1 - 15 October 2012
Previews by Cathy Graham
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The Sampler e-Shot features the most exciting events in new music and sound every fortnight, selected independently by a different guest previewer each issue. Events are selected from The Sampler website, the UK’s most comprehensive listings website for new music and sound, generated entirely by users.
This issue's guest previewer is Director of Music at the British Council, Cathy Graham.
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 Michael Finnissy | Ensemble Amorpha perform Finnissy
Date: Thursday 4 October
Venue: Handel House Museum, London
I love the idea of bringing living composers into the house where Handel lived and composed for 36 years. Michael Finnissy's Molly House, originally written for COMA in 2005, is part of a programme performed by relative newcomers Ensemble Amorpha. I find the way Michael lovingly incorporates the work of other composers (Gershwin, Verdi, Sullivan for example) into his music fascinating, and am very curious to hear this Handel-inspired work. Read More>>
|  Sam Lee | Sam Lee and Friends - A new approach to folksong
Date: Friday 5 October
Venue: Little Missenden Festival, Little Missenden Church, Amersham
The two Mercury short-listed artists I’m rooting for are Plan B and Sam Lee, both of whom are appearing at LSO St Luke’s on Wednesday 10 October. The ballot for tickets is closed, but I noticed Sam is performing in Little Missenden. He learned his craft through a four-year apprenticeship with legendary late Scottish Traveller Stanley Robertson, last of the great ballad singers, and is now breathing new life into a traditional form. A strange choice for a Sampler preview? Maybe, but a phenomenal performer who can teach us all a lesson about contemporary communication. Read More>>
|  Matthew Herbert | The BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Date: Sunday 7 October
Venue: South Bank Centre, London
The spirit of exploration of this iconic workshop, a vital and influential part of British electronic music history, is being reborn in a new initiative spear-headed by Matthew Herbert, producer, electronic musician, DJ, composer and much more. This is a day of talks, open sessions and events based around the work of the New Radiophonic Workshop, relaunched as part of thespace.org, in the presence of previous members of the original BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Read More>>
|  Stuart Macrae | One Night: Two Operas
Dates: Saturday 9 October - Sunday 11 November
Venue: The Anvil, Basingstoke
For those who didn’t manage to see this double bill with works by Huw Watkins (music) and David Harsent (libretto), and Stuart MacRae (music) and Louise Welsh (libretto), at the Linbury last week, do try and catch it in Basingtoke. Two assured and contrasting additions to the repertoire, Ghost Patrol (Macrae and Welsh) in particular kept me on the edge of my seat and awakened thoughts that stayed with me long after the performance. The production tours until 11 November. Read More>>
|  Tyondai Braxton | Tyondai Braxton and the London Sinfonietta
Date: Saturday 9 October
Venue: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Meanwhile at the QEH, you can hear Varèse’s Octandre and Takemitsu’s Rain Coming, alongside a foray into the US avant-garde and Indie scene, which promises a stimulating evening with guaranteed first-rate performances. With Tyondai Braxton’s Central Market in the second half, it will provide a live experience of juxtaposition that at its best is always illuminating and thought-provoking, true to the spirit of the Ether festival. Read More>>
|  | Decasia - Michael Gordon and Bill Morrison
Date: Sunday 14 October
Venue: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
At last the UK premiere of the cross-arts collaboration from 2002, which brings together Bill Morrison’s remarkable footage of decaying film with Michael Gordon’s striking sound-world into a haunting and beautiful work. Performed by Aurora, an orchestra whose zest and energy brings magic to all it performs. Read More>>
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Guest previewer - Cathy Graham
Cathy Graham has been Director of Music at the British Council in London since November 2006, working across all genres of music on projects which create trust and understanding between the UK and the rest of the world. She is a board member of Streetwise Opera, ISPA (International Society for Performing Arts), and a National Music Advisor to the Arts Council of Wales.
britishcouncil.org/arts-music
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