HOUSE MUSIC
13 June 2010 – The home of Deborah Edwards
5 pm concert
| Pointillist Waves | Derek Foster |
| Staircase Music | Deborah Broderick Edwards |
| Two-part Return | Paul Burnell |
| Meditation/Improvisation | Derek Foster |
| site_pitch_beat | Kerry Andrews |
| 40 Years On | Hugh Shrapnel |
| House Chatter | Deborah Edwards |
7 pm concert
| Noteworthy | Ann Wolff |
| The Lion and the Scorpion | Paul Burnell |
| And now … | Deborah Broderick Edwards |
| Music for Carillon No. 1 (1952/8) | John Cage |
| site_pitch_beat | Kerry Andrews |
| Ben Lane | Violin |
| Karen Burnell | Percussion, tenor horn |
| Paul Burnell | Oboe |
| Ann Wolff | Theremin, recorder |
| Derek Foster | Vibraphone |
| Deborah Edwards | Piano |
| Kerry Andrews | Cello |
| Hugh Shrapnel | African xylophone, penny whistle, bell |
Pointillist Waves – Derek Foster
A text, instructs the players to invent a series of notes and play them continuously, very gradually and independently getting faster and slower, so that occasionally one instrument’s melody stands out.
Staircase Music – Deborah Broderick Edwards (View score)
The music goes slowly up the stairs, then runs back down.
Two-part Return – Paul Burnell
A piece for oboe, slit drum and pre-recorded backing.
Meditation/Improvisation – Derek Foster
Developed in conjunction with Jatin Shah, this was first performed in the Jain Temple, Potters Bar to open a programme of Indian spiritual music.
site_pitch_beat – Kerry Andrews
This short video is a study towards a larger work. It aims to treat image and sound equally, exploring the idea of local space as an extended arena of the figure.
40 Years On – Hugh Shrapnel
After 40 Years was written for the weekend organised by Carole Finer and put on by Resonance FM last May to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Scratch Orchestra in 1969.
House Chatter – Deborah Edwards
The actual sounds of water (dripping, splashing etc) electronically manipulated. This formed part of a ‘House Concert’ staged over different areas of the composer’s home.
Noteworthy – Ann Wolff
Each note is presented in its own right, and then, after some exploration, joins with the others to form a single unified sequence, constructed with the unchanging notes.
The Lion and the Scorpion – Paul Burnell
A piece for oboe, bell and pre-recorded backing.
And now… – Deborah Broderick Edwards
Exploring the ideas in a piece I wrote 25 years ago (And then…), but as I am now…
Music for Carillon No. 1 (1952/8) – John Cage
The notes are generated by chance operations in order to ‘bring about a situation in which the sounds themselves would be autonomous’. This is an (unauthorised!) transcription for vibraphone.
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