2012
15 DECEMBER
Gervasoni Limbus Limbo
Opera de Reims
Scenes d’Europe, Reims
EXAUDI joins Les Percussions de Strasbourg for a performance of Stefano Gervasoni’s new opera bouffe Limbus Limbo.
10 & 11 DECEMBER
‘Toujours et Pres de Moi’: a holographic opera
Hoxton Hall, London
Spitalfields Winter Festival
In a collaboration with Opera Erratica, EXAUDI provides live accompaniment to a startling and beautiful visual production.
6 DECEMBER
‘Juice of the Pomegranate’
Temple Church, London
Temple Music
An eight-voice EXAUDI performs a mixed programme of settings of the sensual Song of Songs texts in the beautiful setting of the Temple Church.
4 DECEMBER
Gervasoni Limbus Limbo
Opera Comique, Paris
EXAUDI joins Les Percussions de Strasbourg for Stefano Gervasoni’s new opera bouffe Limbus Limbo.
29 NOVEMBER
Gervasoni Limbus Limbo
Vernon, Espace Philippe-August
Festival Automne en Normandie
EXAUDI joins Les Percussions de Strasbourg for two performances of Stefano Gervasoni’s new opera bouffe Limbus Limbo.
24 NOVEMBER
Finis Terrae by Brian Ferneyhough with musikFabrik, cond. Emilio Pomarico
WDR Cologne
Funkhaus am Wallrafplatz
6 voices of EXAUDI join musikFabrik to perform this new work by Brian Ferneyhough.
23 NOVEMBER
Cage & de Machaut
Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam
EXAUDI makes its début at the Muziekgebouw with this magical juxtaposition of two haunting soundworlds separated by six centuries.
18 NOVEMBER
Rihm Vigilia with musikFabrik
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
St Paul’s Hall, Huddersfield
Six voices of EXAUDI join musikFabrik for a performance of Wolfgang Rihm’s Vigilia.
12 NOVEMBER
Finis Terrae by Brian Ferneyhough (wp) with musikFabrik, cond. Emilio Pomarico
Festival d’Automne
Opera Nationale de Paris Bastille
6 voices of EXAUDI joined musikFabrik to premiere this new work by Brian Ferneyhough alongside works by Guillaume de Machaut and contemporaries.
26 OCTOBER
‘In the Shadow of Gesualdo’
Music at Oxford
A programme exploring Gesualdo’s links with the music of our time: a selection of his Tenebrae Responsories placed beside Sciarrino’s Responsorio delle Tenebre and Rihm’s Sieben Passions-texte.
21 OCTOBER
EXAUDI 10th Birthday Concert
Wigmore Hall, London
EXAUDI celebrates its tenth anniversary year with a special programme of Italian madrigals old and new at the Wigmore Hall. Birthday tributes in the form of modern-day madrigals from Michael Finnissy, Christian Wolff, Evan Johnson, and Larry Goves.
14 OCTOBER
Aldeburgh Residency showcase performance
Britten Studio, Snape, Suffolk
EXAUDI showcases the new works developed and rehearsed in a six-day Aldeburgh Residency, and perform Aaron Cassidy’s A painter of figures in rooms.
22&23 SEPTEMBER
Premiere of Stefano Gervasoni’s new opera
Theatre National de Strasbourg, Festival Musica
EXAUDI makes its operatic début joining Les Percussions de Strasbourg for the first performances of Stefano Gervasoni’s new opera Limbus Limbo.
17 AUGUST, 7.45pm
Cage Centenary Celebration: Prom 47
Royal Albert Hall, London
EXAUDI makes its BBC Proms début performing ‘Ear for EAR’ and ‘Four2’ in this Cage Centenary Celebration, curated by Ilan Volkov.
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26 JULY
‘Juice of the Pomegranate’
Cambridge Summer Music
A sumptuous mixed programme of settings of the Song of Songs in which Renaissance masterpieces by Victoria, Schutz and Lassus meet new works by John Habron, James Weeks and Howard Skempton.
22-24 JULY
Darmstadt International Summer School
Darmstadt, Germany
EXAUDI’s first visit to the Darmstadt Ferienkurse, for 60 years the crucible of avant-garde music in Europe, revolves around a reading session and a performance of new works by Niklas Seidl, Bryn Harrison, James Weeks, Joanna Bailie and Matthew Shlomowitz.
(recorded for broadcast on SWR)
14 JULY
Aaron Cassidy A painter of figures in rooms
‘New Music 20×12’, Southbank Centre, London
EXAUDI premieres Aaron Cassidy’s new work, A painter of figures in rooms, commissioned as part of the PRS for Music Foundation’s ‘New Music 20×12’.
23 JUNE, 7pm
‘Around and around and around’… circling Cage
Aldeburgh Festival
The Pumphouse, Aldeburgh
EXAUDI, with sound artist Bill Thompson and visual artist Sam Belinfante, provide an intimate celebration of the composer, painting a portrait of a warm, humorous and humane artist. There will be tributes written for this occasion by artists and musicians influenced by his work.
23 JUNE, 11am
‘A John Cage Musicircus’
Aldeburgh Festival
Hoffman Building, Snape, Suffolk
John Cage centenary concert: EXAUDI is joined by sound artist Bill Thompson and students from UEA to perform the Song Books as part of a Cage sound installation.
21 JUNE, 9.30pm
Cage programme
Spitalfields Festival
St Leonard’s Shoreditch, London
John Cage centenary concert: EXAUDI presents a late-night programme of his large-scale vocal works, including Four Solos, Four2 & Hymns and Variations.
19 JUNE, 12.30pm
‘Chaos and Creation’: Spitalfields Festival Neighbourhood Schools project
Spitalfields Church, London
Inspired by the music of John Cage, young musicians from Kobi Nazrul and Hague Primary Schools create their own responses to this musical pioneer, 100 years after his birth.
15 JUNE, 8pm
Rihm Vigilia with musikFabrik
Musica Viva, Munich
Six voices of EXAUDI join musikFabrik for a performance of Wolfgang Rihm’s Vigilia.
1-2 MAY
Huddersfield University Residency
Residency and education project featuring workshops with student composers from Huddersfield University, and choral skills and composition workshops with sixth-formers from Huddersfield New College.
5 APRIL, 8pm
‘Music Divine’
Cheltenham Music Society
A programme of madrigals old and new: Elizabethan offerings lie beside modern-day madrigals by contemporary British composers.
28 MARCH, 8pm
Tippett Centre, Bath Spa University
A six-voice programme of works by Machaut, Cage, Aperghis and Kagel.
18 MARCH, 4.45pm
‘Extraordinary Voices’: showcase performance of education project with GSMD singers
The Conservatory, Barbican Centre, London
Undergraduate singers from Guildhall School of Music & Drama join members of EXAUDI to perform repertoire by John Cage and Christopher Fox.
14 MARCH, 7.30pm
Brunel University recital
Antonin Artaud Building, Brunel University
A five-voice programme of works by Machaut, Cage, Aperghis and Kagel.
13 MARCH, 7pm
Cardiff University recital and workshop
Cardiff University Concert Hall
A six-voice EXAUDI performs works by Machaut, Cage, Aperghis and Kagel, and runs workshops with student composers from Cardiff University.
12 MARCH, 8pm
‘Exposure 2012’
Hall Two, Kings Place, London
The latest edition of EXAUDI’s commissioning series features new works by Joanna Bailie, Rob Fokkens and Christopher Fox alongside works by Cage, Aperghis and Kagel.
7 FEBRUARY, 7pm
‘Music for Four’
Lecture Theatre, Leeds College of Music
A four-voice programme of experimental vocal repertoire, including works by Cage, Georges Aperghis, Christopher Fox, Howard Skempton and Stephen Chase.
8 FEBRUARY, 6pm
‘Voice Off’: Showcase of education project with singers from Leeds College of Music
Lecture Theatre, Leeds College of Music
Undergraduate singers from LCM perform works by Cage, Skempton, Feldman and Fox.