Sunrise to Sunset

Sun Dec 14 2025 at 10:00 am to 08:00 pm

Colet House | London

Lawrence Ball
Publisher/HostLawrence Ball
Sunrise to Sunset
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A unique concert by virtuoso pianist Nicolas Horvath, spanning an entire day. Plus guests and live visuals.
About this Event

Acclaimed pianist Nicolas Horvath plays for 10 hours, drawing from composers including Tom Johnson, Philip Glass, Terry Riley, Jean Catoire and Alvin Lucier.

Linking these performances he will be joined by composer/musician Lawrence Ball for improvisations on piano and electronic keyboards.

At sunset, the performance will be accompanied by a lightshow, including live graphics created directly from the music.

The whole event will be livestreamed on Youtube.



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Agenda

?: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Musique pour le Lever du Jour (Music for Sunrise) by Melanie Dalibert

Info: UK premiere of Dalibert's 'endless piece' of complex layers of direct tones, overtones, and prolonged reverberation, all organically subliming into rich sonorities with incredible harmonic clarity.


?: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Meditation in Motion

Info: Nicolas is joined by Lawrence Ball on keyboards for an improvisation inspired by the movements of Tai Chi


?: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
A la Memoire de Wladimir de Butzow by Jean Catoire

Info: World premiere of this work by the visionary French minimalist


?: 01:00 PM
Whirling Meditation

Info: Nicolas and Lawrence perform an improvision inspired by the dances of the Whirling Dervishes


?: 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
An Hour for Piano by Tom Johnson

Info: A deceptively simple minimalist work, with six basic textures that come and go at the composer's whim


?: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Arias by Giuliano d'Angolini

Info: UK Premiere of works by the influential Italian experimentalist


?: 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Music for Piano with Slow Sweep Pure Wave Oscillators XL by Alvin Lucier

Info: UK premiere of a unique exploration that transports the listener through the timbral possibilities of sonic interference (known by acousticians as 'beating') generated by the interaction between the two pure wave oscillators and the striking of each key on the piano


?: 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Chasing Satie by Terry Riley

Info: A rare opportunity to hear this sublime work by the father of minimalism


?: 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Deep Meditation

Info: Nicolas and Lawrence perform a meditative improvisation accompanied by a visual display created directly by the music itself


?: 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Etudes (Book 1) by Philip Glass

Info: Nicolas performs these famous works, accompanied by a lightshow representing the setting sun


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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Colet House, 151 Talgarth Road, London, United Kingdom

Tickets

GBP 0.00 to GBP 15.00

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