Experimental Music Roundtable at The Rambler
Leading new music blog, The Rambler (http://johnsonsrambler.wordpress.com) is to host an online discussion between four generations of experimental composers. The composers – Christian Wolff, Michael Parsons, Jürg Frey, James Saunders and Tim Parkinson – have all written new works for the Basel Sinfonietta. The programme of five works, under the collective title ‘From Scratch’, explores the legacy of the great British experimental composer Cornelius Cardew, and will be performed by the Sinfonietta as part of hcmf// 2011 on 20 November.
Between them, the five composers cover many of the main landmarks in the history of experimental music, from the ‘New York School’ of Cage and his contemporaries, to Cardew’s Scratch Orchestra, to Germany’s Wandelweiser group, to the new wave of British experimentalism. They will be joined in the conversations by Stefan Thut of the Basel Sinfonietta, and organiser of programme, and the conductor, Manuel Nawri.
The discussions will be held on a private messageboard during late October, then edited and published as a series of blog posts in advance of the Huddersfield concert. Previous roundtable events have been held with performers and composers associated with the ELISION ensemble, and with participants in London’s Music We’d Like to Hear concert series.
The Rambler’s author, the new music writer Tim Rutherford-Johnson, says:
“These roundtable discussions have proved a really great way of getting an insight into how what contemporary musicians think about. The messageboard format is more unpredictable than a conventional interview, and it often leads to composers and performers opening up a little more than they would usually.”
Don't miss these posts for a unique, behind-the-scenes insight into the thoughts and ideas behind this concert.
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