6 February 2007
New Rational Music
New Rational Music featured new works by six UK composers. The music and accompanying composer conversations draw on themes including the fragment, performance art and the experimental tradition.
- Joanna Bailie, On and Off, for 6 auxiliary players
- Paul Whitty, i tried living in the real world, for 2 pianos
- Alex Hills, The Fountain and The Garden, for cello and electronics
- John Lely, Second Symphony
- Diana Burrell, Paragraph with Curve, for one player on accordion, piano & cowbell
- Christopher Fox, a brief musical tribute to Harold Pinter, after the manner of his later work, for 4 portable instruments
Performed by Roderick Chadwick, Laurence Crane, Kwezi Edeman, Mark Knoop, Matthew Shlomowitz & Cecilia Wee.
New Rational Music was supported by The Hinrichsen Foundation.