Not in between / Always Already There
Barbican CentreSilk Street, London
Sun 25 Oct · 14:30
About this event
Pioneering group Apartment House present a programme of work by significant Afro-diasporic composers, covering over half a century of avant-garde and experimental music, for the first time in the UK. Key fluxus artist Ben Patterson’s explosive take on modernist plink (and plonk) strafes through to Dorothy Rudd Moore’s eloquent music, meets Anthony Braxton’s visceral art sounds, is confronted by Alvin Singleton’s intense and haunting work and framed exquisitely by younger composers Allan Gilbert Ballon and Jessie Cox. Always, Already There is the first UK edition of George Lewis’s Afrodiasporic Incubator project. Curated by vocalist and composer Elaine Mitchener, in partnership with Guildhall School of Music & Drama. It explores the radical, varied and richly experimental work of Afrodiasporic composers, past and present. Produced by the Barbican in partnership with the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Part of Always, Already Ther e Weekender. Always, Already Ther e has received generous support from SHM Foundation, Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation and Trevor Fenwick & Jane Hindley. Barbican Classical Music Programme receives major support from Marcus Margulies and additional support In Memory of John Murray. Programme Ben Patterson String Music Allan Gilbert Balon Uru - String Quartet No. 1 Alvin Singleton String Quartet No, 2, desire to be black Jessie Cox String quartet Not in between Anthony Braxton Composition No. 17 Dorothy Rudd Moore Modes Che Ali i like you Performers Apartment House Gordon MacKay violin Mira Benjamin violin Bridget Carey viola Anton Lukoszevieze cello, director
