Performances of Raw Rows

Plus-Minus

BMIC Cutting Edge 2008

19:30, Thursday 23 October 2008
The Warehouse
13 Theed St
SE1 8ST London
United Kingdom

At their Cutting Edge (external link) concert, Plus-Minus (external link) presents a programme that spans a stimulating musical range between melodious minimalism and conceptual noise music. New British music will be showcased by premieres from Laurence Crane and Matthew Shlomowitz (external link) and a welcome revival of Markus Trunk’s Raw Rows. By way of an overdue introduction to UK audiences, the programme will be completed by three pieces for instruments and tape from the Berlin-based composer Peter Ablinger (external link).

Peter Ablinger	Agnes Gonxha Bojaxiu, Mao Tse-Tung from Voices and Piano	1998-¶15
Matthew Shlomowitz	Fast Medium Swing	2008*10
Peter Ablinger	Instrumente und Rauschen	1997, 2008‡18
Peter Ablinger	Bertolt Brecht, Lech Walesa, Hanna Schygulla from Voices and Piano	1998-15
Markus Trunk	Raw Rows	199010
Peter Ablinger	Akkordeon und Rauschen	1997-99¶6
Laurence Crane	Octet	2008*15

Plus-Minus: Bryn Harrison portrait

Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival

19:30, Sunday 23 November 2008
St Paul’s Hall
Queensgate
HD1 2RD Huddersfield Yorkshire
United Kingdom

The quietly oscillating, hypnotic surfaces of Bryn Harrison (external link)’s music attempt to draw the listener into a delicate web of abstract patterns and near repetitions.

At once starkly simple, yet intricately complex, Harrison’s latest 40-minute piece is one of his most ambitious projects to date. Created almost as an abstract canvas, the piece draws on Harrison’s fascination with the passing of time, allowing the listener to become more and more absorbed in the texture of the music.

Plus-Minus (external link) is joined by guests from asamisimasa (external link) Anders Førisdal and Tanja Orning.

Bryn Harrison	Open 2	200116
Markus Trunk	Raw Rows	199010
Bryn Harrison	Repetitions in Extended Time	2008*43