Jekyll2022-12-24T16:59:58+01:00https://chrisswithinbank.net/Chris SwithinbankMusic, text, and concertsChris Swithinbankswithinbank@gmail.comhttps://www.chrisswithinbank.net/ensemble recherche @ Rainy Days2022-11-26T20:00:00+01:002022-11-03T12:23:07+01:00https://chrisswithinbank.net/2022/11/recherche-rainy-daysChris Swithinbankswithinbank@gmail.comhttps://www.chrisswithinbank.net/M/R @ Festival Rümlingen2022-08-28T16:30:00+02:002022-11-03T12:23:07+01:00https://chrisswithinbank.net/2022/08/ais-r%C3%BCmlingen<p>New collaborative performance <em>M/R</em> with <a href="https://www.evagalonso.com/">Eva G. Alonso</a> and <a href="http://claraiannotta.com/">Clara Iannotta</a>.</p>
<p>Check out the full line-up on <a href="http://www.neue-musik-ruemlingen.ch/festival-ruemlingen-2022/">the festival website</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Tickets</strong>: <a href="https://karten.kulturticket.ch/p/reservix/event/1941527">https://karten.kulturticket.ch/p/reservix/event/1941527</a></p>Chris Swithinbankswithinbank@gmail.comhttps://www.chrisswithinbank.net/New collaborative performance M/R with Eva G. Alonso and Clara Iannotta.LET @ Zwei Tage Strom2022-03-25T20:15:00+01:002022-02-02T18:18:43+01:00https://chrisswithinbank.net/2022/03/let-zwei-tage-strom<p>Collaborative performance <em>LET</em> with <a href="https://www.evagalonso.com/">Eva G. Alonso</a> and <a href="http://claraiannotta.com/">Clara Iannotta</a>.</p>
<p>Gaudenz Badrutt and Olivia Block are also performing that evening at Zwei Tage
Strom and you’ll be able to check out a video installation by Ernst Thoma.</p>Chris Swithinbankswithinbank@gmail.comhttps://www.chrisswithinbank.net/Collaborative performance LET with Eva G. Alonso and Clara Iannotta.Progetto Positano Double Portrait Concert2021-09-26T20:00:00+02:002021-11-28T23:48:38+01:00https://chrisswithinbank.net/2021/09/mosaik-progetto-positano<p>Joint portrait concert with <a href="https://emic.ee/liisa-hirsch">Liisa Hirsch</a>.</p>
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Enno Poppe, conductor / Rebecca Lenton, flute / Simon Strasser, oboe / Christian Vogel, clarinet / Martin Posegga, saxophone / Ernst Surberg, piano / Roland Neffe, percussion / Chatschatur Kanajan, violin / Karen Lorenz, viola / Niklas Seidl, cello / Arne Vierck, sound engineer</p>Chris Swithinbankswithinbank@gmail.comhttps://www.chrisswithinbank.net/Joint portrait concert with Liisa Hirsch.Video: union|haze2021-09-06T16:20:00+02:002021-09-06T16:45:39+02:00https://chrisswithinbank.net/2021/09/video-union-haze<p class="embed-container">
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<p>Back <a href="https://www.chrisswithinbank.net/2021/05/mosaik-forma-leipzig/">in May</a>, <a href="http://www.ensemble-mosaik.de/">ensemble mosaik</a> gave a beautiful live-stream performance of <a href="https://www.chrisswithinbank.net/2016/05/union-haze/"><em>union|haze</em></a> as part of <a href="http://forma-leipzig.de/">forma Leipzig</a>’s 10th anniversary festivities alongside works by Alberto Posadas, <a href="https://www.kelleysheehan.com/">Kelley Sheehan</a>, <a href="https://polzhofer.mur.at/">Kai Johannes Polzhofer</a>, and <a href="https://lizalimcomposer.wordpress.com/">Liza Lim</a>. <em>union|haze</em> as well as the pieces by Kelley and Kai are still available to <a href="https://youtu.be/zQt8b_ZdQ80?t=451">watch on YouTube</a>.</p>Chris Swithinbankswithinbank@gmail.comhttps://www.chrisswithinbank.net/Watch ensemble mosaik perform ‘union|haze’ and other works in a concert for forma Leipzig.Bad Language2021-08-30T18:14:00+02:002021-08-30T16:22:42+02:00https://chrisswithinbank.net/2021/08/bad-language<p>“I bought a fog”<br />
to consternation say</p>
<p>Across the lab a perplex gaze<br />
But</p>
<p>He can’t tell<br />
If it was me or something fatter<br />
That brokered language to this point</p>
<p>I hear that they are ceding rain over Siberia<br />
And at the lake<br />
Hourly clouds draw crowds</p>
<p>All I wanted was to brew tea</p>
<p>and speak my joy<br />
But<br />
A wait of coin is falling from the sky</p>Chris Swithinbankswithinbank@gmail.comhttps://www.chrisswithinbank.net/“I bought a fog” to consternation sayensemble mosaik - UpToThree2021-08-21T19:00:00+02:002021-08-17T22:46:49+02:00https://chrisswithinbank.net/2021/08/mosaik-up-to-three<p><a href="http://ensemble-mosaik.de/uptothree/">UpToThree</a> is ensemble mosaik’s annual mini-festival of chamber music and work in progress held over two summer evenings.</p>Chris Swithinbankswithinbank@gmail.comhttps://www.chrisswithinbank.net/UpToThree is ensemble mosaik’s annual mini-festival of chamber music and work in progress held over two summer evenings.irrelevant noise [subsection (1)(ab)(i)]2021-07-29T00:00:00+02:002022-02-03T12:09:43+01:00https://chrisswithinbank.net/2021/07/irrelevant-noise<p>On 9 March 2021, Robert Buckland MP, Secretary of State for Justice in the Government of the United Kingdom, introduced <a href="https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/2839/">a bill</a> to Parliament which, amongst a broad range of stated intentions, aims “to make provision about the maintenance of public order” by expanding the conditions already imposed on public protest by Section 12 of the Public Order Act 1986. The very first new condition proposed by the UK Government is that the “noise generated” by public processions, public assemblies, and even one-person protests, could be sufficient grounds for police action, if a police officer decides the “noise generated” has a “relevant impact” on people near the protest. For example, a police officer may decide that the “noise generated” by a protest “may have a relevant impact” — according to the UK Government — if it might cause people nearby “to suffer serious unease.”</p>
<p><em>irrelevant noise [subsection (1)(ab)(i)]</em> imagines the reality in which legal mechanisms continuously survey acoustic conditions for “relevance” — an intentionally vague and potentially arbitrary measure. Embedded in the performance software is an acoustic surveillance apparatus within which the performers are required to navigate thresholds at which their “noise generated” is considered “relevant” or likely to cause “unease.” Under this regime, they face the sonic challenge of aiming for sufficient irrelevance and low enough impact in order to be permitted to be heard.</p>Chris Swithinbankswithinbank@gmail.comhttps://www.chrisswithinbank.net/On 9 March 2021, Robert Buckland MP, Secretary of State for Justice in the Government of the United Kingdom, introduced a bill to Parliament which, amongst a broad range of stated intentions, aims “to make provision about the maintenance of public order” by expanding the conditions already imposed on public protest by Section 12 of the Public Order Act 1986. The very first new condition proposed by the UK Government is that the “noise generated” by public processions, public assemblies, and even one-person protests, could be sufficient grounds for police action, if a police officer decides the “noise generated” has a “relevant impact” on people near the protest. For example, a police officer may decide that the “noise generated” by a protest “may have a relevant impact” — according to the UK Government — if it might cause people nearby “to suffer serious unease.”ensemble recherche - Oh, I See2021-06-21T20:00:00+02:002021-06-20T16:46:42+02:00https://chrisswithinbank.net/2021/06/recherche-freiburg-union-haze<p><a href="https://www.ensemble-recherche.de/event/oh-i-see?lang=en">More details on the website of ensemble recherche →</a></p>Chris Swithinbankswithinbank@gmail.comhttps://www.chrisswithinbank.net/More details on the website of ensemble recherche →ensemble mosaik - forma Leipzig Live-Stream2021-05-07T19:00:00+02:002021-09-06T16:39:09+02:00https://chrisswithinbank.net/2021/05/mosaik-forma-leipzig<p>This concert will be live-streamed as part of <a href="http://forma-leipzig.de/">forma Leipzig</a>’s 10th
anniversary celebrations. You can <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQt8b_ZdQ80">watch the live stream on YouTube</a>.</p>
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</p>Chris Swithinbankswithinbank@gmail.comhttps://www.chrisswithinbank.net/This concert will be live-streamed as part of forma Leipzig’s 10th anniversary celebrations. You can watch the live stream on YouTube.