music we'd like to hear

2008

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2005

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audience comments:

'Music We'd Like to Hear is for me the single most imaginative initiative within current British concert life. The concept for the series, with its name-on-the-tin title, is its strength: three composers playing music which is important to them, not mediated through a network of interested parties, is increasingly rare at this level.' James Saunders

'this brief but powerfully uplifiting tapestry of echoing chords tumbling over each other just a couple of yards in front of me made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up'

the watchful ear 2008

this edition supported by the RVW Trust and the Hinrichsen, Holst and Britten-Pears Foundations

tim parkinson

I

2 july

still/s 1-6
(2002-2008)

richard emsley

part 1 to 6 of the 24-part cycle

4, 5 & 6: mwlth commissions, with support from the Britten-Pears Foundation

markus trunk

II

9 july

organ and silence

tom johnson

organ and silence (2000)

organ and silence for piano (2002)

erik satie

sonneries de la rose + croix (1892)

veritables preludes flasques (pour un chien) (1912)

jürg frey

sam lazaro bros (1984)

laurence crane

the swim (1992)

paul newland

una corda (2001)

christian wolff

tilbury 3 (1969)

johannes brahms

eleven choral preludes up 122 no 11 (1896)

john lely

III

16 july

portrait of michael parsons (b. 1938)

michael parsons

highland variations (1972)

krapp music (1999)

levels (2007)

oblique piece 10 (2007)

piano piece august 2001

piano piece may 2003

piano piece march 1968

moladh uibhist (in praise of uist) (1992)

cornelius cardew

string trio II

orlando di lasso

fantasia no 4 in two parts (1585)

anton webern

string quartet op.28 (1938)

purcell/parsons

4 part fantasia no.9 (1680)

We are a collective of musicians and composers who, since 2005, have been creating a one-of-a-kind space where we welcome listeners to come together to share and celebrate new and neglected contemporary music. We hand-pick the programmes with the aim of sharing our fascination and enthusiasm with everyone. We provide a platform for creative & experimental work, for showcasing emerging talent, and for promoting learning and collaboration.

As a not-for-profit organisation, our ability to sustain this series depends solely on ticket sales, funding awards, and donations, with all of the proceeds going towards the musicians and composers. We strive to keep ticket prices affordable so that as many as possible can experience these exceptional events.

Please consider supporting Music We'd Like to Hear with a one-off or regular donation. Every contribution helps us to continue providing this space for inspiring music from our world-wide community.

I 2 july 2008

II 9 july 2008

III 16 july 2008

richard emsley still/s 1
performed by Apartment House