Decontamination Concert Archive
This section contains information, programmes and multimedia from previous Decontamination concerts.
Decontamination #14 – Material things
02 May 2018 – CNRR, RNCM
Programme
Rainbirds – Hanna Hartman
The two from Rastibon could start a hailstorm – Larry Goves
The Grand Tour – Joana Baillie
Horizontal cracking on concrete pavements – Hanna Hartman
Meeting the Universe Halfway – Matthew Sergeant
Perfomers
The House of Bedlam
Kathryn Williams (flutes)
Carl Raven (saxophones)
Anthony Brown (saxophones)
Tom McKinney (electric guitar)
Paul Grennan (cello)
Larry Goves (director)
Decontamination #13 – Lecture about sad music and happy dance
28 February 2018 – CNRR, RNCM
Programme
Lecture about sad music and happy dance – Matthew Shlomowitz, Aisha Orazbayeva and Shila Anaraki
Performers
Aisha Orazbayeva (violin and voice)
Shila Anaraki (dance and voice)
Decontamination #12 – Fragmentation and distortion
28 February 2018 – CNRR, RNCM
Programme
Let it all out – Joshua Mock
Come vengono prodotti gli incantesimi? – Salvatore Sciarrino
Canzona di Ringraziamento – Salvatore Sciarrino
Momento – Mark Dyer
1-3 from Six Caprices for violin – Salvatore Sciarrino
1 & 6 from 12 Fantasias for violin without bass – Georg Philipp Telemann
Performers
Aisha Orazbayeva (violin)
Kathryn Williams (flute)
Decontamination #11 – New, imagined and modified instruments
12 December 2017 – CNRR, RNCM
Programme
One for Solo Violin – Nam June Paik
la roche mère mouton – devised by Kelly Jayne Jones with Gavin Osborn
Taasian – Amir Sadeghi Konjani
String Trio No.1 – David Pocknee
Booklet: visual-audio-thing – Claudia Molitor
offset ii – Nocturne !@£$% – Bofan Ma
Fixations – Eleanor Cully
Soundspace: Wonder Inn 20/10/2017 – Carmel Smickersgill, Stephen Morris, Adrian Wong and Johnathan Heyes
Performers
Callum Coomber (violin, wine glasses, Pocknee String Speaker, voice)
Gavin Osborn (flute)
Kelly Jayne Jones (rocks)
Jacob Barns (prepared cello)
Rosalind Ridout (Pocknee String Speaker, voice)
Lucy Nolan (Pocknee String Speaker, voice)
Ottis Enokido Lineham (conductor)
Wei Ling Thong (violin)
Will McGahon (violin)
Izzy Baker (violin)
Elizabeth Elliott (cello)
Aidan Marsden (wine glasses)
Media
One for Solo Violin – Nam June Paik
Callum Coomber (violin)
la roche mère moutonne – Kelly Jayne Jones
Gavin Osborn (flute), Kelly Jayne Jones (rocks)
Taasian – Amir Sadeghi Konjani
Jacob Barns (prepared cello)
String Trio No.1 – David Pocknee
Shoal (Callum Coomber, Rosalind Ridout & Lucy Nolan)
offset ii – Nocturne !@#$% – Bofan Ma
Eldad Diamant – accordion and score objects
Soundspace: Wonder Inn 30/10/2017 – Carmel Smickersgill, Stephen Morris, Adrian Wong and Johnathan Heyes
Ottis Enokido Lineham (conductor), Wei Ling Thong, Will McGahon, Izzy Baker (violins), Elizabeth Elliott (cello), Aidan Marsden, Callum Coomber (wine glasses)
Decontamination #10 – Songs of mourning/music of suppression
8 May 2017, Concert Hall, RNCM
Programme
Kleine Trommel und UKW-Rauschen (“Conceptio”) [2000] – Peter Ablinger
Piccolo und Rauchen [1996/97] – Peter Ablinger
Rest (extracts) [2013] – Emily Hall (music) Toby Litt (words)
Weiss/Weisslich 17 (extracts) – Peter Ablinger
Weiss/Weisslich 17b: Violine und Rauschen [1995]
Weiss/Weisslich 17g: Gitarre und Rauschen [1997/2011]
Weiss/Weisslich 17d: Flöte und Rauchen [1996]
Weiss/Weisslich 17c: Kleine Trommel und Rauschen [1994/2017]
Rest (extracts) [2013] – Emily Hall (music) & Toby Litt (words)
Violine und Rauchen “Veronica” [1995/96] – Peter Ablinger
Rest (extracts) [2013] – Emily Hall (music) & Toby Litt (words)
Performers
Olivia Carrell, Anna McLuckie & Eleanore Cockerham (voices)
Meera Maharaj (piccolo/Flute)
Henry Rankin (violin)
Aiden Marsden (snare drum)
Callum Coomber (guitar/FM radio)
Decontamination #9 – Three Voices
8 December 2017, CNRR, RNCM
Programme
Three Voices – Morton Feldman
Performers
Juliet Fraser (sopranos)
Decontamination #8 – exterior/interior
22 November 2016, CNRR, RNCM
Programme
Artificial Environment No.8 – Joanna Bailie
Receiving the Approaching Memory – Bryn Harrison
Aisha Orazbayeva (violin)
Mark Knoop (piano)
Decontamination #7 – Boulez/Bowie
1 November 2016, CNRR, RNCM
Programme
Sonatine – Pierre Boulez
Performers
Meera Maharaj (flute)
Aaron Breeze (piano)
Changes (David Bowie), I’m Not a Popstar (original), The Man Who Sold the World (David Bowie), I Can’t Give Everything (David Bowie)
Arranged, performed and written by:
James Davis, George Garside, Ellen Lewis and Sean Rogan (with additional material by Anna Mcluckie)
…By The Atmosphere Of A Room – Grace Evangeline Mason
Her Own Dying Moments – John Uren
Performers:
The Marvolo Quartet: Isabella Baker, Malcolm Goodare (violins), Natalia Senior-Brown (viola) and Jody Smith (cello)
Decontamination #6 – Good behaviour/bad behaviour
8 March 2016, RNCM Studio Theatre
Programme
All the five note chords from The Chord Catalogue – Tom Johnson
in which one thing depends on another – James Saunders
all voices are heard – James Saunders
Eighty-eights – Tom Johnson
we gradually have more things to do and fewer things to say – James Saunders
All the ten note chords from The Chord Catalogue – Tom Johnson
Performers
Philip Thomas – piano
Distractfold:
Linda Jankowksa (violin and objects), Rocío Bolaños (clarinet and objects), Daniel Brew (electric guitar and objects)
The House of Bedlam:
Kathryn Williams, Carl Raven, Michael Perrett, Tom McKinney (objects)
RNCM Electric Experimental Ensemble:
Bofan Ma (piano and objects), Xu Han (euphonium and objects), Nate Chivers (electric guitar and objects), Juan Serranogarcía (euphonium and objects), Harry Fausing Smith (saxophone and objects), Jamie Stockbridge (saxophone and objects)
Decontamination #5 – Aiden Smith/The Solem String Quartet
24 January 2016, RNCM Studio Theatre
Programme
Hell – Liza Lim
Ansi la nuit (extract) – Henri Duttieux
new work – Ali Vennart
Interspersed with a selection of songs by Aiden Smith
Performers
Aiden Smith (voice, guitar, piano)
Solem String Quartet
Amy Tress & Catherine Guy (violins), Alistair Vennart (viola), Stephanie Tress (cello)
Decontamination #4 – Fantasy & Artificial Landscape
10 November 2015, RNCM Studio Theatre
Programme
Trains – Joanna Bailie
Kottos – Iannis Xenakis
Unreal Estate – Oliver Coates (music) and Lawrence Lek (projection)
Opus 17a (extract) – Hanne Darboven
Performers
Oliver Coates (cello and electronics)
Decontamination #3 – Erik Satie/Brian Eno
22 March 2015, RNCM Library & Studio Theatre
Programme
PART ONE: RNCM Library
△ – Ben Parker
eternal pish and the sacred corridor – Otto Willberg
To be played in a library – Aaron Breeze
Fro Aaron Copland – Morton Feldman
Piece for violin & piece for keyboard – Michael Perrett
Harmonies – Erik Satie
Two hot pieces for a furnished quickie – Sergio Cote
Laconisme de l’aile – Kaija Saariaho
Armchair is like new: no major marks at all, might just want a quick clean on the base, that’s all. – David Curington
PART TWO: RNCM Studio Theatre
Intro mix: Ambient 1: Music for Airports 1/1 – Brian Eno, Accidents – Harmoniques – Bernard Parmegiani, La Anunciante – Chris Watson
Sul – Tom Rose
Breathing Room – Michael Brailey
Three dreams – Richard Evans
51º12’N/0–55’W-101014 – Aaron Parker
All my favourite films (and television shows) – Jack Sheen
Airports – Pope Vivian/Harry Fausing Smith
Performers (part one)
Maria Chybowska (flute)
Yulia Osovska (violin)
Otto Willberg (double bass)
Ewa Tytman (keyboard)
Performers (part two)
Harry Fausing Smith (saxophone)
Alex Mitchell (viola)
Elinor Nicholson (harp)
Atanas Dochev (percussion)
Aaron Breeze (piano)
Decontamination #2 – Melodies, harmonies, hymns, anthem & lament
27 November 2014, RNCM Studio Theatre
Programme
Six melodies for violin and any keyboard instrument – John Cage
Anthem – Bill Viola
No.5 (“The Lord Descended” – Williams Billings) from Apartment House 1776: 44 Harmonies arranged by Roger Zahab – John Cage
Angel’s Gate – Bill Viola
No.21 (“Heath” – William Billings, No15 (“Bellingham” – William Billings, No.42 (“Rapture” – Supply Belcher) and No.28 (“Greenwich” – Andrew Law) from Apartment House 1776: 44 Harmonies arranged by Roger Zahab – John Cage
Performers
Lyn Fletcher (violin)
Benjamin Powell (Fender Rhodes)
Decontamination #1 – Darkness & Light
28 October 2014, RNCM Studio Theatre
Programme
Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco – Jonathan Harvey
“In iij. Noct.” (String Quartet No.3) –Georg Friedrich Haas
Gran Coda Andante – Robert Curgenven
Performers
Solem String Quartet
Michael Jones & Catherine Guy (violins), Alistair Vennart (viola), Stephanie Tress (cello)
