genius. East meets west and improvisation takes on the avant-garde.
2 May Sunday Coffee Concert Jane Chapman 12.00, £6 [£4] The ‘hippest harpsichordist around’ will perform an electroacoustic programme by living composers, including a new work by Emily Hall. Virtuosic and gutsy, Chapman inspires composers to write works for her that forge new sound worlds.
9 May New Music morning Frame-braking 12.00, free Musical and poetic approaches to technology – subversive, DIY and historical perspectives by Tom Hall, Richard Hoadley, Katharine Norman and friends.
16 May Sunday Coffee Concert Chroma Ensemble 12.00, £6 [£4] Chroma are known for their passion, outstanding musicians and dynamic performances. They perform new works by Mark Bowden and Charlie Piper, and a Kettle’s Yard commission by Andrew Hamilton. www.chromaensemble.co.uk
New Music Morning 23 May Tania Chen, piano, Ian Mitchell and David Ryan, clarinets 12.00, free Exploring modernism and intimacy, through music by Liszt, Schoenberg, Michael Parsons, Christian Wolff and a new work by David Ryan.
16 June Evening Concert New Music Ensemble, Cambridge University 7.30, £10 [£5] Music by American composer Joseph Launders and student submissions for the free composition paper. BOOK ONLINE • www.kettlesyard.co.uk/newmusic
Modern Times: Connecting Composers 19-21 February – a weekend of concerts, talks and film Friday 19 February 7.30pm • £12 full / £9 concession
Pre-concert talk – 7pm Martin Iddon – introducing Darmstadt Kreutzer String Quartet with Christopher Redgate, oboe
Michael Finnissy: String Quartet No 2, String Quartet No 3, James Clarke: Oboe Quintet, Morton Feldman: Structures, Roger Redgate: Oboe Quintet, Brian Ferneyhough: Intermedio alla ciaccona
Saturday 20 February 12.00 • £6 / £4 concessions
Mark Knoop, piano and Christopher Redgate, oboe
Luigi Nono: …sofferte onde serene…, Christopher Fox: Broadway Boogie, Helmut Lachenmann: Guero, Olivier Messiaen: Cantéyodjayâ, Chris Dench: e/meth
2.30pm • £6 full / £4 concession all about darmstadt
Film: Knots and Fields by David Ryan and Andrew Chesher Round Table Discussion: Composers Christopher Fox, Roger Redgate, James Clarke, Christopher Redgate and Michael Finnissy, chaired by Martin Iddon, discuss their experience of Darmstadt and its impact. Venue: Cripps Court, Chesterton Road, Magdalene College
7.30pm • £12 full / £9 concession
Mark Knoop, piano and Christopher Redgate, oboe
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Klavierstuck XI, Richard Barrett: Lost, Bruno Maderna: Solo, Roger Redgate: Ausgangspunkte, Brian Ferneyhough: Coloratura, Michael Finnissy: Pavasaiya 14, Pierre Boulez: Piano Sonata No 3: formant 2 - trope, Michael Finnissy: Runnin Wild 7, John Cage: Etudes Boreales
Sunday 21 February 12.00 • £6 full / £4 concession
Rohan de sarum, cello and Andrew Sparling, clarinet
James Clarke: Entfernung, Kaija Saariaho: Sept papillons, James Dillon: Parjana vata, Iannis Xenakis: Kottos, Helmut Lachenmann: Dal niente, Roger Redgate: +R book online • www.kettlesyard.co.uk/connectingcomposers Weekend pass £36 full / £26 concession
Modern Times: Connecting Composers
The international summer school for new music in Darmstadt, Germany began in 1946 as one of many attempts to regenerate the city following World War II. Composers such as Messiaen, Varèse, Berio, Boulez, Cage, Stockhausen and Xenakis taught on the courses and their impact on the new music scene has been profound. At the centre of the weekend is a new film by David Ryan and Andrew Chesher including live performances, interviews with Pierre Boulez, Brian Ferneyhough, young composers on recent courses and distinguished performers such as the Arditti String Quartet, as well as archival footage. The result is a film that captures the intense creative focus the Darmstadt courses inspire. The concerts, curated by Roger Redgate, present many of the major figures associated with the courses through their chamber music. The weekend has been organized to coincide with the Kettle’s Yard exhibition ‘Modern Times: responding to chaos’, curated by Lutz Becker.
PURCHASING TICKETS online www.kettlesyard.co.uk/connectingcomposers by phone 01223 748100 or in person from Kettle’s Yard .... on the door CONNECTING COMPOSERS Weekend pass £36 full / £26 concession
Kettle’s Yard, Castle Street, Cambridge CB3 0AQ 01223 748100 • www.kettleyard.co.uk/connectingcomposers
Darmstadt 1962: (unknown), Mary Bauermeister, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Pierre Boulez, Luis de Pablo, Aldo Clementi, (unknown). copyright Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt (IMD) used with kind permission
Modern times: connecting composers 19-21 February - a weekend of concerts, talks and film
new music SUNDAY COFFEE CONCERTS Presented by the Camberwell Composers’ Collective, this year's Kettle’s Yard and Faculty of Music, Cambridge New Music Associates. The Camberwell Composers’ Collective are: Mark Bowden, Emily Hall, Chris Mayo, Anna Meredith and Charlie Piper. All concerts begin at 12 noon with a short introduction. Coffee is served from 11.30am in the gallery. Concerts are about an hour long.
NEW MUSIC MORNINGS These free events begin at 12 noon and are presented by local composers, students and staff from Anglia Ruskin University (ARU), and students from the University of Cambridge. No need to book, just turn up.
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The Kettle’s Yard New Music Programme is supported by the Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, The Radcliffe Trust, Dr Shirley Ellis, The PRS Foundation, The RVW Trust, The Holst Foundation and an anonymous donation.
Kettle’s Yard, Castle Street, Cambridge CB3 0AQ 01223 748100 • www.kettleyard.co.uk/newmusic
cover image: Jane Chapman
online www.kettlesyard.co.uk/newmusic by phone 01223 748100 or in person from Kettle’s Yard .... on the door SUNDAY COFFEE CONCERTS PASS • £42 (£28 concessions) NEW MUSIC SERIES PASS • £78 (£54 concessions)