Performances between 2006 and 2007

Plus-Minus

Sunday 22 January 2006
Stanford University (external link)
California
United States of America

Worthing Philharmonic Orchestra

19:30, Saturday 25 March 2006
Worthing Assembly Hall
Stoke Abbot Road
BN11 1HQ Worthing West Sussex
United Kingdom

Mark Knoop performs Beethoven's fifth piano concerto with the Worthing Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Robin Page.

Plus-Minus

Logos Muziek in de Maak II: festival for young experimental musik makers

Thursday 30 March 2006
Logos Tetrahedron (external link)
Bomastraat 26-28
Gent
Belgium

Carmina Burana

Kingston Choral Society

19:30, Saturday 8 April 2006
All Saints Church (external link)
Market Place
KT1 1JP Kingston-Upon-Thames
United Kingdom

Duo pianists Mark Knoop and Ian Pace join the Kingston Choral Society conducted by Robin Page.

Irrational Reels

Rational Rec

20:00, Tuesday 6 June 2006
The Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club (external link)
44 Pollard Row
E2 6NB London
United Kingdom

If those cheeky Victorian rational recreationalists had invented film, we're pretty sure they'd have screened some. So we will. Come along and eat popcorn and cake, join in the Sean Connery and Alfred Hitchcock quizzes and enjoy a night in with a DVD at Rational Rec.

Mark Knoop performs Erik Satie's live soundtrack to the classic 1924 film Entr'acte. Premiered as interludes for the ballet Relâche, this short film was directed by René Clair with music for both the ballet and the film composed by Erik Satie. The cast includes cameo appearances of Francis Picabia, Erik Satie, Man Ray and Marcel Duchamp.

Plus-Minus

Rational Rec: Gala Finale

19:00, Tuesday 4 July 2006
The Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club (external link)
44 Pollard Row
E2 6NB London
United Kingdom

Rational Rec presents performances by Ensemble Plus-Minus and John Lely in a Special Gala Musical Finale to its inaugural season.

175 East

19:30, Saturday 19 August 2006
Hunter Council Chamber (external link)
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington
New Zealand

Mark Knoop joins New Zealand's eminent contemporary music ensemble 175 East and violinist Mark Menzies for concerts in Wellington and Auckland.

175 East

19:30, Sunday 20 August 2006
Hopetoun Alpha (external link)
Auckland
New Zealand

Mark Knoop joins New Zealand's eminent contemporary music ensemble 175 East and violinist Mark Menzies for concerts in Wellington and Auckland.

The Finnissy Weekend

Concert 4

BMIC

16:00, Sunday 24 September 2006
The Warehouse
13 Theed St
SE1 8ST London
United Kingdom

Variously described as "the most important living British composer", "a continuing inspiration" and "an underground movement", Michael Finnissy's music is a cause célébre for a generation of performers and composers. BMIC Cutting Edge presents a unique, weekend-long, 60th birthday retrospective of this prolific and virtuosic composer, in performances by many of his leading exponents.

Fundraising Music Gala

Rational Rec

20:00, Tuesday 3 October 2006
The Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club (external link)
44 Pollard Row
E2 6NB London
United Kingdom

Rational Rec's Season 2 launch features contemporary classics that redefined attitudes towards instrumental composition, leading London experimental music figure, Brazilian-influenced swing, some tests of your listening skills, as well as games, "arty conversation with some friendly socialising" (Time Out, Feb 2006) and cake.

David Lumsdaine 75th Birthday Concert

University of York

19:30, Friday 3 November 2006
The Rymer Auditorium
University of York
YO1 5DD Heslington, York
United Kingdom

David Lumsdaine: complete music for solo piano

David Lumsdaine's music for solo piano music combines a joyous celebration of sound, including echoes of the Australian landscape, with an intense engagement with the avant garde. In celebration of the composer's 75th birthday, virtuoso Australian pianist Mark Knoop takes us on a journey through this music in the intimate setting of the Rymer Auditorium.

Further information and bookings from the University of York.

Plus-Minus

BMIC Cutting Edge 2006

19:30, Thursday 30 November 2006
The Warehouse
13 Theed St
SE1 8ST London
United Kingdom

At BMIC cutting edge, Plus-Minus presents two of everything: a pair of landmark 1960s experimental works from either side of the Atlantic by Cornelius Cardew and Robert Ashley, two piano pieces by British composers Barrett and Dench and two new works written especially for the group by Øyvind Torvund and Joanna Bailie.

Artquest 5th Birthday

Rational Rec

20:00, Tuesday 5 December 2006
The Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club (external link)
44 Pollard Row
E2 6NB London
United Kingdom

A fifth birthday party for Artquest: London's advice and information service for visual artists and craftspeople featuring music by plus-minus.