Nine Memos

Composer: Paul Archbold

Artist: Arditti Quartet

Director: Colin Still

Copyright: Optic Nerve ©2020

28.05.2020

School of advanced studies: www.sas.ac.uk

Lucas Fels performs Helmut Lachenmann’s revolutionary work ‘Pression’ for solo cello of 1969. The documentary features a rehearsal session with Lachenmann and Fels exploring the novel instrumental techniques, and several conversations discussing the aesthetics of “instrumental musique-concrète” and placing the work in its cultural context.

Institute of Musical Research

Mine Doğantan-Dack and Sebastian Comberti

Mine Doğantan-Dack and Sebastian Comberti discuss the repertoire for cello and piano

Supported by IMR, Middlesex University, AHRC Research Centre for Musical Performance as Creative Practice, Royal Academy of Music, John Coffin Memorial Fund

Executive Producer: Paul Archbold

Editor: Jane Clegg

Director: Colin Still

© Optic Nerve, 2013

Institute of Musical Research

Performers - Sebastian Comberti (cello) and Mine Doğantan-Dack (piano)

Sebastian Comberti (cello) and Mine Doğantan-Dack (piano) perform Serge Rachmaninov 'Cello Sonata in G minor op. 19'

Supported by IMR, Middlesex University, AHRC Research Centre for Musical Performance as Creative Practice, Royal Academy of Music, John Coffin Memorial Fund

With permission from Boosey & Hawkes

Executive Producer: Paul Archbold

Editor: Jane Clegg

Director: Colin Still

© Optic Nerve, 2013

Institute of Musical Research

Neil Heyde and Peter Sheppard Skærved

Neil Heyde and Peter Sheppard Skærved discuss Ravel's Sonata for Violin and Cello (1922) in historical context

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Supported by IMR, Middlesex University, AHRC Research Centre for Musical Performance as Creative Practice, Royal Academy of Music, John Coffin Memorial Fund

Executive Producer: Paul Archbold

Editor: Jane Clegg

Director: Colin Still

© Optic Nerve, 2013

Institute of Musical Research

Performers - Peter Sheppard Skærved (violin) and Neil Heyde (cello)

Peter Sheppard Skærved (violin) and Neil Heyde (cello) perform extracts from Ravel's Sonata for Violin and Cello (1922) – movements 2, 3, and 4.

Supported by IMR, Middlesex University, AHRC Research Centre for Musical Performance as Creative Practice, Royal Academy of Music, John Coffin Memorial Fund

Executive Producer: Paul Archbold

Editor: Jane Clegg

Director: Colin Still

© Optic Nerve, 2013

Institute of Musical Research

Mine Doğantan-Dack, Peter Collyer, Paul Archbold, Christopher Redgate, Neil Heyde, Peter Sheppard Skærved

Round Table discussion with Mine Doğantan-Dack, Peter Collyer, Paul Archbold, Christopher Redgate, Neil Heyde, Peter Sheppard Skærved

Supported by IMR, Middlesex University, AHRC Research Centre for Musical Performance as Creative Practice, Royal Academy of Music, John Coffin Memorial Fund

Executive Producer: Paul Archbold

Editor: Jane Clegg

Director: Colin Still

© Optic Nerve, 2013

Institute of Musical Research

TITLE: The Geography of Possibility: Mapping the Future of the Past in Central Asian Music

ARTIST: Theodore Levin

DESCRIPTION: Lecture by Theodore Levin.m4v

PRODUCER: Colin Still

COPYRIGHT: Optic Nerve 2012

Institute of Musical Research

TITLE: The body and the landscape in Kyrgyz poetics: topography resonance and image in contemporary Kyrgyz epic

ARTIST: Stephanie Bunn

DESCRIPTION: Lecture by Stephanie Bunn

PRODUCER: Colin Still

COPYRIGHT: Optic Nerve 2012

Institute of Musical Research

TITLE: Russia Now

ARTIST: Sir Rodric Braithwaite

DESCRIPTION: Lecture by Sir Rodric Braithwaite

PRODUCER: Colin Still

COPYRIGHT: Optic Nerve 2012