Cage in Motion at the Royal College of Music

By Kit Brown, 24 February 2012

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Reviewed at Royal College of Music: Britten Theatre, London on 20 February 2012

Cage, Beach Birds (Cage's Four3 choreographed as a homage to Cunningham)

Cage, A Room (Arranged for Prepared Harps and electronics by Louis D'Heudieres)

Cage, Two

Cage, Etudes Boreales - I

Harrison Ensemble

Animate Dance

Alice Purton, Cello

Amy Tress, Violin

Rebecca McChrystal, Percussion

Katherine Tinker, Piano

Helen Whitaker, Flute

Louis D'Heudieres, Electronics

Martino Panizza, Harp

Prom 70: startling sounds from Jonny Greenwood at the Proms

Benjamin Poore, 10th September

An inventive programme frames new music by a genre-defying composer and guitarist in a striking late-night concert.

***11

Saariaho’s Notes on Light receives its Berlin premiere

Elena Luporini, 29th April

Sakari Oramo and Annsi Karttunen bring Northern lights and folklore to the Philharmonie, closing on a touch of Czech optimism with Dvořák’s Eighth Symphony.

***11

Requiem to a troubled genius at the Southbank’s Multitudes

Chris Garlick, 29th April

As part of the Southbank Centre's Multitudes festival, Unnatural Harmony: Sounds of Lee Alexander McQueen offers a multimedia tribute to the life and creative vision of the iconic British fashion designer.

****1

Steve Reich at 90 celebrated in Liverpool

Pwyll ap Sion, 29th April

A compelling concert at Liverpool’s Tung Auditorium offers a striking Josephine Stephenson’s UK premiere, dazzling John Adams and Steve Reich’s mesmerising Reich/Richter.

*****

Dazzling Prokofiev from Alim Beisembayev and the RLPO

Peter Connors, 26th April

In an all-Russian programme in Liverpool, Alim Beisembayev gives a breathtaking performance of Prokofiev's fiendishly difficult Second Piano Concerto.

****1

Wretches like us: the LPO’s concert Wozzeck cuts to the quick

Peter Quantrill, 25th April

Beautifully prepared singing and playing brings out the tender side to Berg's modernist classic as part of the Southbank Centre’s Multitudes festival.

****1

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Kit Brown

Kit, originally hailing from Northampton, now lives in London where he trains at the London Contemporary Dance School. With experience and interest in both Ballet and Contemporary Dance his main interests lie on the contemporary side of the art form.