Upcoming Solo Performances

Fenella Humphreys & Louise McMonagle

7pm 5th March 2020

91-95 Clerkenwell Rd
London
EC1R 5BX

Violinist Fenella Humphreys and cellist Louise McMonagle join forces to bring you a spectacular evening of virtuosic solos and duos, full of terrifying feats of virtuosity. Alongside works by Ravel, Bartok, Berio and Saariaho, the programme will include world premieres of new Caprices for solo violin by Freya Waley-Cohen, Laurence Osborn and Oliver Leith, and a new set of variations on Paganini’s 24th Caprice by composers including Sally Beamish, Tom Coult, James Joslin, Heloise Werner and Seonaid Aitken.

Tickets: https://fideliorchestra.art/whats-on/fenella-humphreys-and-louise-mcmonagie

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VANTAGE POINT

7pm 17th March 2020

Cardiff University Concert Hall, Cardiff CF10 3EB

Riot Ensemble concert, programme to include:

Luciano Berio – Sequenza XIV (2002) for solo cello

http://riotensemble.com/vantage-point/

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PUNKT Birmingham

8.30pm 19 March 2020

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

Saxophonist Trish Clowes and cellist Louise McMonagle escape genre to bring a soundscape of creativity, exploring their respective jazz and experimental backgrounds.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rbc-punkt-birmingham-tickets-86478717171

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ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC: CLOSE UP CONCERT

8pm Monday 25 November 2019

Music Room, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, L1 9BP

Riot Ensemble concert, programme to include:

Luciano Berio – Sequenza XIV for solo cello (2002)

http://riotensemble.com/close-up-concert/#more-2862

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OI KUU

1.10pm Thursday 24 October 2019

Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, University of Manchester, M13 9PL

Riot Ensemble concert, programme to include:

Luciano Berio – Sequenza XIV for solo cello (2002)

http://riotensemble.com/oi-kuu-manchester/#more-2997

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EMULSION FESTIVAL

8pm 12th October 2019

The Vortex Jazz Club, 11 Gillett Square, Dalston N16 8AZ

Eclectic music and performers join forces again for the eighth edition of the Emulsion Festival, co-curated by Trish Clowes and Tom Harrison.

Programme to include:

Josephine Stephenson – Anamnesis (2012) for solo cello

http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/emulsion-viii/

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LUNCHTIME CONCERT

1.05pm 13th July 2019

St Alfege Church, Greenwich Church Street, London SE10 9BJ

Scottish musicians Louise McMonagle and Neil Georgeson return to their roots in a programme for cello and piano exploring Scottish composers.

Kenneth Leighton – Elegy (1980)

Sally Beamish – Gala Water (1994)

James MacMillan – Sonata no.1 for Cello & Piano (2000)

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SEQUENCE BERLIN

26 June 2019

KM28, Karl Marx Str 28, 12043 Berlin

https://www.km28.de/home

MUSIC FOR SOLO CELLO

Elliot Carter – Figment for Cello Alone (1994)

Anna Thorvaldsdottir – Transitions (2014)

Aaron Holloway-Nahum – For Reasons, Perhaps to do with Sorrow (2006)

Laurence Osborn – Pteranodon (2012)

Luciano Berio – Sequenza XIV (2002)

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SPEAK, BE SILENT

7.30 8th April 2019

Crypt on the Green, London EC1R 0EA

Programme to include:

Anna Thorvaldsdottir – Transitions for solo cello (2014)

Celebrate the release of Riot Ensemble’s latest CD, SPEAK, BE SILENT, out on HCR/NMC Recordings. In lieu of tickets we will collect funds to support Play for Progress, a charity that delivers therapeutic and educational music programmes for traumatised and socially isolated unaccompanied minor refugees.

Full event details here: http://riotensemble.com/cd-release-concert-2019/#more-2591

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THREE LABYRINTHS

7.30pm 2nd April 2019

City University of London, EC1V 4PB

Riot Ensemble programme including:

Benedikt Schiefer Kanon for cello and live electronics (2007)

John Cage Harmonies 12-18 of 44 Harmonies from Apartment House 1776 (1976) (arranged for cello & piano by Leo Chadburn) with pianist Neil Georgeson

Full event details: http://riotensemble.com/three-labyrinths-2019/#more-2533

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