Interviews, Opinions, Collaborations & Updates
Archive for Category: Sounds of the New
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.
Limitless freedom
Sunday, May 11, 2014
Posted by : Steve
Posted by : Steve
Composer William Hunt on the challenges of contemporary composition, which can seem daunting to the point of impossible. Does the absence of a universal system lead to greater creativity or make it almost impossible to find a unique artistic voice?
Why all composers should write for percussion: A totally unbiased view from a percussionist
Thursday, June 5, 2014
Posted by : Steve
Posted by : Steve
Percussionist George Barton encourages composers to write for percussion and talks about the huge variety of instruments and sounds available. What dilemmas do composers face with writing for percussion - how prescriptive should they be in how they annotate the sounds they want or give the performer freedom over how they create the sound that is intended?
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