Performances of Riis

175 East

19:30, Friday 15 August 2008
National Library Theatre
Cnr Molesworth and Aitken Streets
Wellington
New Zealand

Mark Knoop returns to New Zealand for two concerts with 175 East (external link) conducted by Hamish McKeich (external link). The programme will include Michael Finnissy (external link)’s mammoth Piano Concerto No 3.

175 East

19:30, Saturday 16 August 2008
Raye Freedman Arts Centre (external link)
Silver Road, Epsom
Auckland
New Zealand

Mark Knoop returns to New Zealand for two concerts with 175 East (external link) conducted by Hamish McKeich (external link). The programme will include Michael Finnissy (external link)’s mammoth Piano Concerto No 3.

Plus-Minus at Durham

Durham University lunchtime concert

13:10, Thursday 11 March 2010
Durham University (external link)
Durham
United Kingdom

Morphing Time

Plus-Minus Ensemble

Deep Time

19:30, Sunday 19 November 2023
Fruitmarket
45 Market St
EH1 1DF Edinburgh
United Kingdom

Plus Minus Ensemble presents a diverse programme, inviting the listener into contact with the material nature of sound, rather than what it represents. Franzson’s time stretching work slows down the body and mind to draw one into the grain of sound. Lim (external link)’s duo is titled after the Viking rune symbolising fertility and imagines a ritualistic creation of sound itself. Crane sustains the most elemental of musical objects to create a feeling of timelessness and space. Lang (external link)’s Game series creates a dynamic and reactive environment for the performers who negotiate an overlapping stack of interacting loops. Shiori Usui (external link) has created a new piece for Deep Time exploring the layering of instrumental and electronic sound.

Games and Songs

Plus-Minus Ensemble

22:30, Saturday 24 February 2024
Centro Cultural de Belém (external link)
Praça do Império
1449-003 Lisbon
Portugal

Plus Minus Ensemble presents a diverse programme, inviting the listener into contact with the material nature of sound. Bernhard Lang (external link)’s Game 542 creates a dynamic and reactive environment for the performers who negotiate an overlapping stack of interacting loops. Liza Lim (external link)’s duo is titled after the Viking Rune symbolizing fertility and imagines a ritualistic creation of sound itself.

Davíð Brynjar Franzson’s time-stretching work slows down the body and mind to draw one into the grain of sound. The instruments meld with each other, fusing into a single pulsating entity, and creating a hypnotic experience. The witty and playful 8 Songs by composer/performer Francesca Fargion are joyfully observant of everyday scenarios. The concert ends with Laurence Crane’s tribute to Danish road cyclist Bjarne Riis, as slow changing organ chords trigger gentle responses from clarinet and cello.