performance 2011
10/27/11 The Mechanical Piano Mark Gasser WAAPA Auditorium
The Yamaha Disklavier is the player piano of the digital age ‐ a concert grand fitted with the latest technology allowing it to be performed remotely and to be used as a device to trigger events in a computer. There is a long association between composers writing for mechanical pianos. In particular Conlon Nancarrow created a unique repertoire for the instrument. Between 1948 and 1993 he explored an the possibilities of the instrument in nearly 40 works. This concert brings together works written especially for the Yamaha Disklavier, with and without performer. Pianist Mark Gasser brings the human touch to works by Cat Hope, Lukas Ligeti and Lindsay Vickery. Roland Adeney triggers the piano keyboard in an altogether less othodox manner. Works by Annie Gosfield and Petro Vouris rely on the expressive qualities of the Disklavier alone.
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Annie Gosfield Bottom of the Barrelhouse (1996) Disklavier Solo [Australian premiere].
Lindsay Vickery Reconstruction of a Shifting Path (2011) Disklavier and Pianist Roland Adeney Rat Run (2011) Disklavier Solo [World premiere]. Lindsay Vickery questions written on sheets of glass (2011) Disklavier and Bass Clarinet [World premiere]. Lukas Ligeti Delta Space (2002) Disklavier and Pianist [Australian premiere]. Dafna Naphtali Landmine (1999/2007) Disklavier and Pianist [Australian premiere]. Petro Vouris Bottoms Up (2011) Disklavier Solo [World premiere]. Cat Hope Chunk (2010) Disklavier and Pianist Dedicated to Mark Gasser [World premiere]. |
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9/16/11 Piano Tapestry - Totally Huge New Music Festival 2011 Mark Gasser, Ross Bolleter, Anthony Pateras
Mark Gasser
Luigi Nono ...sofferte onde serne... (1976) Ronald Stevenson Peter Grimes Fantasy & Motus Perpetuus Temporibus Fatalibus Lindsay Vickery Reconstruction of a Shifting Path (2011) [World premiere]. Anthony Pateras BLEED DON'T BLOCK (2011) Ross Bolleter The Entropic Piano - for five ruined pianos. |
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9/15/11 Decibel - Camera Obscura, Totally Huge New Music Festival, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
Most peoples’ current music is experienced in association with constructed image. Through television, movies, music video, games, or even live performance the listening experience is often combined with visual action. This program looks at music that uses image as integral in its conception, construction and performance – from projected scores and films to images generated by sound. Cat Hope Director | Lindsay Vickery | Stuart James | Tristan Parr | Aaron Wyatt | Malcolm Riddoch
Marina Rosenfeld WHITE LINES film score and ensemble. Rosenfeld on turntables [Australian premiere]. Samuel Dunscombe West Park Clarinet, Flute, MaxMSP, and Quadraphonic Spatialised Field Recorded Sound [World premiere]. Austin Buckett Mothlight flute, percussion, electronics [World premiere]. Lindsay Vickery and Cat Hope The Talking Board [2011] [World premiere]. Kynan Tan Split Mirror Planes 4 instrumentalists, 4 speakers, laptop processing and 4 video sources [World premiere]. |
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0/6/11 Pretty Things Decibel, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
Decibel has deliberately chosen the gallery space to stage these concerts to engage with music that is not necessarily tied up with ‘concert’ conventions or specifications and enjoy the nature of PICA’s unique building and acoustic. Part of experimentation in recent music composition has been with the very nature of instruments themselves, and once extended techniques reached the maximum effect possible, and influenced by art movements such as fluxus and dada, composers began to use objects not usually associated with music creation to enable different sound worlds for music. Pretty Things features a selection of music with an emphasis on Western Australian works that make use of unusual items as musical instruments, instruments that have been altered by time or other interference, or instruments that may be thought of as ‘pretty things’ in their own right. It is notable how composers have responded to the ‘pretty things’ brief with ruin as an illustration of beauty and musical potential. We hope you enjoy the antique furniture, shiny surfaces, edibles, old gadgets, preparations and laughter.Cat Hope - Director, flutes, bass guitar, voice, ocarina. Lindsay Vickery - Reeds, max programming, score players, chinese oboe. Stuart James - Keyboards, percussion, samplers, ocarina, Max programming, live manipulations. Tristan Parr – Cello, electric cello. Malcolm Riddoch - Guitar, electronics, networking , electroacustics, tape manipulations. Special guests: Cimbalom, extra percussion: Josh Webster Meat punching: Mace Francis Ruined piano in Clara: Chris De Groot Viola/violin: Aaron Wyatt, Bec Smith.
1. John Cage Radio Music (1957) for 1 – 8 radios. 2. Lindsay Vickery Hunting Pack (2011) for electronic keyboard, cello, cimbalom and Max MSP [world premiere]. 3. Stuart James Particle 1 (2011) for 2 ruined cymbals, laptop, 2 microphones, and 4 loudspeakers. 4. Ross Bolleter Deviance (2011) for ruined piano, cello, flute, bass clarinet and playback [world premiere]. 5. Chris De Groot Agerasia (2011) for three ruined records, cello and bass clarinet [world premiere]. 6. Cat Hope Kuklinski’s Dream (2010) for three carving knives, viola, bass clarinet and cello [Perth premiere]. 7. Thomas Meadowcroft Pretty Lightweight (2001) [Perth premiere]. for cello, viola, flute and playback. 8. Scott Walker Clara (Benito’s Dream) (2006) arranged by Decibel for bass clarinet, ruined piano, meat punching, bass guitar, guitar, sampler, 2 drum sets and string trio. |
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15/5/11 New Music Network: Decibel and Mike Majkowski Decibel East Wing Theatre Sydney Conservatorium Sydney
Cat Hope - Longing
Lindsay Vickery - Improbable Games Alan Lamb - Infinity Machine Alvin Lucier - Everpresent |
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14/5/11 Peking Spring Festival: Decibel, Pollen
Trio @ The Street Theatre, Canberra
Cat Hope - Longing
Lindsay Vickery - Improbable Games Alan Lamb - Infinity Machine Alvin Lucier - Everpresent |
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13/5/2011 Candied Limbs at 1.4 inch, Yours and Owls
Cat Hope - Bass and analogue electronics
Lindsay Vickery - Bass Clarinet and digital electronics |
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12/5/11 Sound Spectrum Lindsay Vickery The Velvet Lounge
Lindsay Vickery Partikulator [World premiere].
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28/3/11 A Voice from a Dark Place Decibel PICA Night Fragments
1. Lindsay Vickery Night Fragments (2011) for mezzo soprano, flute/alto flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, cello, keyboard and electronics [world premiere].
2. Julian Day Beginning to Collapse (2008) for alto flute, Bb clarinet, guitar, keyboard, cymbal, cello and backing track [WA premiere]. 3. Malcolm Riddoch Variations on Electroacoustic Feedback (2010) for multiband EQ filter, alto flute and cello. 4. Cornelius Cardew The Tigers Mind ‘Night Piece’ (1967) for voice, bass guitar, cello, bass clarinet, percussion and electronics. [WA premiere]. 5. Alan Lamb Musicians Coping with Infinity (2011) for infinity machine and mezzo soprano [world premiere]. 6. Adam Trainer Drone Mosaic (2010) for alto flute, bass clarinet, guitar and cello and four backing tracks [world premiere]. 7. Cat Hope Longing (2011) for voice, viola, cello, bass clarinet, percussion and electronics [world premiere]. 8. Ennio Morricone/Joan Baez:The Ballad of Sacco and Vanzetti (1971) arranged by Decibel for mezzo soprano, choir, bass clarinet, bass guitar, guitar, keyboard, drum set, viola and cello. |
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28-31/1/11 Decibel South-West Tour
31/1/11 Nannup Town Hall
30/1/11 Painted Tree Gallery Improbable Games. 29/1/11 Karri View Winery Improbable Games. 28/1/11 Albany Entertainment Centre Grainger - Free Music No. 1 Hope - Kuklinski's Dream Vickery - Improbable Games Eno - Music for Airports Burroughs - Electronic Revolution Lucier - Ever Present Decibel - Lingua Ignota Velvet Underground - The Gift |