music we'd like to hear

summer series

2026

© tim parkinson
this edition supported by:
The Hinrichsen Foundation
Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung
'...the series has become a central hub of a community that centers in London but overlaps with other near and distant localities, both in programming and in the visitors drawn to it.'

Jennie Gottschalk
Experimental Music Since 1970

© 2005 -
music we'd like to hear
FRIDAY 3 JULY


Morton Feldman
For John Cage (1982)
Mira Benjamin, violin
Mark Knoop, piano



SATURDAY 4 JULY

Morton Feldman
Piano and String Quartet (1985)
Apartment House:

Mira Benjamin, violin
Amalia Young, violin
Bridget Carey, viola
Anton Lukoszevieze, cello/director
Mark Knoop, piano


FRIDAY 10 JULY

 
Alison Knowles
Mantra for Jesse (1976)
Gayle Young
extract from Forest Ephemerals (2014)
Ryoko Akama
I see everything as a failure (2019)
Morton Feldman
piano piece 1952
Travis Just
Everybody’s Everyone
(it’s time to love life again) (2009)
Christian Wolff
Another (2012)
Paul Whitty
Ancient and Modern (2025)
Christoph Graupner
Pages 1-2 of Vierstimmiger Kanon mit 5626 schematischen Umkehrungen und Umstellungen (c. 1760)
James Saunders
Performing tasks they secretly believe do not really need to be performed (2022)
Christian Wolff
Out of Piano 1952 (Feldman) Variation (1988)
Ensemble We'd Like to Hear

FRIDAY 17 JULY

 
Michael Finnissy
Banumbirr (1982)
Alexey Shmurak
I Have Lost My Eurydice (2014)
Nomi Epstein
with (2025)
Samuel Clay Birmaher
The End of the World (2019)
Morton Feldman
The Viola in My Life I (1970)

Plus Minus Ensemble

doors 19:00 | music 19:30
support music we'd like to hear

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.

venue

st mary at hill
lovat lane
london ec3r 8ee



nearest tube

monument (fish street hill exit)
bank (exit 5)
london bridge