- “one of the most brilliant pianists of the contemporary repertoire” The Sunday Times
Performances between 2002 and 2003
Beethoven to Martinu
Knoop-Waldock Duo
St Botolph's Church
19:30, Saturday 23 February 2002
St Botolph’s Church
Aldgate
EC3N 1AB London
United Kingdom
| Claude Debussy | Sonata for Cello and Piano D minor | 1915 |
| Karol Szymanowski | Roxana’s Lied aus ”Krol Roger” | 1918-24 |
| Robert Schumann | Fantasiestücke opus 73 | 1849 |
| Ludwig van Beethoven | Sonata for Piano and Cello No 3 A major opus 69 | 1808 |
| Bohuslav Martinu | Variations on a Slovak Folksong H. 378 | 1959 |
Beethoven to Martinu
Knoop-Waldock Duo
Anlaby School
19:30, Monday 25 February 2002
Anlaby School
East Yorkshire
United Kingdom
| Claude Debussy | Sonata for Cello and Piano D minor | 1915 |
| Karol Szymanowski | Roxana’s Lied aus ”Krol Roger” | 1918-24 |
| Robert Schumann | Fantasiestücke opus 73 | 1849 |
| Ludwig van Beethoven | Sonata for Piano and Cello No 3 A major opus 69 | 1808 |
| Bohuslav Martinu | Variations on a Slovak Folksong H. 378 | 1959 |
Coruscations
Libra Ensemble
20:00, Sunday 28 April 2002
Iwaki Auditorium (external link)
ABC Southbank Centre
Southbank Boulevard Melbourne Victoria
Australia
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| Chris Dench | beyond status geometry | 1994-9521 |
| Richard Meale | Coruscations | 19719 |
| Elliott Carter | Brass Quintet | 1974/93 |
| Adam Yee | lev nishbar v’nidkeh | 1997 |
| Elliott Carter | Clarinet Concerto | 1996†20 |
April/May 2002
Libra Ensemble
20:00, Sunday 28 April 2002
20:00, Monday 6 May 2002
Iwaki Auditorium (external link)
ABC Southbank Centre
Southbank Boulevard Melbourne Victoria
Australia
Libra's first two concerts for the year featured the Australian premiere of Elliott Carter's Clarinet Concerto with Carl Rosman (clarinet) and Mark Knoop (conductor).
Full details of Libra's 2002 season can be found here.
Highlights included:
| Richard Meale | Coruscations | 19719 |
| Elliott Carter | Clarinet Concerto | 1996†20 |
| Chris Dench | light-strung sigils | 2002†16 |
| Richard Barrett | Trawl | 1995-97†10 |
| Richard Meale | Incredible Floridas | 197133 |
light-strung sigils
Libra Ensemble
20:00, Monday 6 May 2002
Iwaki Auditorium (external link)
ABC Southbank Centre
Southbank Boulevard Melbourne Victoria
Australia
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| Chris Dench | light-strung sigils | 2002†16 |
| Damien Ricketson | Imagining Le Verrier | 2001 |
| Richard Barrett | Trawl | 1995-97†10 |
| Liza Lim | Veil | 1999†10 |
| Richard Meale | Incredible Floridas | 197133 |
Spectral Guises
Ensemble Offspring
19:30, Thursday 16 May 2002
Paddington Uniting Church (external link)
395 Oxford St
Sydney New South Wales
Australia
| Tristan Murail | Treize Couleurs du Soleil Couchant | 1987†15 |
| James Dillon | Diffraction | 19843 |
| Johannes Fritsch | Sul B | 1972† |
| Simone East | Ex Stasis | 2002* |
| Horatiu Radulescu | Piano Sonata No 2 “being and non-being create each other” opus 82 | 199110 |
| Gerard Grisey | Talea | 1986†15 |
Beethoven to Webern
Knoop-Waldock Duo
Knoop-Waldock Duo
20:00, Saturday 25 May 2002
St John’s Church
Wakefield
United Kingdom
| Ludwig van Beethoven | Sonata for Piano and Cello No 4 C major opus 102/1 | 1815 |
| Anton Webern | Sonata for Cello and Piano | 19143 |
| Sergei Prokofiev | Sonata for Cello and Piano C major opus 119 | 1949 |
| Anton Webern | Drei Kleine Stücke opus 11 | 19142 |
| Ludwig van Beethoven | Sonata for Piano and Cello No 5 D minor opus 102/2 | 1815 |
Rio Grande
Kingston Choral Society
19:30, Saturday 8 June 2002
All Saints Church (external link)
Market Place
KT1 1JP Kingston-Upon-Thames
United Kingdom
A concert with the Thames Sinfonia with Mark Knoop (piano) and Robin Page (conductor).
| Constant Lambert | Rio Grande for piano, chorus and orchestra | 1927 |
Third Roaring Hoofs International Festival
Libra Ensemble
Sunday 9 June 2002
Saturday 15 June 2002
Ulaanbaatar and the North Gobi Desert
Mongolia
In June 2002 four members of Libra travelled to Mongolia to participate in the Third Roaring Hoofs International Festival of New Music. Elizabeth Barcan (flute), Elizabeth Sellars (violin), Geoffrey Gartner (cello) and Mark Knoop (piano, co-artistic director) performed in Mongolia's capital, Ulaanbaatar, as well as in various open-air venues in the North Gobi Desert.
| Richard Barrett | The light gleams an instant (from Tract) | 1984-963 |
| Chris Dench | Closing Lemma | 1992 |
| Nigel Butterly | Evanston Song | 1978 |
| Iannis Xenakis | Dikhthas | 197914 |
| Peter Sculthorpe | Requiem | 1979 |
| Kaija Saariaho | Cendres | 1974/93 |
Three Little Pieces
Knoop-Waldock Duo
St Botolph's Church
13:00, Friday 19 July 2002
St Botolph’s Church
Aldgate
EC3N 1AB London
United Kingdom
| Ludwig van Beethoven | Sonata for Piano and Cello No 4 C major opus 102/1 | 1815 |
| Anton Webern | Drei Kleine Stücke opus 11 | 19142 |
| Sergei Prokofiev | Sonata for Cello and Piano C major opus 119 | 1949 |
Etched bright with sunlight
Libra Ensemble
13:00, Sunday 18 August 2002
Iwaki Auditorium (external link)
ABC Southbank Centre
Southbank Boulevard Melbourne Victoria
Australia
Mark Knoop presented the Australian premiere of English composer Michael Finnissy's monolithic piano solo The History of Photography in Sound.
In this five and a half hour work Finnissy explores the relationship between two modern art forms - photography and cinema and their influence on contemporary music composition.
The History of Photography in Sound was divided into three concerts over the course of the afternoon with two breaks for refreshments and dinner.
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| Michael Finnissy | The History of Photography in Sound [more info...] | 1997-2000†330 |
Fleshold
Libra Ensemble
20:00, Sunday 25 August 2002
Iwaki Auditorium (external link)
ABC Southbank Centre
Southbank Boulevard Melbourne Victoria
Australia
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| Luciano Berio | Sequenza X | 1984 |
| Matthew Bieniek | Fleshold: at the crossing over | 2000 |
| Chris Dench | ’atsiluth/shîn | 199115 |
| Pierre Boulez | Sonatine | 194612 |
| György Ligeti | Horn Trio | 198222 |
| Johannes Brahms | Horn Trio E flat major opus 40 | 186529 |
what remains?
Libra Ensemble
20:00, Saturday 31 August 2002
Peter Platt Auditorium (external link)
Maze Cres, behind Seymour Centre
University of Sydney Sydney New South Wales
Australia
Libra Ensemble's Mark Knoop and Carl Rosman joined Ensemble Offspring's Kathleen Gallagher in an eclectic programme: moving from Michael Smetanin at his most endearingly insistent to Richard Barrett at his most steely and uncompromising.
| Michael Smetanin | Spray | 19906 |
| James Dillon | Sgothan | 198411 |
| Elliott Carter | Esprit rude/esprit doux | 19845 |
| Michael Finnissy | Alkan - Paganini | 199712 |
| Chris Dench | ’atsiluth/shîn | 199115 |
| Luciano Berio | Sequenza IXc | 1980, rev 1998 |
| Maurizio Pisati | Å | 1993 |
| Richard Barrett | what remains | 1990-919 |
Beethoven to Henze
Knoop-Waldock Duo
Christine Flint Music Education Trust
19:30, Tuesday 17 September 2002
Toll Gavel Uniting Church
Beverley
United Kingdom
| Ludwig van Beethoven | Sonata for Piano and Cello No 5 D minor opus 102/2 | 1815 |
| Dmitri Shostakovich | Sonata for Cello and Piano d minor opus 40 | 1934 |
| Hans Werner Henze | Serenade | 1949 |
| Frédéric Chopin | Fantasie-Impromptu opus 66 | |
| Olivier Messiaen | Louange à l’Éternité de Jésus | 1940 |
| Richard Strauss | Sonata for Cello and Piano F major opus 6 | 1880-8326 |
Beethoven to Henze
Knoop-Waldock Duo
St Botolph's Church
13:00, Friday 20 September 2002
St Botolph’s Church
Aldgate
EC3N 1AB London
United Kingdom
| Ludwig van Beethoven | Sonata for Piano and Cello No 5 D minor opus 102/2 | 1815 |
| Dmitri Shostakovich | Sonata for Cello and Piano d minor opus 40 | 1934 |
| Hans Werner Henze | Serenade | 1949 |
| Frédéric Chopin | Fantasie-Impromptu opus 66 | |
| Olivier Messiaen | Louange à l’Éternité de Jésus | 1940 |
| Richard Strauss | Sonata for Cello and Piano F major opus 6 | 1880-8326 |
Beethoven to Henze
Knoop-Waldock Duo
The Old Vicarage
19:30, Saturday 21 September 2002
The Old Vicarage
Husthwaite
United Kingdom
| Ludwig van Beethoven | Sonata for Piano and Cello No 5 D minor opus 102/2 | 1815 |
| Dmitri Shostakovich | Sonata for Cello and Piano d minor opus 40 | 1934 |
| Hans Werner Henze | Serenade | 1949 |
| Frédéric Chopin | Fantasie-Impromptu opus 66 | |
| Olivier Messiaen | Louange à l’Éternité de Jésus | 1940 |
| Richard Strauss | Sonata for Cello and Piano F major opus 6 | 1880-8326 |
Piano Trios
Knoop-Waldock Duo
St Anne & St Agnes Lunchtime Concerts
13:10, Monday 4 November 2002
St Anne & St Agnes
Gresham Street
EC2 7BX London
United Kingdom
The Knoop-Waldock Duo was joined by violinist Deborah White in two piano trios.
| Johannes Brahms | Piano Trio b minor opus 8 | 185433 |
| Dmitri Shostakovich | Piano Trio No 2 opus 67 | 1944 |
Neues Großbritannien
Libra Duo
Akademie Schloss Solitude
19:00, Sunday 15 December 2002
Akademie Schloss Solitude (external link)
Solitude 3
70197 Stuttgart
Germany
| Darius Milhaud | Sonatine | 1927 |
| Richard Barrett | CHARON | 199510 |
| Michael Finnissy | Alkan - Paganini | 1997§12 |
| Mauricio Kagel | Unguis incarnatus est | 19726 |
| Peter Maxwell Davies | Hymnos | 196712 |
| Michael Finnissy | Recent Britain | 1997-98§25 |
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- first performance in Australia
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- first performance
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- first performance in Germany