Category Archives: chamber

Nonclassical & Freedom from Torture presents: KAFKA FRAGMENTS

Posted on 15*12*12 by

We’ve been very privileged to help out in the programming and organisation of a super-exciting event in aid of the charity Freedom from Torture. As part of a whole month of gigs, including Iceage at the Shacklewell Arms and Bombay … Continue reading →

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Reasons Why I Like Eric Whitacre

Posted on 28*04*12 by

I was satisfied to see the line-up for next month’s Yellow Lounge, the classical club night currently resident at the Bankside Vaults, Southwark. It’s always come across as the glossy, corporate, major-label cousin of the more grungy alt-classical events, but … Continue reading →

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Big, Beautiful, Dark and Scary (and Free!)

Posted on 23*01*12 by

Bang on a Can are giving away their new 25th anniversary album Big, Beautiful, Dark & Scary on their website! For free!! But only for the next two days… (hurry hurry!) The double LP features new recordings of works by … Continue reading →

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the biting point in 2012

Posted on 03*01*12 by

Happy New Year from the biting point to all our readers!!! We’d firstly like to apologise for our quiet period towards the end of 2011, mainly caused by the fact that we were too busy and poor to see any … Continue reading →

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‘The Question of Qualitative Compromise’ (New venues, new conventions II)

Posted on 11*08*11 by

An extremely positive review of both the Rite of Spring Project and London’s first Yellow Lounge, surfaced on theartsdesk website a couple of weeks ago. It was written by Igor Toronyi-Lalic, whose previous article on Yellow Lounge I recently critiqued, … Continue reading →

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Live Review: Yellow Lounge w/ Miloš Karadaglić & Danielle de Niese

Posted on 22*07*11 by

Yellow Lounge certainly made its presence felt as it landed in London this week. The first outing over here of Berlin’s veteran classical club-night boasted performances by Montenegrin guitarist Miloš Karadaglić and Australian-American soprano Danielle de Niese, along with the … Continue reading →

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The Rite of Spring Project/Yellow Lounge

Posted on 11*07*11 by

Two pretty unmissable events coming up in London: THE RITE OF SPRING PROJECT, Frank’s Café, Peckham On SATURDAY JULY 23RD, at a totally unique multi-storey car-park roof-top bar-venue in Peckham, there’s going to be a free, full-scale performance of Stravinsky’s Rite … Continue reading →

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Live Review: Reverberations at the Barbican

Posted on 15*05*11 by

Reverberations: The Influence of Steve Reich Session 3, Sat 7th May, 6pm + Session 6, Sun 8th May, 6pm The ‘marathon weekend’ is a concept that, I would suspect, a lot of London concert-goers aren’t familiar with. Last weekend’s Reich-branded … Continue reading →

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Mica Levi/nonclassical at Spitalfields Music Festival

Posted on 25*04*11 by

The East London festival, which runs from 10th – 25th June, promises some pretty interesting things. The core programme of big-name ensembles, performing in Shoreditch Church and Christ Church, Spitalfields, boasts a healthy proportion of contemporary music, but on top … Continue reading →

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Live Review: Chopped & Screwed @ Queen Elizabeth Hall

Posted on 08*04*11 by

The concert on Tuesday featuring a collaboration between Micachu & The Shapes and the London Sinfonietta felt like an experiment on a number of levels. For one thing, as someone fairly familiar with the Southbank as an institution, I couldn’t … Continue reading →

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