Small room. Fifty people or so. Started with a tape recorder playing speeded up electronic sound for about two minutes. A lady came and switched it off. She then started playing violin, alternating with recording herself on the tape recorder and playing it back. She played very well, but the piece was very modern and atonal and difficult to listen to.
Following this, a woman dressed in black danced slowly whilst a white line of light played about her body. I liked the idea, but the execution was a little sloppy. Next, a woman sang a Britten song. Really nice voice. Later she performed a song accompanied by a pianist and herself, on a saw. Really good singer, and good pianist. Four recitals by pianist followed, post romantic stuff, quite slow. Darkness. Exit woman with light on her back. More violin, better than the first time. Another song by Mara Carlyle. Decided to check more of her stuff out later.
Finally, a film by Streetwise Opera, in fact the trailer they have on their website for their 'fables' opera, based on an Oscar Wilde story.
Found this concert overall very rewarding. Interested by the attempt to pull together very disparate material into a working whole. Some parts worked better than others. Overall it was the mood that the pieces had in common: a sort of romantic melancholy, with slightly terrifying overtones. Did quick sketch of people on tube coming back home.
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