This section contains the audio and film documentation of the seven Research Performances as seven films. The material exists as seven films and can be accessed in two ways:
- An archive version held on DMU Figshare
- A password-protected version on Vimeo
To find an individual piece in a performance, follow the timing noted after each work in the Vimeo text, and also repeated in the information below.
Programme information for each of the seven performances follows. This information is repeated in the relevant Performance Study Chapters.
Vimeo: Cage, Feldman, Wolff - Trinity Chapel, De Montfort University. 16th March 2016.
| John Cage | Sonata for Two Voices | (1933) | (00:00:14) |
| Morton Feldman | Two Instruments (Horn and Cello) | (1958) | (00:04:45) |
| Christian Wolff | Two Players (Horn and Cello) | (1996) | (00:10:42) |
| John Cage | One8 for Cello solo | (1991) | (00:20:20) |
| Gavin Bryars | Lauda Dolce I (from Tre Laude Dolce) | (2007) | (01:03:56) |
Performers:
Audrey Riley: Cello
James Woodrow: Electric Guitar
Audio recorded and mixed by Susanne Grunewald
John Cage, Morton Feldman and Christian Wolff published by Peters Edition.
Gavin Bryars published by Schott Music.
Documentation of Performance 1 (a) is partial and of poor technical quality. Therefore, the documentation begins with Performance 1 (b).
Vimeo: A Work in Progress - Trinity Chapel, De Montfort University, 15th February 2017
| Christian Wolff | Micro Exercises 1-4, 6, 7, 9 | (2006) | (00:00:22) |
| Morton Feldman | Intersection IV
for solo cello |
(1953) | (00:05:46) |
| Christian Wolff | Moving Spaces 1-3 | (2002) | (00:10:24) |
| Morton Feldman | Durations II | (1961) | 00:23:51 |
| Earle Brown | (From Folio and Four Systems) (1952-1954) | November 1952
December 1952 Trio and Five Dancers Four Systems |
(00:28:44) |
Performers:
Audrey Riley: Cello
James Woodrow: Electric Guitar
Morton Feldman and Christian Wolff published by Peters Edition. Earle Brown published by Associated Music Publishers Inc.
Vimeo: The New York School - Brown, Feldman, Wolff
PACE Studio, De Montfort University, 5th June 2017
| Christian Wolff | MicroExercises 1 -11 | (2006) | (00:00:20) |
| Peters Edition (Arr. AR) | Box | (2017) | (00:01:06) |
| Morton Feldman | Intersection IV for solo cello | (1953) | (00:03:39) |
| Christian Wolff | Moving Spaces | (2002) | (00:07:42) |
| Morton Feldman | Durations II | (1961) | (00:31:13) |
| Christian Wolff | Going West for solo electric guitar | (2013) | (00:37:05) |
| Earle Brown | Folio and Four Systems | (1952 – 1954)[1] | (00:41:12) |
Performers:
Audrey Riley: Cello
James Woodrow: Guitars
Andrew Zolinksy: Piano
Gregory Warren Wilson: Violin
Craig Vear: Sound Processing
Sally Doughty: Dance
Sophie Clements: Box Animation
James Andean: Photographic Documentation
David Hughes: Lighting
Susanne Grunewald: Sound
[1] For this performance Andrew opted to omit October 1952, and to alter the order of the sheets, presenting MM87 and MM135 as one performance.
Vimeo: Moments in Performance, Experiments in Composition
Trinity Chapel, De Montfort University, 21st March 2018
| Takehisa Kosugi | Anima 7 | (1964) | (00:00:56) |
| Jo Kondo | In Early Spring for solo classical guitar | (1983) | (00:06:13) |
| Morton Feldman | Projection I for solo cello | (1950) | (00:16:18) |
| John Cage | Four6 | (1992) | (00:20:12) |
| Christian Wolff | Grete Exercises 23, 24, 25, 27, 28 | (2007) | (00:51:01) |
Performers:
Audrey Riley: Cello
James Woodrow: Electric and classical guitars
Simon Atkinson: Computer generated sound
James Andean: Sounds and objects
John Cage, Morton Feldman and Christian Wolff published by Peters Edition. Jo Kondo published by University of York Music Press
Vimeo: Special Events
PACE Studio, De Montfort University, 25th May 2018
| Christian Wolff | For Piano | (1952) | (00:00:30) |
| Earle Brown | Special Events for cello and piano | (1999) | (00:07:36) |
| Morton Feldman | Projection I for solo cello | (1953) | (00:22:40) |
| Christian Wolff | Another Possibility | (2004) | (00:26:52) |
| John Cage | Four6 | (1992) | (00:38:24) |
| Christian Wolff | Grete Exercise No.2 | (2007) | (01:08:44) |
Performers:
Audrey Riley: Cello
James Woodrow: Guitars
Andrew Zolinksy: Piano
Simon Atkinson: Sound Processing
James Andean: Sounds and objects
Sally Doughty: Dance
Susanne Grunewald: Sound
David Hughes: Lighting
John Cage, Morton Feldman and Christian Wolff published by Peters Edition.
Earle Brown published by Peters Edition.
Vimeo: John Cage One8 with 108 (1991). With The Dirty Electronics Ensemble.
The Gallery, De Montfort University, 14th May 2019
Film timings: A (00:12-1:42), B: (14:12-18:12), C: (32:42-34.42), D: (35:12-39:12) , End (42:12-43.42)
The documentation includes the Dirty Electronics created piece Tone Forest (2019) (00:44:47)
Performers:
| Audrey Riley | Cello | One8 |
| John Richards | Bass | Bass 1 |
| Simon Atkinson | Clarinet | Clarinet 1 |
| Bret Battey | French Horn | Horn 1 |
| James Andean | Foghorn | Cello 1 |
| Clare Pitchford | Violin | Violin 1 |
| Mirka Hoppari | Viola | Viola 1 |
| Neal Spowage | Spring reverb | Contrabassoon 2 |
| Will Morrison | Sound object | Percussion 1 |
| Sam Rowbottham | PO-32 Tonic Drum Synth | Percussion 2 |
| Rob Chafer | Modified Tam Tam | Percussion 3 |
| Luan Hui | Spring reverb and razor | Percussion 4 |
| Lauren Nasrallah | Random noise sequencer + noise side chain | Percussion 5 |
| Sam Topley | Etextile synthesiser + circuit bent radio | Violin 1-17 |
| Mick Ryan | Analogue/digital sound objects | Clarinet 2 |
| Matt Rogerson | Spectral enveloper + Flanger | Contrabassoon1 |
| Jaymie Benka-Davies | Spring reverb | Trombone 1 |
| Calum Vaughan | EMX/Groovebox | Piccolo |
| Davide Baldazzi | Spaceshaper | Horn 7 |
| Ben Middle | Springboard | Flute 1 |
Audio recording: Susanne Grunewald
Photographic documentation: James Andean
Dirty Electronics photographs: Neal Spowage
Vimeo: Experience for Performer and Cello (2020)
This original piece imitates elements of Kosugi’s Catch Wave and mano dharma systems, alongside a performance of the Fluxus work Anima 7 to draw attention to and to follow his interest in immateriality, the revealing of phantoms and phenomena in the environment. Kosugi’s text instructions for Catch Wave were ‘performed’ to begin the process, using my “fishing rod dropped into the pond” to find the sound-objects before beginning.