Interviews, Opinions, Collaborations & Updates
Archive for Category: Concert
Concert preparations
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Posted by : Steve
Posted by : Steve
Excitement and thoughts on the second New Dots concert one month before the big day
Audience review - From the front row
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Posted by : Steve
Posted by : Steve
For our concert on 21st May we asked 3 audience members to write short reviews of the concert for us. We didn't give them any guidance or constraints about what to write - just that we wanted to know what they thought/felt/liked/didn't like. Here's the first of the 3 reviews, the other 2 will follow in the next couple of days.
Audience review - Coaxing interesting sounds from a flute
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Posted by : Steve
Posted by : Steve
The final audience review from our recent concert on unusual sounds from a flute and 80s pop
Audience review - In need of some Beethoven?
Monday, May 27, 2013
Posted by : Steve
Posted by : Steve
The second audience review from our recent concert, wondering if contemporary classical music causes the audience to seek solace in Beethoven or beer...
Freedom, pauses and spectral jellyfish
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Posted by : Steve
Posted by : Steve
Jon Hargreaves, conductor of the Octandre Ensemble, talks about his experience of collaborating with the six composers who have written new pieces for our upcoming concert and gives a few tasting notes on the pieces.
Audience Review - The balcony view
Monday, November 18, 2013
Posted by : Steve
Posted by : Steve
Audience review of our recent concert with Octandre, giving a view from the balcony - the effortless cool of the ensemble, the sharp conductor and the finale like a late night sky landscape
Audience review - Shocked, impressed & optimistic
Sunday, November 24, 2013
Posted by : Steve
Posted by : Steve
Audience review from our recent concert with Octandre by one drop in the sea of emerging composers in London - treatment a composer could get used to and his view of the three particularly strong pieces on the programme
Audience review - Removing barriers
Friday, November 22, 2013
Posted by : Steve
Posted by : Steve
The third and final audience review from our recent concert with Octandre. On not knowing where the music is going to take you next to the beauty of the harp.
Audience Review - A very accomplished pair
Sunday, June 15, 2014
Posted by : Steve
Posted by : Steve
A review by an audience member of Sounds of the New on 10th June at the Forge, Camden. Reflecting on relationships between different percussion instruments and with the piano, and what they enjoyed (and didn't!) in the concert