Listen closely: Quiet music with Apartment House at Kings Place

By Paul Kilbey, 26 September 2013

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Reviewed at Kings Place: Hall Two, London on 22 September 2013

Douglas Barrett, A Few Silence

Emfietzis, DIY 1: the pianist and the lamp

Spahlinger, 128 erfüllte augenblicke

Isaacs, allone

Kurtág, Játékok (Games): excerpts (Quarrelling 2 (Dumb Show))

Sdraulig, close

Pisaro, Fade

Apartment House

Anton Lukoszevieze, Cello

Tom Jackson, Clarinet

Loré Lixenberg, Vocals

Philip Thomas, Piano

Apartment House’s day of delight, insight and excellence

Christopher Woodley, 13th April

At Wigmore Hall, Apartment House entertains and delights in a day of concerts, while Elaine Mitchener finds her voice in impressive style.

****1

Apartment House debut at Wigmore Hall

Paul Kilbey, 4th January

Apartment House's debut at Wigmore Hall was impeccably programmed, presenting a varied selection of experimental music from the last few decades.

****1

Spectacular Feldman with Apartment House at The Rest is Noise

Penny Homer, 8th November

“Take an object. Do something to it. Do something else to it. Do something else to it”. These are Morton Feldman’s own words on his Patterns in a Chromatic Field. And they are a concise and accurate description of what occurs during the piece. Patterns... is one of Feldman’s later works, composed in 1981.

*****

Eine Ode an das unergründliche Universum von Morton Feldman

Michael Klier, 9th January

Apartment House ist es gelungen, einem breiten Publikum die Möglichkeit zu geben, diese nachdenklich machende und die Fantasie beflügelnde Musik kennenzulernen.

****1

Spectacular Feldman with Apartment House at The Rest is Noise

Penny Homer, 8th November

*****

Berlin im Licht: Philharmonia sheds light on the cabaret scene

Matthew Rye, 23rd September

Despite engaging vocal performances and vivid orchestral playing, the Philharmonia Orchestra’s exploration of Weimar-era Berlin’s cabaret world added up to less than the sum of its parts.

***11

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Paul Kilbey

Paul was Reviews Editor at Bachtrack from 2012 to February 2014. He has written on music and culture for publications including Culture Wars, the Huffington Post, the Independent and the Guardian. He holds BA and MPhil degrees in music from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and is particularly passionate about contemporary music of all types. His website is here.