Philip Venables

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23 September 2014 -

  • Saturday, 05 February 2022, 15:30
    Hermes Experiment performs "A Photograph"
    Cheltenham Music Society, Bethesda Methodist Church, Cheltenham

    A varied programme by The Hermes Experiment including works by Philip Venables, Kerry Andrew, Laura Moody, Lili Boulanger, Jeremy Thurlow, Robin Haigh and others. https://cheltmusicsoc.co.uk/

  • Saturday, 26 February 2022, 19:30
    Denis & Katya at Staatsoper Hannover (world premiere, German version)
    Ballhof Eins, Ballhofplatz 5, 30159 Hannover, Germany

    Text/Direction by Ted Huffman, German Translation by Robert Lehmeier, Music Direction by Maxim Boeckelmann, Video by Pierre Martin, Design by Andrew Lieberman, Light by Bernd Purkrabek.
    Cast:  Weronika Rabek, Darwin Prakash, Celli of the Niedersächsisches Staatsorchester Hannover.
    https://staatstheater-hannover.de/de_DE/programm-staatsoper/denis-katya.1300530

  • Sunday, 27 February 2022, 19:30
    Denis & Katya at Staatsoper Hannover
    Ballhof Eins, Ballhofplatz 5, 30159 Hannover, Germany

  • Tuesday, 01 March 2022, 19:30
    Denis & Katya at Staatsoper Hannover
    Ballhof Eins, Ballhofplatz 5, 30159 Hannover, Germany

  • Thursday, 03 March 2022, 19:30
    Denis & Katya at Staatsoper Hannover
    Ballhof Eins, Ballhofplatz 5, 30159 Hannover, Germany

  • Friday, 04 March 2022, 19:30
    Denis & Katya at Staatsoper Hannover
    Ballhof Eins, Ballhofplatz 5, 30159 Hannover, Germany

  • Friday, 11 March 2022, 13:00
    Hermes Experiment performs 'A Photograph' in the Barber Institute Lunchtime Series
    The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TS, England.

    A mixed programme by The Hermes Experiment including works by Philip Venables, Lili Boulanger, Olivia Chaney, and Anna Meredith. https://barber.org.uk/events/the-hermes-experiment-2/

  • Friday, 11 March 2022, 20:30
    Denis & Katya with Dutch National Opera in the Opera Forward Festival (Dutch premiere)
    Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Amstel 3, 1011 PN Amsterdam, Netherlands.

    Text / Direction by Ted Huffman, Music Direction by Tim Anderson, Sound Design by Simon Hendry, Design+Light by Andrew Lieberman, Video by Pierre Martin.
    Cast:  Michael Wilmering, Inna Demenkova, Celli of the Residentie Orkest The Hague
    https://www.operaballet.nl/en/dutch-national-opera/2021-2022/denis-katya

  • Monday, 14 March 2022, 20:30
    Denis & Katya with Dutch National Opera in the Opera Forward Festival
    Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Amstel 3, 1011 PN Amsterdam, Netherlands.

  • Wednesday, 16 March 2022, 20:30
    Denis & Katya with Dutch National Opera in the Opera Forward Festival
    Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Amstel 3, 1011 PN Amsterdam, Netherlands.

  • Friday, 18 March 2022, 20:30
    Denis & Katya with Dutch National Opera in the Opera Forward Festival
    Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Amstel 3, 1011 PN Amsterdam, Netherlands.

  • Monday, 28 March 2022, 19:30
    Denis & Katya at Staatsoper Hannover
    Ballhof Eins, Ballhofplatz 5, 30159 Hannover, Germany

  • Friday, 01 April 2022, 19:30
    Denis & Katya at Staatsoper Hannover
    Ballhof Eins, Ballhofplatz 5, 30159 Hannover, Germany

  • Friday, 22 April 2022, 20:00
    Illusions, at the New Music Biennial retrospective and Coventry City of Culture.
    HMV Empire Coventry 20 Hertford Street Coventry CV1 1LF

    London SInfonietta, conducted by Philip Venables.

  • Saturday, 30 April 2022, 20:00
    My Favourite Piece is the Goldberg Variations, in the Only Connect Festival
    Munch Museum Tøyengata 53 0578 Oslo Norway

    performed by Andreas Borregaard. Text by Ted Huffman. http://onlyconnect.no/

  • Sunday, 03 July 2022, 19:30
    Illusions, in the New Music Biennial retrospective
    Southbank Centre - Queen Elizabeth Hall Belvedere Road London SE1 8XX England

    London Sinfonietta, conducted by Philip Venables

  • Thursday, 07 July 2022, 19:00
    Illusions, with International Ensemble Modern Academy.
    Time of Music Festival, Viitasaari Arena, Finland

    International Ensemble Modern Academy with Alexander Sinan Binder (conductor) and Quentin Nivromont, (IRCAM electronics) 

  • Friday, 08 July 2022, 20:00
    Answer Machine Tape, 1987 (world premiere), performed by Zubin Kanga
    Time of Music Festival, Viitasaari Finland

    World premiere of this new piece for piano and multimedia, written in collaboration with Ted Huffman and Simon Hendry. Commissioned by Time of Music Festival, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, November Music, Festival d'Automne à Paris and Zubin Kanga, the latter as part of Cyborg Soloists, supported by a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship and Royal Holloway, University of London. https://festivals.fi/en/festivals/time-of-music-viitasaari/

  • Sunday, 10 July 2022, 20:00
    My Favourite Piece is the Goldberg Variations, in the Time of Music Festival
    Viitasaari Church, Viitasaari, Finland

    performed by Andreas Borregaard. Text by Ted Huffman.
    https://musiikinaika.org/en/program-2022/#sunday-10-7-22

  • Friday, 04 November 2022, 20:00
    Numbers 81–85; 91–95; 96–100, with Lovemusic and Grace Durham, Klangwerkstatt Festival für Neue Musik.
    Kunstquartier Bethanien Mariannenplatz 2 Kreuzberg 10997 Berlin Germany

  • Saturday, 12 November 2022, 16:00
    Answer Machine Tape, 1987
    November Music, Den Bosch, Netherlands

    Zubin Kanga performs this new work for piano and multimedia, co-commissioned by November Music.

  • Saturday, 19 November 2022, 16:00
    Answer Machine Tape, 1987
    Bates Mill, HCMF, Hudderfield, UK

    Zubin Kanga performs this new work for piano and multimedia, co-commissioned by Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival

  • Sunday, 20 November 2022, 22:30
    My Favourite Piece is the Goldberg Variations, at HCMF
    Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival

    performed by Andreas Borregaard. Text by Ted Huffman.

  • Tuesday, 22 November 2022, 14:00
    Numbers 81–85; 91–95; 96–100, with Lovemusic
    HCMF, Huddersfield, UK

  • Friday, 25 November 2022, 18:30
    Naomo Pinnetuo (world premiere) — a birthday gift for the Royal Academy of Music on their 200th Anniversary
    Royal Academy of Music Marylebone Road London NW1 5HT England

    A new short piece for solo violin, written as a birthday gift for the Royal Academy on their 200th birthday. 'Nuomo Pinnetuo' is dedicated to and uses material from Naomi Pinnock, whom I first met at the Academy in 2002 when we both studied there, and who becamse a lifelong friend. Performed as part of a Manson Ensemble concert alongside works by Helena Tulve and Hans Abrahamsen.

  • Friday, 25 November 2022, 20:00
    Numbers 81–85; 91–95; 96–100, with Lovemusic and Grace Durham
    Arsenal 57070 Metz France

  • Friday, 02 December 2022, 18:30
    My Favourite Piece is the Goldberg Variations, Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo.
    Norwegian Academy of Music, Slemdalsveien 11, 0369 Oslo, Norway

    performed by Andreas Borregaard. Text by Ted Huffman.

  • Monday, 05 December 2022, 20:00
    Answer Machine Tape, 1987 at Festival d'Automne à Paris
    Théâtre De La Ville - Espace Pierre Cardin 1 Avenue Gabriel 75008 Paris France

    Zubin Kanga performs this new work for piano and multimedia, co-commissioned by Festival d'Automne à Paris.