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2005
Thursday 24 November 2005
Huddersfield Contemporary Music
Festival
Choral works of Christopher Fox
In
celebration of the 50th birthday of one of Britain's most
important composers, EXAUDI launched its new NMC disc of Fox's choral
music with a recital at hcmf05. Includes American Choruses, The Missouri
Harmony, and A Glimpse of Sion's Glory.
Saturday 15 October 2005
Little Missenden Festival, Bucks
Dance, Clarion, Air - EXAUDI
celebrates Tippett
Music by Tippett, Finnissy,
Jackson, Toovey and Skempton in celebration of the Tippett Centenary.
A final chance to hear EXAUDI's hit 2005 tour programme.
Wednesday 31 August 2005
Vale of Glamorgan Festival
'Always Something Sings': music by
Howard Skempton and friends
A magical
sequence of Skempton's remarkable choral miniatures, interspersed
with solos for harp and accordion and complemented by the music of
Gabriel Jackson and James Weeks.
with Ruth Wall (harp) and Howard Skempton (accordion)
Tuesday
9 August 2005
Dartington
International Summer School
New and
20thC British works around a WH Auden theme.
Saturday 11 June 2005
Aldeburgh Festival,
Orford Church
Dance, Clarion, Air - EXAUDI celebrates Tippett
Wednesday 25 May 2005
The Michael Tippett Centre, Bath Spa College
Dance, Clarion, Air - EXAUDI celebrates Tippett
Thursday 19 May 2005
Old School, Thetford Grammar School, Norfolk
'Women of Love, Women of War'
Judith Weir King Harald's
Saga
James Weeks Amor de lonh
Claudia Molitor
Das Schwein, das Schwein
Giacomo Carissimi Ferma,
lascia ch'io parli
duets and trios by Strozzi, Monteverdi,
Luzzaschi and Purcell
Sunday 24 April 2005
Bromsgrove Festival, Dodford Church
Dance, Clarion, Air - EXAUDI celebrates Tippett
Thursday
17 March 2005
Purcell Room, South Bank Centre, London
INTIMATE LEAVES
A ravishing sequence of
solos and ensemble pieces on themes of Love and the natural world. The
'subtle art' of Guillaume de Machaut and later fourteenth-century
composers of the Chantilly Codex perfectly complements the gentle,
delicate soundworlds of John Cage and his New York circle. The
concert also included music by a trio of exciting young British
composers and a world premiere of a work by Chung Shih Hoh.
Friday 28 January 2005
Concert at National Portrait Gallery, London
'Women of Love, Women of War’
The sopranos of EXAUDI bring three ancient narratives to modern life: Carissimi's
Lament of Mary Stuart, James Weeks' lyrical transcriptions of troubadour
Jaufre Rudel, and Judith Weir's tour-de-force for solo soprano, King
Harald's Saga.
2004
Sunday 28 November
2004
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
Closing concert of the UK’s most prestigious contemporary music festival: Richard
Ayres’ No.33 (…Valentine Tregashian considers), with ASKO Ensemble
of Amsterdam.
Friday 26 November 2004
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
Double Portrait:
Howard Skempton and Michael Finnissy
Works from EXAUDI’s forthcoming Finnissy disc (Anima Christi
and
Palm Sunday) alongside Skempton’s rarely-performed large choral pieces
The Voice of the Spirits and The Bridge of
Fire.
Friday 29
October 2004
St Paul's Church, Wilton Place, Knightsbridge
‘Mystery and
Revelation’
In the new series
'Knightsbridge Arts', a programme of choral music from 11th-21st
centuries, including music by Hildegard, Obrecht, Josquin, Tallis, Byrd,
Scelsi, Feldman, Finnissy and Weeks.
Friday 22 October
2004
Concert at National Portrait Gallery, London
A Portrait of
Howard Skempton
One of our favourite composers, who has enjoyed a strong relationship with
the group since its foundation. We performed a number of his smaller
choral works, and Howard himself made an appearance as interviewee
and accordion soloist.
Thursday 7 October
2004
St Cuthbert’s Church, Thetford, Norfolk
Concert
involving children from Thetford Grammar School and other local schools.
Thursday 16
September 2004
Winchester College Chapel, Hants
‘Mystery and
Revelation’
Choral music from 11th-21st centuries, including
music by Hildegard, Obrecht, Josquin, Tallis, Byrd, Scelsi, Feldman,
Finnissy and Weeks, and the first performance
for a millennium of pieces from the Winchester Troper (c1000AD).
Recitals in
St James the Less, London and St Mary’s Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk
Friday 27 and Saturday 28 February 2004
An eight-voice EXAUDI
returned to St James the Less for the third year running and made its
Suffolk début with ‘Winter Flowers’, a programme including motets by
Josquin and Lassus, and works by Lutyens, Rihm, Tippett, Howard Skempton
and Michael Zev Gordon.
Workshop in
Endymion’s project The Rising Generation
Friday 30 January
2004
James Weeks and EXAUDI
soprano Elin Manahan Thomas introduced thirty very young composers
(participants on a day’s celebration of ‘The Rising Generation’) to a
range of vocal music and techniques for writing for voices.
2003
Showcase concert of
education project with the Purcell School
Sunday 30 November 2003
Eight outstanding young composers from the Purcell School heard
their works performed by EXAUDI in a public concert held at the Royal
Academy of Music. Each work had been commissioned by EXAUDI specifically
for this project, and was explored and developed during a one-day workshop
held at the school in March.
Recital in
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
Wednesday 26 November 2003
Music I Text I
Subtext: In association with the Society of the Promotion of New Music,
EXAUDI premièred new works by spnm composers Dorothy Ker and Will May, and
Judith Weir's extraordinary and dramatic
Missa del Cid.
Recital of
contemporary British vocal music at the National Portrait Gallery
Friday 3 October 2003
Four singers from
EXAUDI presented a programme of small-scale choral works by modern British
composers. Repertoire included music by Tippett and Gabriel Jackson, and
new works by John Habron, Philip Howard, James Weeks, Michael Finnissy and
Howard Skempton.
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