Category Archives: orchestral

Feminist Music at the Southbank: I. WOWhat?!

Posted on 07*03*13 by

A visit to the Southbank Centre last week has compelled me to think a few little thoughts about ‘feminist classical music’. Here is the first and it is not a cheerful one::: This weekend, the Southbank Centre is hosting an … Continue reading →

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5:4, BBC Proms & A Short Rant About Recordings

Posted on 14*09*12 by

The BBC Proms came and went and we didn’t go to any of them, mainly because we were out of the country (and only partly because we weren’t really interested). The Proms may showcase the very safest, most institutionally-established composers … 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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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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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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Live Review: Rites @ Royal Festival Hall

Posted on 06*05*11 by

A few weeks ago, I attended a late evening performance of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra’s Rites at the Royal Festival Hall – a virtual 3D one-woman ballet choreographed to The Rite of Spring. It was a perfect day … 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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Mixtape theory: Sympho’s ARCO

Posted on 09*03*11 by

Great big New York happening, the premiere of an evening-long work from immersive orchestral reformists Sympho to open the Tune-In Festival at the Park Avenue Armory in February, ticks many of our boxes where the direction of composition and the … Continue reading →

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