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the biting point in 2013: UPCOMING EVENTS

Posted on 14*02*13 by

I ruminated at length in the last post about the Southbank Centre’s The Rest is Noise season, and just last night the season’s tie-in BBC4 documentary The Sound and the Fury aired its first episode (I haven’t seen it yet, but the always-reliable … Continue reading →

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Save New Amsterdam Records

Posted on 04*11*12 by

The excellent and important New York classical label New Amsterdam Records had its headquarters pretty much devastated by the superstorm last week. About 70% of their CD catalogue was destroyed, along with all their financial records and their back-up hard-drive, … Continue reading →

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The Rite of Spring Project returns to Peckham Rye

Posted on 10*07*12 by

One of the highlights of last year was the free multi-storey car-park performance of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, organised by what is now known as The Rite of Spring Project (or ‘TROSP’), Peckham art collective Bold Tendencies and Nonclassical. This Saturday, … Continue reading →

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Radiohead Rewrite/The Rest Is Noise Festival 2013

Posted on 27*01*12 by

A recent press release from the Southbank Centre has created a certain amount of web excitement around two prospects for next year’s season. Steve Reich is writing a piece called ‘Radiohead Rewrite’, based on two songs by the band: ‘Everything … 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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Debate: “This House believes that classical music is irrelevant to today’s youth”

Posted on 13*05*11 by

Earlier this evening, the above motion was debated at the University of Cambridge Union. The proposition side included Greg Sandow and DJ Kissy Sell Out, while the opposition included Ivan Hewett and Stephen Fry. Unfortunately, I missed the live stream … 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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Reverberations at the Barbican

Posted on 03*04*11 by

Billed as a weekend-long festival celebrating ‘the influence of Steve Reich’, this six-concert extravaganza looks to be a comprehensive overview of the contemporary, post-minimalist, pop-friendly New York music scene, with performances from ensembles such as Bang on a Can All-Stars, … Continue reading →

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Alt-Classical/Post-Classical/Neo-Classical

Posted on 30*03*11 by

In January of this year, the Sunday Times ran an article entitled ‘Classically strained’ where it attempted a cautious probe into what it called ‘a fresh genre’ – accessible tonal new music produced on independent labels and demonstrating a popular … Continue reading →

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