“The thrilling third movement’s fiendishly difficult polyrhythmic piano part was stunningly precise, offset by some lovely cantabile lyricism from the…
View Article“Red Note Ensemble, have been a solid champion of Scotland’s composers, managing to make space for growing talents and bigger…
VEW ARTICLEFLOCK packed in charm, delight and a nicely developing exploration of birdsong and flight.
View article“All gratitude to Red Note Ensemble who, in high-definition audio, perform (James Dillon’s) commissioned works with razor precision”
VEW ARTICLE“The first movement alone shows Dillon’s penchant for drama and finely judged blends. […] European complexity? American Minimalism? The categories aren’t…
VEW ARTICLERed Note Ensemble review – manic intensity and the altar of flow. Through the 40-minute work, members of Red Note…
VIEW ARTICLEsub mari:the music project that grew out of an avocado. Ahead of COP26, a multimedia performance devised by the Red Note Ensemble will bring together artists from Scotland and Chile to send an urgent message about climate change.
VIEW ARTICLEWith three world premieres from the Red Note Ensemble – on cracking form – it was most in the audience’s first experience of live music for several months, and there was expectation in the air.
VIEW ARTICLEThere was surely far too much good work in this staging of a fifty-year-old masterpiece for it to remain a one-off.
View ArticleBen Lunn’s profound Th’forst munth is th’wurst iv awl, a contemporary spoken-word oratorio in which the composer conducted a trio from the Red Note Ensemble and narrator Tayo Aluko appeared on screen above the musicians. The three players, flautist Richard Craig, Jessica Beeston on viola and guitarist Sasha Savaloni, also had to turn their skills to intricate percussion as well as being experts on their own instruments. Lunn’s work is beautifully structured: nine movements in three groups of three, with an Overture and two Electronic Interludes, and it builds its smaller elements into an impressive edifice.
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