wednesday 25th august ’10

Piezo transducers, soldering irons and a lot of electrical tape in three first performances of Lärmlicht #2 – a folksong for a beating heart, seven lightbulbs and a singer – at the monthly ARC show, deep in the bowels of a Victorian underground workhouse in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter.

Hearty thanks to Ms Laura Coult of Vivid who set up and curated the night, to the fine Mr Taylor for his photographing, to Ms Twist for her impressive attention span and kind words, and to everybody who saw and listened.

thursday 8th april ’10

Modern music galore at Gabriel Prokofiev’s nonclassical night at the Horse & Groom. First performances of three new pieces by William Cheshire, Kate Whitley and Laurence Osborn, alongside a triplet of fffresh remakes, but only after Tom Bayman And His Cello and Prokofiev Quartet no. 1.

William Cheshire & Andrew Spyrou: Stitch http://soundcloud.com/g-s-d/stitch/downloadKate Whitley & Peter Y Martin: Shakershttp://soundcloud.com/peter-ym/shakers/downloadLaurence Osborn & Joe Snape: Vrollukkhttp://soundcloud.com/flot/vrollukk-1/download

Thanks to Jonathan Dodd and Neil AS for mekking samples in a dark room on a sunny day, to Bekah Atkins for the very beautiful photos, to Gabriel and nonclassical, to everybody who played, and to everybody who came. Jolly good.

thursday 11th March ’10

Lärmlicht #1 at Emma Hogan’s and Jeremy Hardingham’s brilliant Miscellaneous (Theatre?) Festival. Performed with four kind people from the audience, yet to sue for the loss of their sights.

Thanks muchly to Meredith Whitton for her photographing, and to Jonathan Green for all the technicals/heavy lifting.

Also, some kind words about the last Lärmlicht performance from Eliot D’Silva here.

tuesday 19th January, ’10

First performance of Lärmlicht, a piece for percussionist, 8 lamps and 4 speaker surround-sound, at Chapel Sessions:

You can listen to the rest of the gig – recordings of Lutoslawski Subito, played by Kate Whitley + Oscar Perks, and Penderecki Threnody, conducted by Will Gardner – here and here. Recorded by Jonathan Green.

Thanks to Joe Taylor for filming, to Jonathan Green and Johan Louwerse for all their help with the projekkkt, and to Neil, Will and Kate for sorting the night.