8pm
Performed musical pieces:
3 to 7 - 196 (December 1974, 23mins 40sec), David Gibson, cello, recorded samples; Robert Engelbrecht of Nelly Boyd, cello live
This historic piece is the first where Phill Niblock precisely tuned the musician with tuning tones and thought in hertz.
One Large Rose (2008, 46mins) commissioned and recorded by the Nelly Boyd Ensemble, Hamburg, Germany, a realisation of the modified orchestra B of Three Orchids
Niblock's composition One Large Rose is due to be released as part of the Touch Strings album on Touch this autumn. It is performed by Nelly Boyd:
Robert Engelbrecht, cello
Jan Feddersen, piano played with a pulled nylon cord
Peter Imig, violin
Jens Rohm, acoustic bass guitar, played with an e-bow and a pulled nylon cord
Accompanied by the films:
Max (1966 - 68, 7 minutes). Filmed by Phill Niblock, edited by David Gearey. An image collage film / portrait of Max Neuhaus, with a collage sound track by Max Neuhaus. Black and White 16mm film transferred to video.
The Movement of People Working - China (1989, 120mins), Filmed by Phill Niblock, 16mm film transferred to video.
Phill Niblock is a New York-based minimalist composer and multi-media musician and director of Experimental Intermedia, a foundation born in the flames of 1968's barricade-hopping. He has been a maverick presence on the fringes of the avant garde ever since. In the history books Niblock is the forgotten Minimalist. Niblock is a pioneer of 'overtone' compositions with his performances signified by monolithic microtonal drones played alongside his own films. With this event, Phill Niblock gives a preview into his upcoming release on Touch: TOUCH STRINGS.
Nelly Boyd are a composers' collective and performing ensemble, founded in 2004 in Hamburg, Germany. Among others, they have presented works by John Cage, Morton Feldman, Terry Riley, Karlheinz Stockhausen, James Tenney and have played with Christian Wolff and Alvin Lucier. Nelly Boyd appears regularly at the festivals 'Blurred Edges' and 'Klub Katarakt' in Hamburg and has played at Podewil, Berlin and Experimental Intermedia, New York.
The night is dedicated to the late Max Neuhaus.
Park Nights 2009
Park Nights is an annual series of events staged every Friday night in the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion. This year’s programme includes music, theatre, performances, talks and film screenings. The website gives details of the events that run over the summer until September. The season culminates in October with Poetry Marathon, the latest in the Gallery’s acclaimed series of Marathons, conceived by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Serpentine Gallery Co-Director.
All events are held in the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2009
Designed by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA
Serpentine Gallery
Kensington Gardens
London W2 3XA
www.serpentinegallery.org
All Park Nights tickets £5/£4
Available from the Gallery Lobby Desk or Ticketweb: 08444 77 1000
www.ticketweb.co.uk
Park Nights with Phill Niblock is presented by the Serpentine Gallery in association with The Wire. It is produced by Andi Studer - Cenatus and supported by PRS Foundation’s New Music Plus.
Park Nights
