Hear and Now - 11/10/2008

Alwynne Pritchard reports on a multimedia night at London's Spitalfields Festival called Rational Rec, with songs, music-theatre, performance art and discussion. Chris Newman: Songs Watch Em Bend 2:16 Time Continues 3:24 Good Day after Good Orgasm 1:46 Adam de la Cour (voice) Michael Finnissy (piano) Diana Burrell: One Man Band 6:07 Mark Knoop (piano, percussion and accordion) Performance artist Sheila Ghelani talks to Alwynne Pritchard (music – The Wanderer by Dion and Don't Fence Me In by Bing Crosby) Chris Fox: Generic Composition No. 3 for solo cello 4:25 Alex Waterman (cello) Trond Reinholdtsen: 13 Music Theatre Pieces 11:55 Plus Minus Ensemble: Vicky Wright (clarinet) Tom Pauwels (elec guitar) Alex Waterman (cello) Mark Knoop (piano, accordion) Roderick Chadwick (piano) Joanna Bailie and Matthew Shlomowitz (auxilliary) Visit the Hear and Now Homepage to view the images as you listen. The Vacuum Cleaner: Live Talk (excerpt) Michael Finnissy: Dust 2;23 Adam de la Cour, Andrew Toovey, Matthew Shlomowitz & Alex Waterman (vocals) Plus Minus Ensemble Tape That: Mixed Pickles 5:36 Joanna Bailie: On And Off 9.42 Plus-minus Ensemble Review of Rational Rec by Felicity Mukherjee