 December 11 Ontological Theater (Parish Hall) -- 10pm December 12 Listen/Space -- 8pm December 13 Ontological Theater (Parish Hall) -- 10pm December 14 Listen/Space -- 5pm-10pm New Sounds from Britain and Ireland features recent works by young composers of the post-Cornelius Cardew generation. Their works are defined by a reduction of material, involvement with alternative methods of sound production, theatrical gestures, and improvisation. The festival features visiting artists Angharad Davies, John Lely, Tim Parkinson, and James Saunders (UK) as well as the Irish composer/performer and current Brooklynite, Jennifer Walshe. Programs will focus on recent and unheard music by the freshest musicians to the right of the Atlantic. Curated by Alex Waterman and Travis Just and featuring members of New York ensembles Either/Or and Object Collection. Performers include: Jennifer Choi (violin), Stephanie Griffin (viola), Jay Rozen (tuba), David Shively (percussion and auxillary instruments), lex Waterman (cello and more), Travis Just (reeds and guitar), and other special guests. The UK composers were brought over thanks to the extraordinary generosity of Thea Westreich and Ethan Wagner. Ontological Theater Parish Hall, St. Mark's Church 131 E. 10th St. (at 2nd Ave.) Manhattan Listen/Space 195 Skillman Avenue corner of Skillman and Humboldt Williamsburg, Brooklyn Thursday 12/11, Strings + (Ontological) Chris Newman - string quartet (1981) Laurence Crane - Cello Piece for Michael Parsons Markus Trunk - Four Stills (2003) John Lely - The Harmonics of Real Strings ------------ Jennifer Walshe - string quartet Tim Parkinson - untitled (2004c) James Saunders - #111208 (violin, cello) Friday 12/12, Parkinson Saunders + (Listen/Space) Paul Whitty - ricercare or where the f*** are we? (2008) Chris Newman - Soul Damage (1997) Lee Patterson - Terrain (2007) John Lely - All About the Piano (2006) Henri Vaxby - violin and voice (2007) Laurence Crane - steyning (2006) Matthew Shlomowitz - Letter Piece No. 5 - Northern Cities (2008) -------------- John White - C Major Machine (1972) (four similar organs, preferably acoustic i.e. reed, harmonium (could then be amplified) Saturday 12/13 Ensemble (Ontological) John Lely - The Parsons Code for Melodic Contours (ensemble, c. 6 players) (2008) Laurence Crane - Come back to the specimen cabinet John Vigani, John Vigani (Part 3) (2007) cello, with 2-6 auxiliary players. Each player has 2 beach stones, 1 plastic bag, 1 kazoo (LC will provide), 1 tin can, 1 newspaper Tim Parkinson - trio with objects (2008) (vn, va, vc, 2 auxilliary (rice, as many desk fans as you can find, any collection of household objects, 2 sheets of glass James Saunders - either/or (2008- ) vn.vla.vc.cl. 2 aux. John White - Autumn Countdown Machine (1971) each group also has a conductor. each conductor has a metronome and a triangle. group 1: tuba and clarinet group 2: cello and bass guitar group 3: organ and piano Sunday 12/14 Duration (Listen/Space) 5pm afternoon: John White - Cello and Tuba Machine (1968) (2 hours) evening: Michael Parsons - 4 Oblique Pieces (1996) piano Paul Whitty - 39 pages (2007-8) Jennifer Walshe - dirty white fields Richard Emsley - still/s 3 (2004) Angharad Davies - tri swn (2004) (prepared violin) Howard Skempton - LOW for tuba and piano |