2018
24/11/2018 happy/boomf/fat, for Jess and Anna 2, Music for virtual airports, The House of Bedlam, Embodied Sounds, Being Human Festival, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
27/10/2018 – happy/boomf/fat, Untitled (music for melody instruments, corks and bearing balls), The House of Bedlam, Open Ear, LSO St Luke’s, London
16/08/2018 Extracts from South Korea & Japan 2002 – Kathryn Williams (flute), CAPPA, The Recital Room, Snape Maltings, Suffolk
02/05/2018 The two from Rastibon could start a hailstorm – Carl Raven and Anthony Brown (saxophones), Decontamination, The Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
2017
14/11/2017 hollow yellow willow – BBC Philharmonic, Media City, Salford
13/11/2017 The book of Matthew – The House of Bedlam, Royal Northern College of Music Concert Hall, Manchester
11/10/2017 Skeins – Harry Fusion Smith (saxophone), Calne Music and Arts Festival
01/09/2017 Air pressure, Kathryn Williams (flute), Solo Performers Concert, Académie Voix Nouvelle, Royaumont Abbey, Asniéres sur Oise, France
21/08/2017 Extracts from South Korea and Japan 2002, Kathryn Williams (flute), Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
07/06/2017 Air pressure – Kathryn Williams (flute), Coming up for air, Islington Mill, Manchester
06/06/2017 deaf John’s dark house – Kathryn Williams (flute) & Harry Fausing Smith (saxophone), Lincoln International Chamber Music Festival
29/03/2017 The book of Matthew – The House of Bedlam, Liverpool University
21/01/2017 A Fire-Island sky – Tom McKinney, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
2016
05/12/2016 The book of Matthew – The House of Bedlam, Cafe OTO (for ddmmyy), London
19/05/2016 The book of Matthew – The House of Bedlam, Kiln Studio, Aldeburgh Music, Snape
15/04/2016 The clouds flew round with the clouds – Southbank Sinfonia, Ambika P3, nonclassical’s Rise of the Machine
28/02/2016 The dance along the artery – The House of Bedlam (Kathryn Williams (flute)), New Music North West, CNRR, Royal Norther College of Music, Manchester, 10pm
28/02/2016 The terminus wreck and My names is Peter Stillman. That is not my real name. The House of Bedlam (Steph Tress – cell0, Ben Powell – piano), New Music North West, CNRR, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 5pm
2015
15/11/2015 The dance along the artery – Kathryn Williams (flute), Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
27-28/07/2015 The dance along the artery – Kathryn Williams (flute), 2nd International Dalcroze Conference, The University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, 19.30 (two performances)
17/06/2015 Music for virtual airports & Extracts from South Korea & Japan (flute version) – The House of Bedlam, International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Manchester, info here
25/05/2015 – Rta, deaf John’s dark house, blind Jack’s silent house, Filakr – The House of Bedlam, Sandbar, Manchester, 19.00, info here
13/03/2015 The Devotions, BIT20 Ensemble, Borealis Festival, Logen Theatre, Bergen, 19.00
19/04/2015 The clouds flew round with the clouds, Oliver Coates (cello), Kings Place, London
28/01/2015 Extracts from South Korea & Japan, London Sinfonietta (Gareth Hulse (oboe)), Kings Place, London
17/01/2015 A glimpse of the sea in a fold of the hills, ddmmyy, BBC Radio 3, Hear & Now
2014
13/12/2014 A Fire-Island sky, Tom McKinney (guitar), Todmorden
22/11/2014 The Devotions, BIT20, Live BBC Radio 3 Broadcast
22/11/2014 The Devotions, BIT20, St Paul’s Hall, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
21/11/2014 the clouds flew round with the clouds, Oliver Coates (cello), BBC Radio 3, In Tune
17/11/2014 Island Surveys (1), Jane Chapman (harpsichord), Turner Simms Concert Hall, Southampton University
16/11/2014 A glimpse of the sea in a fold of the hills, ddmmyy, The Carole Nash Recital Room, RNCM, Manchester
04/11/2014 Skein2, ddmmyy, Harry Fausing Smith (saxophone), David Bainbridge (electric guitar), Sandbar, Manchester
14/10/2014 for Jess & Anne 2, Trio Atem, St Anne’s Church, Manchester
04/10/2014 The clouds flew round with the clouds, Oliver Coates (cello), MK Gallery, Milton Keynes
29/09/2014 The clouds flew round with the clouds, Oliver Coates (cello), Le Poisson Rouge, New York
02/09/2014 The clouds flew round with the clouds, Oliver Coates (cello), Kammer Klang, Cafe Oto, London
13/01/2014 The Rules, The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Paul Daniel (conductor), Radio 3 in Concert, BBC Radio 3
05/01/2014 The Rules, The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Paul Daniel (conductor), The Barbican, London. Details here.
04/01/2014 The Rules, The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Paul Daniel (conductor), Leeds Town Hall. Details here.
2013
02/11/2013 A glimpse of the sea in a fold of the hills, Psappha, Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, University of Manchester. 7.30pm. Details here.
30/10/2013 various works, the house of bedlam, New Music Northwest, CNRR, RNCM, Manchester, 10.00pm. Details here.
02/10/2013 – GOVES/the house of bedlam sets, Tom Bayman (cello), nonclassical, the Macbeth, Hoxton
04/08/2013 – A Fire-Island Sky, Tom McKinney (guitar), Bold Tendencies, London Contemporary Music Festival, Peckham
20-21/06/2013 – (two performances) new music interspersed with Benjamin Britten’s ‘Nocturnal’ for a new commission by choreographer Cameron McMillan; The Royal Ballet Flanders; Britten Sinfonia; Ben Pope (cond.); Tom McKinney (guitar); Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Aldeburgh Music, Snape, Suffolk; details here.
13-15/06/2013 (three performances) new music interspersed with Benjamin Britten’s ‘Nocturnal’ for a new commission by choreographer Cameron McMillan; The Royal Ballet Flanders; Chambre Orchestra Vlaanderen, Ben Pope (cond.), Tom McKinney (guitar), Theater ‘t Ellandje Antwerpen, Antwerpen; details here.
07 – 09/06/2013 (three performances) new music interspersed with Benjamin Britten’s ‘Nocturnal’ for a new commission by choreographer Cameron McMillan; The Royal Ballet Flanders; Chambre Orchestra Vlaanderen, Ben Pope (cond.), Tom McKinney (guitar), Vlaamse Opera Gent, Gent; details here.
02/06/2013 GOVES set with Bethan Morgan-Williams, The Nip & Tipple, Manchester.
30/05-02/06/2013 (four performances) new music interspersed with Benjamin Britten’s ‘Nocturnal’ for a new commission by choreographer Cameron McMillan; The Royal Ballet Flanders; Chambre Orchestra Vlaanderen, Ben Pope (cond.), Tom McKinney (guitar), Theater ‘t Ellandje Antwerpen, Antwerpen; details here.
26/05/2013 Skein, Skein (2), deaf John’s dark house and Victoria to Maidstone with Meriel Price (saxophone). This is a teaser for Meriel’s project Stimuli which I’m writing a new piece for later in the year. Berlin – details tbc.
21/04/2013 – Two from Dr Suss; Trio Atem; Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall, Leeds University, School of Music, Cavendish Road, Leeds; details here.
17/04/2013 – GOVES set with Olly Coates; Power Lunches Arts Cafe; Dalston; London; details here.
9/03/2013 – Two from Dr Suss; Trio Atem; International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Manchester
04/03/2012 – Uninhabited islands; Jane Chapman; Turner Simms Concert Hall, Southampton University, Southampton
14/02/2013 – Two from Dr Suss; Trio Atem; Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama, The University of Manchester; details here.
2012
02/12/2012 – Trends in personal relationships; London Sinfonietta; Martyn Brabbins (cond.), Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, details here.
02/12/2012 – Filakr; London Sinfonietta (Tim Gill – cello), Backstage Space at the Queen Elizabeth Hall with staging/setting by students from Central Saint Martins, London
28/11/2012 – GOVES set, Sandbar, Manchester, details here.
21/10/2012 – Sherpa Tensing stands up from the piano, says something quiet, and walks outside.; EXAUDI; Wigmore Hall, London. More information here.
03/10/2012 – Riviniana; Divertimento Ensemble; Sandro Gorli (cond.); Festival Musica; Salle de la Bourse, Strasbourg, France
29/09/2012 – A fire islands sky and Uninhabited islands; Tom McKinney (guitar) and Jane Chapman (harpsichord); Tatton Park, 3pm – 5pm. This is an extension of mine and Aura Satz’s Sound ornaments in the music room installation alongside new music by Jane Manning and Aura Satz, Leo Grant, and other solo chamber music. More information here.
12/05 – 29/09 2012 – Sound ornaments in the music room; a soundtrack to a new film by Aura Satz; The Music Room, Tatton Park; showing as part of the Tatton Park Biennial – more information here.
27/06/2012 – New electronic set with Oliver Coates and Harry Percy supporting Mark Fell for Slip Discs; Kraak Gallery; Manchester. More information here and buy tickets here.
12/07/2012 – Trends in personal relationships; London Sinfonietta Academy; Elgar Howarth (cond.); Platform Theatre, University of Arts London, King’s Cross, London. More information here.
12/05/2012 – deaf John’s dark house; Tom Bayman (cello), Harry Michalas (clarinet), Tom Rose (laptop); DDMMYY; RNCM Concert Hall, Manchester; 7.30pm; – more information here.
23/03/2012 – A glimpse of the hills in a fold of the hills, riviniana, My name is Peter Stillman. That is not my real name.; L’Instant Donné; Théâtre l’échangeur, Bagnolet, Paris; more information here.
07/03/2012 – deaf John’s dark house; RNCM Students; Carole Nash Recital Room, RNCM, Manchester; 5.15pm; part of the New Music North West Festival – more information here.
03/03/2012 – Little unsexy ways; Tom Bayman; The Spread Eagle, Chorlton, Manchester; 7.30pm; as part of Sounds of the Engine House – information here.
25/02/2012 – I wear you on my sleeve; Ensemble 10/10; BBC Radio 3’s Hear and Now – information here.
2011
06/12/2012 – A glimpse of the hills in a fold of the hills, riviniana, My name is Peter Stillman. That is not my real name.; L’Instant Donné; Festival Reims Scènes d’Europe, Comedie de Reims, France
21/11/2011 – I wear you on my sleeve; Ensemble 10/10, St Paul’s Hall, The Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
19/11/2011 – Things that are blue, things that are white and things that are black; The London Sinfonietta, Sarah Nicolls (piano), André de Ridder (conductor), Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
26/09/2011 – Little unsexy ways, The life and death of 9413: a Hollywood Extra (soundtrack version); Oliver Coates (cello); Cryptic Theatre, King’s Place, London
03/09/2011 onn/off, I am right here, Pedotin, Eypoe all written in collaboration with mira calix; BBC Radio 3’s ‘Hear and Now’; performed by Peter Sparks (clarinet), Catrin Win Morgan (violin), Haruko Motohashi (violin), David Aspin (viola), Oliver Coates (cello), Sarah Nicolls (piano), Sarah Cresswell (percussion) and Larry Goves and mira calix (electronics)
27/03/2011 – for Jess and Anne (2);Members of the Heritage Orchestra with pre-recorded electronics; Lottolabs Research Space, The Science Museum, London
20/03/2011 – new works composed and performed in collaboration with Aldeburgh Young Musician students, Oliver Coates (cello/music direction) and Netia Jones (direction/film) based on ‘Virtual airport’. Peter Pears Recital Room, Aldeburgh Music, Suffolk
25/02/2011 – new works composed and performed in collaboration with Aldeburgh Young Musician students, Oliver Coates (cello/music direction) and Netia Jones (direction/film) based on ‘Virtual airport’. Peter Pears Recital Room, Aldeburgh Music, Suffolk
19/03/2011 – various works including Sinew, I am right here (remix of mira calix’s I may be over there (but my hearts if over here) and the world premiere of The Stillman Suite; with mira calix, Oliver Coates (cello) and Sarah Nicolls (piano);The Institute of Contemporary Art, London
18/03/2011 – various works; A sequence of new pieces composed and performed with mira calix performed, also performed with Catrin Morgan, Haruko Motohashi, David Aspin, Oliver Coates, Sarah Nicolls and Sarah Cresswell
09/03/2011 – We are over there; composed and performed with mira calix, also performed with Ensemble 10/10, Clark Rundel (cond.); Cornerstone Building, Hope University, Liverpool
16/01/2011 – duo version of The Bilberry Hill Shim-Sham; Tom McKinney (guitar), Larry Goves (electronics), The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
2010
05/09/2010 – for Jess and Anne; composed and performed with Bill Thompson, also performed by Martin Q Larson, Sofia Jerberg and Jan Hendricks; Cafe Otto, London
16/07/2010 – pedotin & eyepoe; composed and performed with mira calix, also performed by member of the London Contemporary Orchestra; Latitude Festival, Suffolk
10/07/2010 – Things that are blue, things that are white and things that are black.;BBC Radio 3‘s ‘Hear and Now’; London Sinfonietta with Sarah Nicolls (piano) & André de Ridder (cond.)
03/07/2010 – Interview with mira calix – progress on exchange and return project; BBC Radio 3’s ‘Hear and Now’
26/06/2010 – duo version of The Bilberry Hill Shim-Sham; Tom McKinney (guitar), Larry Goves (electronics); The Chadlington Festival, Oxfordshire
18/06/2010 – Virtual Airport; Seaming To and Sofia Jernberg (voice), Sarah Nicolls (piano), Olly Coates (cello) and Larry Goves (electronics). Text – Matthew Welton; Howard Assembly Rooms, Opera North Projects, Leeds
03/06/2010 – Things that are blue, things that are white and things that are black; London Sinfonietta with Sarah Nicolls (piano) & André de Ridder (cond.); Queen Elizabeth Hall, London; More information here.
27/01/2010 – Vapour trail; Sinfonia Viva, André de Ridder (cond.), Assembly Rooms, Derby. More information here.
2009
10/12/2009 – various works; the house of bedlam; The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
07-19/09/2009 – New installation work for 77 speaker sound wall with visuals by Dr Beau Lotto. Developed by Lottolabs and runs as part of the exhibition The Brain Unravelled. More information here.
05/12/2009 – various works; the house of bedlam; CCA, Glasgow, Scotland
04/12/2009 – various works; the house of bedlam; Cove Park, Hellensburgh, Scotland
26/11/2009 – Sinew; Tom Bayman (cello) Larry Goves (electronics); RNCM; more information here.
27/11/2009 – Skeins; Sally MacTagart (saxophone), David Horne (piano); RNCM More information here.
02/11/2009 – Poppy; Matthew Welton (spoken word), Larry Goves (electronics); The Octagon, Bolton – (text Matthew Welton)
29/10/2009 – The life and death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra; Psappha, Nicholas Kok (cond.), Lancaster International Concert Series, Nuffield Theatre, Lancaster University
05/09/2009 – the terminus wreck; London Sinfonietta/Olly Coates (cello); Kings Place, London
02/07/2009 – 25 Brook Street; (composed with Charlie Piper, Christopher Mayo and Mark Bowden, text – Helen Cooper); London Handel Orchestra and Singers; St George’s, Hanover Square, London
28/06/2009 – sound/rebound performance with David Sheppard and the house of bedlam; various locations, Aldeburgh Music
15-28/06/2009 – sound/rebound; new installation of new physical and digital instruments with David Sheppard; LAB Technology Residencies, Aldeburgh Festival, Suffolk
24/05/2009 – Extracts from Shipwrecks; songs by Sandy Dillon arranged and with new material by Larry Goves performed by Sandy Dillon, Larry Goves, Ray Majors, David Coulter and members of Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop; openhouseMusik, Berlin
26/04/2009 – the terminus wreck; Oliver Coates, Kettle’s Yard; Cambridge
11/04/2009 – sinew, deaf John’s dark house, Poppy, talking microtonal blues, riviniana and the vermillion border; the house of bedlam; BBC Radio 3’s ‘Hear and Now’
01/04/2009 – the concrete scatter; Psappha; Sheffield International Concert Series, City Hall, Sheffield
08/03/2009 – My name is Peter Stillman. That is not my real name.; Sarah Nicolls; Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge
08/03/2009 – the vermillion border, Oliver Coates; The Wigmore Hall, London
26/02/2009 – My name is Peter Stillman. That is not my real name.; Sarah Nicolls; Newcastle University
2008
13/12/2008 – Springtime; (text – Matthew Welton), Juliet Fraser (soprano), London Sinfoneitta; BBC Radio 3’s ‘Hear and Now’
02/12/2008 – Springtime; (text – Matthew Welton), Juliet Fraser (soprano), London Sinfonietta; The Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
21/11/2008 – sinew, Poppy, deaf John’s dark house, riviniana and the vermillion border, skein, talking microtonal blues; the house of bedlam (texts Matthew Welton); Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
19/11/2008 – the concrete scatter; Psappha, St Ann’s Church, Manchester
14/11/2008 – 9413: The life and death of a Hollywood extra; (new music to the 1928 film of the same name); Opera North Productions/Psappha; Leeds International Film Festival
14/11/2008 – sinew, Poppy, deaf John’s dark house, riviniana and the vermillion border, skein, talking microtonal blues; the house of bedlam (texts Matthew Welton), The BMIC Cutting Edge Series, The Warehouse, London
06/11/2008 – the terminus wreck; deaf John’s dark house; skein; the house of bedlam; the Purcell Room, London
05/11/2008 – the terminus wreck, deaf John’s dark house, skein; the house of bedlam, nonclassical, the Macbeth, Hoxton
24/10/2008 – five Kerouac haiku; Sounds Underground; Great Hall, Bishopsgate Institute, London
11/10/2008 – sinew, skein, riviniana (solo electronic version); Larry Goves (electronics), Meriel Price (saxophone); openhouseMusik, Berlin
26/09/2008 – riviniana; The Ossian Ensemble; Royal College of Music, London
27/08/2008 – the terminus wreck; Oliver Coates (cello); Arundel Festival
09/08/2008 – My name is Peter Stillman. That is not my real name.; Sarah Nicolls (piano and electronics); BBC Radio 3′ ‘Hear and Now’
28/06/2008 – the vermillion border; Oliver Coates (cello), Larry Goves (electronics); Faster than Sound, The Hush House, Bentwaters Airbase, Suffolk
22/06/2008 – My name is Peter Stillman. That is not my real name.; Sarah Nicolls (piano & electronics); Soundwaves Festival, Brighton
09/02/2008 – Four letter words; Psappha, (Nicholas Kok – conductor); Lancaster International Concert Series
08/01/2008 – riviniana; Radius, The Wigmore Hall, London
2007
29/11/2007 – My name is Peter Stillman. That is not my real name.; Sarah Nicolls (piano & electronics); The Warehouse, London, (BMIC’s Cutting Edge Series)
21/11/2007 – let-down erosion; Psappha; St. Anne’s Church, Manchester
20/11/2007 – skein, sinew, deaf John’s dark house; the house of bedlam; Lawrence Batley Theatre – Festival Hub, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
19/11/2007 – My name is Peter Stillman. That is not my real name.; Sarah Nicolls (piano and electronics); St. Paul’s Hall, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
13/11/2007 – Popular Mysteries (from My name is Peter Stillman. That is not my real name.); Sarah Nicolls (piano and electronics); BBC Radio 3, In Tune
07/11/2007 – sinew (version for cello and electronics); Oliver Coates; The Macbeth, Hoxton, London
30/10/2007 – extracts from My name is Peter Stillman. That is not my real name.; Sarah Nicolls (piano and electronics); The Holst Room, Morley College, London
24/06/2007 – skein(2), sinew (house of bedlam version), deaf John’s dark house; the house of bedlam; Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
01/07/2007 – skein, sinew; the house of bedlam; The Poetry School Garden Party, The Tai Chi Village Hall, Manchester
17/05/2007 – as kingfishers catch fire; BCMG (Peter Wiegold – cond.); The CBSO Centre, Birmingham
25/03/2007 – four letter words; Psappha (Nicholas Kok – cond.); Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, Manchester University
2006
26/10/2006 – four curious incidents; Hallé Orchestra (Rory McDonald – cond.); Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
17/10/2006 – a smudge of orange light; London Symphony Orchestra (workshop performance); LSO St. Luke’s, London
20/08/2006 – swerving with the weave; 175 East; Hopetoun Alpha, Auckland, New Zealand
09/08/2006 – swerving with the weave; 175 East; Hunter Council Chamber, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
07/07/2006 – tighten up; RNCM Symphony Orchestra (Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser – cond.); Bridgewater, Hall, Manchester
27/06/2006 – skeins; Meriel Price (alto saxophone), Jordi Bitlloch (piano), unerhoerte-musik, BKA, Berlin
24/03/2006 – let-down erosion; Psappha, Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, Manchester University
01/2006 – Swerving with the weave; 175 East; Concert FM, New Zealand
The archive from here is very selected performances only.
12/2005 – four curious incidents; the Hallé Youth Orchestra (André de Ridder – cond.); Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
12/2005 – turning aperture slowly clockwise spinning; The Continuum Ensemble; BBC Radio 3’s ‘Hear and Now’
10/2005 – turning aperture slowly clockwise spinning; the Continuum Ensemble; The Warehouse, London
04/2005 – let-down erosion; Ixion Ensemble; Model Art & Niland Gallery, Sligo New Music Fetival, Ireland
10/2004 – as kingfishers catch fire; the RNCM New Ensemble (Clark Rundell – cond.); RNCM
07/2003 – my small world of polite extremes; Ensemble 11; Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
02/2003 – I wear you on my sleeve; The Nash Ensemble; BBC Radio 3’s ‘Hear and Now’
02/2003 – I wear you on my sleeve; The Nash Ensemble; the Purcell Room, London
05/2002 – trespass & occurrence; Mark Norman & Rhian Macleod; Lady Lever Art Gallery, Liverpool
04/2002 – something like a sense of detachment; BBC Philharmonic; BBC Radio 3’s ‘Hear and Now’
02/2002 – something like a sense of detachment; the BBC Philharmonic; BBC Building, Manchester
12/2001 – the cheep & blur; Richard Benjafield & Chris Brannick (perc); The Warehouse, London
04/2001 – walking underground; BBC Radio 3’s ‘Hear and Now’; London Sinfonietta
01/2001 – the cheep & blur; Richard Benjafield and Chris Brannick (perc.); The Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
07/2001 – my small world of polite extremes; The Sirrocco Ensemble; The Cantiere Internationale d’Arte, Montepulciano, Italy
04/2001 – walking underground; London Sinfonietta (Pierre-André Valade – cond.); Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
03/2001 – walking underground, breed; ensemble 11 (Phil Headlam – cond.); the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
