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Cafe OTO is thrilled to present a very special four-day residency with harpist Rhodri Davies, an artist immersed in the worlds of improvisation, musical experimentation, composition and contemporary classical performance. He plays harp, bray harp, horse-hair harp, electric harp, and builds wind, water, ice, dry ice and fire harp installations and has released eight solo albums."I am excited and honoured to be curating this four-day residency. I first played at Café Oto soon after it opened 17 years ago, and it is the venue that I have performed in the most. Night 1 will feature compositions for harp written especially for me: works by artists associated with Fluxus, pioneering french composer Éliane Radigue and maverick composer Joseph Kudirka. Night 2 will present two of my compositions – including one where the brilliant pianist Siwan Rhys performs a durational piece featuring all the Amen cadences from my father’s hymn book. Night 3 will be a sounding of the early Welsh bray and horsehair harps. Night 4 ends the residency with a re-visiting of material from my Wound Response album and a free improvisation." - Rhodri Davies
PROGRAMME:
Monday 17 March
- Joseph Kudirka: Kathryn of Birmingham
- Ben Patterson: Pages to Save our Planet
- Éliane Radigue: OCCAM I
- Yasunao Tone: Ten Haikus of Matsuo Basho
- Mieko Shiomi: Wind Music for Harp
Tuesday 18
- Rhodri Davies: aqua alta
- Rhodri Davies: Amen (performed by Siwan Rhys - piano)
Wednesday 19
- Rhodri Davies: Telyn Rawn
- Rhodri Davies: Telyn Wrachïod
Thursday 20
- Rhodri Davies: Improvisation
- Rhodri Davies: Wound Response
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
18-22 Ashwin Street, E8 3DL London, United Kingdom, 18-22 Ashwin Street, London, E8 2, United Kingdom,London, United Kingdom
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