Having heard EXAUDI in several recordings, I was very glad to have two chances to hear them live at the Huddersfield festival. The first time was at the Christopher Fox premiere, which I have already written about. At the Sunday … Continue reading
As I listened to Bryn Harrison‘s portrait concert, I noticed one major similarity with the Malfatti installation from the day before. It is music that insists on losing me. It does untraceable things. Harrison’s Repetitions in Extended Time was all … Continue reading
Radu Malfatti’s 12-hour installation and James Tenney’s “In a large, open space” were relevant to each other in their quietness, in the freedom of coming and going of the audience, and in their understated qualities. Knowing that the aesthetic world … Continue reading