Friday 3 February 2012 @ 19h 30
The formidable BCMG perform the World Premiere of Findetotenlieder conducted by Clement Power with Susan Narucki as soloist.
This is the culmination of my thoroughly enjoyable year long residency with the group as Sound and Music Apprentice Composer and sets texts taken from Gabriel Orozco’s Obit to music inspired by Someone Great by LCD Soundsystem.
I will also be involved in a pre-concert talk at 18h 30 with BCMG artistic Director Stephen Newbould.
This concert also features works by Judith Weir, Gerald Barry and Gérard Grisey.
Full concert details available here
Article about me in the Journal of Music here
Interview with the Contemporary Music Centre here
Monday 12 March 2012 @ 19h 30
The exciting new Birmingham based group Toy Sound Circus conducted by Dan Watson give the World Premiere of White Paintings, a piece inspired by the late work of Willem de Kooning encountered on a recent trip to the Museum of Modern art in New York.
this concert also features works by Harrison Birtwistle, Sally Watson, Benjamin Graves and Nicholas Stuart.
Full concert details available here
Thursday 22 March 2012 @ 19h 30
Frequent collaborators & Friends the electrifying Decibel perform I See Now Why People Hide inspired by If You’re Lonely by Martin Creed.
This concert is part of the Frontiers + Heiner Goebbels Festival in Birmingham and will feature works by Heiner Goebbels, Ed Bennett and other Birmingham Based composers.
Full concert Details here
Hear a recording of I See Now Why People Hide here
Hope to see you at some or all of these events!
SEÁN CLANCY 