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All talk Events (11)

The Poetry of Radio - the Colour of Sound

April 30, 2012 from 1pm to 2pm – The British Library, London UK In this talk, Professor Seán Street will explore the idea of the poetic in radio and sound as well as the concept of pure sound as poetry, both historically and within a contemporary perspective, exa… Organized by The British Library | Type: talk

Sound Cases: Ealing - the home of British Rhythm and Blues?

May 17, 2012 from 1pm to 2pm – The British Library, London UK In Ealing there is a nightclub, now called the Red Room, which in the early 1960s was one of the homes - if not the birthplace - of British Blues, Rhythm and Blues and Rock. The Rolling Stones met an… Organized by The British Library | Type: talk
Sound Cases: Ealing - the home of British Rhythm and Blues?

May 17, 2012 from 1pm to 2pm – British Library Selling fast, only a dozen tickets remaining Organized by Andy Linehan | Type: lunchtime, talk

Sound Cases: Lutyens, Maconchy, Williams and Twentieth-Century British Music

June 12, 2012 from 5pm to 6pm – British Library, London, UK Rhiannon Mathias discusses her research while a British Library Edison Fellow which has culminated in her new book Lutyens, Maconchy, Williams and Twentieth-Century British Music: A Blest Trio of Sir… Organized by Jonathan Summers | Type: public, talk

Sound Cases: Voicing Pierrot

June 19, 2012 from 5pm to 6pm – British Library, London, UK Jane Manning discusses her research while a British Library Edison Fellow which has culminated in her new book on Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire - Voicing Pierrot. She will sign copies after the event. Organized by Jonathan Summers | Type: public, talk

Sound Cases: Hugh Davies: Pioneer of Electronic Music

June 26, 2012 from 5pm to 6pm – British Library, London, UK Forrmer student of Hugh Davies, Fiorenzo Palermo catalogued the Hugh Davies collection of tapes donated to The British Library after the composer’s death in 2005. He will describe and play examples f… Organized by Jonathan Summers | Type: public, talk

Gramophones in Central Asia

September 5, 2012 from 1pm to 2pm – The British Library Between 1902 and 1917, the Gramophone Company of London sent several of their recording engineers on epic journeys across the southern regions of the Tsarist Russian Empire, where they recorded the v… Organized by Will Prentice | Type: public, talk

A Resounding Place: listening to nature and industry

September 24, 2012 from 1pm to 2pm – The British Library, London, UK Mark Peter Wright is an artist whose work seeks to illuminate understandings of listening and place. His publications, broadcasts and installations often focus upon areas that have encountered both i… Organized by The British Library | Type: talk

SoundOut!

March 22, 2013 from 7pm to 9pm – Soundfjord LLP, Unit 3B - studio 28, 28 Lawrence Rd, Tottenham, London, N15 4ER A night of field recording, soundscape works and conversation, with Jez riley French and David Chapman. Organized by Soundfjord | Type: talk

Feeling Sound: A Night of Shared Listening and Conversation

April 16, 2013 from 8pm to 11pm – Cafe Oto, 18 - 22 Ashwin street, Dalston, London, E8 3DL SoundFjord is delighted to announce a night of shared conversation and questions, inspired by its inaugural commission, Sbarbi's Arrow, an exhibition by Duncan Whitley, produced specifically for Soun… Organized by Soundfjord | Type: talk