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

Nelson Goerner shines with the CBSO and Rachmaninov's Rhapsody

Robert Gainer, 9th April

The CBSO present the work of three European émigré composers of the 1930s and 40s, who reimagined their musical influences with contrasting approaches and results.

****1

Andris Nelsons and the BSO arrive in New York, with baggage in tow

Cameron Kelsall, 9th April

In his first New York appearance since the termination of his contract as BSO Music Director, Nelsons courts public sympathy and makes some thrilling music.

***11

Karabits and Szeps-Znaider carouse with the LPO

Christopher Woodley, 8th April

The sparkle of Max Bruch's Fecond Violin Concerto and the drama of Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony overcome the gloom of Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s dark forebodings.

****1

Savall conducts Beethoven and Haydn at the Elbphilharmonie

Mengguang Huang, 3rd April

Beethoven's Christus am Ölberge is paired with Haydn's Die sieben letzten Worte, a journey from agony to transcendence in which the agony proves the more honest companion.

***11

Portraits and pictures from Ibragimova, Gardner and the LPO

Roy Westbrook, 1st April

From Three Screaming Popes to Pictures at an Exhibition, a pair of works inspired by paintings frame a violin concerto by Béla Bartók at London's Southbank Centre.

****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.