The Sampler
1-15 December 2009
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Your guide to what's on in new music and sound across the UK
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| | Greetings from sun soaked Cambodia – an artistic retreat from the Scottish winter! Here are a few events coming up that I’m genuinely sad to miss…
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 | | Backbeat – The Warehouse, London
I’m a big fan of percussion ensembles and this dynamic and explosive percussion ensemble Backbeat, promises to showcase a huge variety of percussion instruments from all over the world. They’ll be performing on 3 December at Sound and Music’s Cutting Edge 2009. Pieces by Ligeti, Xenakis, Ed Bennett, Damien Harron and a new work by Joe Cutler will undoubtedly energise and thrill.
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 | | Red Note Ensemble – Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Looking ahead to the New Year, the next Noisy Nights falls on 23 February. Hosted by Scottish-based Red Note Ensemble, these regular informal chamber concerts are dedicated to showcasing new music by emerging and established composers. The forthcoming Noisy Nights series features fresh-off-the-page music for a seasonal ensemble of glockenspiel, toy piano and musical saw. Look out for Red Note’s call for new works in the New Year!
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 | | Total Immersion: George Crumb – London Barbican
On 5 December you can take advantage of a rare chance to hear George Crumb’s orchestral music performed. The BBC Symphony Orchestra continues its Total Immersion series focusing on leftfield composers with a day of concerts, film and discussion about the American modernist.
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 | | Warp20 – London Coronet
5 December also sees Warp celebrate its 20th anniversary with an all-nighter featuring live music from Broadcast, Plaid and Battles. Gutted I can’t be there.
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| | For some home listening:
Have a listen to the young English producer/songwriter living in Paris who produced the albums 'Le Fil' and 'Music Hole' with French singer/songwriter Camille. His own debut - Body-Piano-Machine - is out now on Gaymonkey Records where all the sounds come from the BODY (body percussion, human beatbox & the singing voice), the PIANO, or the MACHINE – a Yamaha PSS 270 from 1986 whose instrument presets are wildly inventive and frequently absurd.
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About the Previewer
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Pippa Murphy is a Scottish-based composer, performer and writer who is passionate about sound. Her work includes electroacoustic, instrumental, electronica and laptop improvisation.
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Exhibition / Noise Control
IMT Gallery
Mon, 30 November, 2009 12:00 - Sun, 6 December, 2009 18:00
Exhibition and symposium of new works by emerging sound artists
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Performance / Total Immersion: George Crumb
Barbican
Sat, 5 December, 2009
A day of concerts, films and talk surrounding the life and work of George Crumb. A true pioneer, his sparkling imagination has the power to astonish and delight.
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Concert / Ensemble 10/10
Wigmore Hall
Sat, 5 December, 2009 19:30
Ensemble 10/10, the acclaimed contemporary ensemble of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, presents a programme featuring new music by Arab composers, alongside p
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Concert / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Robert Spano
Barbican Hall
Fri, 11 December, 2009 19:00
Musical strands of Hungary and Austria combine in a programme that spans more than two centuries of history and includes music by Kurtág, Bartók, Kodály and Mozart.
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Concert / Dangerous Holly
St Leonard's Church
Tue, 15 December, 2009 20:00 - 22:00
CoMA London performs a seasonal mix of contemporary music
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Talk / Pre-Concert Talk: Christian Mason
Wigmore Hall
Wed, 16 December, 2009 12:15
Composer Christian Mason introduces his new work commissioned by Wigmore Hall and Britten Sinfonia, to be premièred in the lunchtime concert.
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Concert / Britten Sinfonia
Wigmore Hall
Wed, 16 December, 2009 13:00
Features a new work, co-commissioned by Wigmore Hall and Britten Sinfonia, by emerging composer Christian Mason.
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Concert / Frontiers: The Curious Chamber Players
Recital Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire
Mon, 30 November, 2009 19:30
The first event in Birmingham Conservatoire's 2009/10 Frontiers series features one of Sweden's most dynamic contemporary music groups, the Curious Chamber Players.
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Concert / Friday Orchestral Series: Percusion Ensemble
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire
Fri, 4 December, 2009 19:00
Contemporary works for percussion ensemble and combinations, featuring Maraca2 Percussion Duo in one of two UK premieres.
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Workshop / BCMG's Zigzag Ensemble!
CBSO Centre
Sun, 13 December, 2009 10:00
The Zigzag Ensemble is an exciting composing and improvising group for 12-15 year olds. The workshop will be led by composer Sid Peacock and BCMG musicians.
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Concert / Frontiers: Andrew Poppy's Sustaining Ensemble
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire
Mon, 14 December, 2009 19:30
The Frontiers Series welcomes Andrew Poppy's Sustaining Ensemble, performing works from the recent CD '... and the Shuffle of Things'.
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Concert / Frontiers: Night of the Unexpected
Old Joint Stock Theatre
Tue, 15 December, 2009 20:00
The first of two Frontiers 'Night of the Unexpected' events is hosted by Howard Skempton.
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Concert / BackBeat Percussion Quartet
The Warehouse, 13 Theed Street, London SE1
Thu, 3 December, 2009 19:30
Bringing explosive virtuosity to works by Xenakis, Damien Harron, Martin Blain, Ed Bennett and Lukas Ligeti, plus a new piece by Joe Cutler.
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Concert / Britten Sinfonia at Lunch 1
Cambridge, London, Birmingham, Norwihc
Tue, 15 December, 2009 13:00 - Fri, 18 December, 2009 13:00
BS at Lunch sees new works commissioned alongside classical & contemporary works. This concert has music by Harrison Birtwistle, Bach and a new work from Christian Mason
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