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‘The Virus Within: Hearing HIV’ Premiere

Loved working with my friends Workers Union Ensemble and Dr Chad Swanson (King’s College London) on my newest piece The Virus Within: Hearing HIV. We premiered the piece on Thursday to a great crowd at Guy’s Chapel, King’s College London. Unfortunately the Southampton performance on 10 March has had to be cancelled but we will play at the University of Southampton Science and Engineering Day 2019 instead!

We asked the audience in London for five word reviews. Here are some of my favourites (!):

  • “Novel, exciting and inventive, complex piece”
  • “Head on crash with virus”
  • “Interesting but slightly anxiety inducing!”
  • “Brilliant translation: science to music. Thank you! One of the best pieces of scientific performance art I’ve ever seen/heard. Incredibly intellectually rewarding. Wonderful!”
  • “Top science/music mash-up”
  • “A structurally chaotic masterpiece!”

Recordings and video to come soon and, hopefully, more performances!

The Virus Within: Hearing HIV PREMIERE – Chapel of Thomas Guy – London – 15/02/18

What
The Virus Within: Hearing HIV PREMIERE
When
Thursday, February 15, 2018
7:30pm - All Ages
Where
Chapel of Thomas Guy (map)
King's College London

London SE1 1UL
Other Info
Premiere of my new work, developed in collaboration with Chad Swanson (KCL), 'The Virus Within: Hearing HIV' for ensemble and electronics. Workers Union Ensemble will play with Chad providing scientific input!

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Tallis Festival: The New Music Players – Attenborough Centre for Creative Arts – Brighton – 08/02/18

What
Tallis Festival: The New Music Players
When
Thursday, February 8, 2018
8:00pm - All Ages Buy Tickets
Where
Attenborough Centre for Creative Arts (map)
University of Sussex
Gardner Centre Road
Falmer


Brighton, UK BN1 9RA
Other Info
A programme of creative responses to the world of the great 16th century English composer Thomas Tallis, including from artistic director Ed Hughes, Rowland Sutherland, and Sussex composers Lee Westwood, Eleanor Clapp, Jason Hazael and Hugh Chambers, and an AI generated composition based on machine readings of Tallis’s musical output.

I'm currently writing a new piece for this concert called 'BmB' for ensemble and electronics.

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Yshani Perinpanaygam @ ALL YOUR BASS Festival at the NVA – The National Videogame Arcade – Nottingham – 19/01/18

What
Yshani Perinpanaygam @ ALL YOUR BASS Festival at the NVA
When
Friday, January 19, 2018
3:30pm - All Ages Buy Tickets
Where
The National Videogame Arcade (map)
24-32 Carlton Street
Nottingham NG1 1NN
Other Info
Yshani Perinpanayagam will play my 'Mr Turquoise Synth' (2017) alongside pieces by Blake Troise and Cheryl Frances-Hoad at her performance and talk at the new National Video Arcade Festival, ALL YOUR BASS.

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Live video of ‘Piano Trio (with whistles)’

On 27 November Aisha Orazbayeva (violin), Alice Purton (‘cello) and Mark Knoop (piano) performed my Piano Trio (with whistles), which I wrote in 2014 as part of their concert at the University of Southampton Music Department professional concert series. I’m pleased to have uploaded to Youtube a video of their fantastic performance:

Aisha Orazbayeva / Alice Purton / Mark Knoop – Turner Sims Concert Hall – Southampton – 27/11/17

What
Aisha Orazbayeva / Alice Purton / Mark Knoop
When
Monday, November 27, 2017
1:00pm - All Ages Buy Tickets
Where
Turner Sims Concert Hall (map)
University of Southampton
Southampton
Other Info
As part of the University of Southampton Music Department Lunchtime Concert Series Aisha Orazbayeva (violin), Alice Purton (‘cello) and Mark Knoop (piano) present three contemporary works for piano trio. Programme to include '1981' by Clarence Barlow, Walter Zimmerman’s 'Ephemer' and my 'Piano Trio (with whistles)' (2015), which was originally commissioned by the Deal Festival.

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‘The Virus Within: Hearing HIV’ Premiere – 15 Feb 2018

I’m just putting the finishing touches on the first two movements (of three) of my 30-minute new piece for Workers Union Ensemble, The Virus Within: Hearing HIV. Workers (with two new lovely babies!) are coming for a November weekend in Southampton to rehearse the piece and do some recording for the electronics that will be involved in the piece. Then I have a few months to sort out the electronics stuff and write the short final movement for the premiere on 15 February at the Chapel of Thomas Guy, King’s College London (KCL).

I’m excited about this piece. It’s been great to collaborate closely with KCL virologist Chad Swanson in developing the music and I can’t wait to see it all come together.

‘Piano Trio (with whistles)’ performance in November

I’m delighted that Aisha Orazbayeva (violin), Alice Purton (‘cello) and Mark Knoop (piano) will perform a slightly revised version of my Piano Trio (with whistles) at Turner Sims, Southampton, on 27 November as part of the University of Southampton Music Department Professional Lunchtime Concert Series. Deal Festival commissioned this work in 2015 and the main change I’ve made is deleting the second movement! The trio will also be performing Klarenz Barlow’s 1981 and Walter Zimmerman’s Ephemer.

Aisha Orazbayeva