Simon Wickham-Smith

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Born: 1968 — Rustington — England
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Principal compositions

  • Ave Regina Celorum (2000)
  • The Self-Immolation of Thich Quang Duc (2000)
  • Sandokai (2001)
  • Multiple Tongues (1999-): a series of pieces in which the spoken word is manipulated by computer so as to preserve the voiceprint of the speaker while commenting on the text itself. Sections thus far: I jusKidding (voice Helen Kidd); II Songs and Dreams the Whalers Weave (voice Keith Jebb); III Három Denevér (voice Rita Várhegyi); /IV withdrawn/; V ...al tempo dei dolci sospiri... (voice Erminia Passannanti)
  • Three Versions of Appreciative (2002) computer-generated settings of texts by Mary Oliver
  • Something, Forgotten (2003) for erhu and soprano; text Toby Olson

CDs released by VHF (USA), Rhizome (Australia), Electroshock (Russia)

Past and future appearances at festivals in Australia, USA, UK, Lithuania, Finland, Canada and New Zealand; grants and residencies from Southern Arts (UK), Lapp Arts Council (Finland) etc.

Life

Simon Wickham-Smith was born 41 years to the day after Richard Maxfield, the pioneer of experimental electronic composition, which maybe placed him in a position to absorb a little of the Great American’s spirit.

Wickham-Smith’s output consists of electronic music, mainly making use of computer software (either other people’s or, more recently, his own SuperCollider programs) to manipulate samples into new forms. Much of his output is concerned with stillness and stretched material - the length and the static nature of the work is his main musical interest.

Wickham-Smith has no formal training, either in instrumental or compositional technique. Influences range from David Behrman and Eliane Radigue to Guillaume de Machaut and Cheb Khaled, to Morton Feldman and Tibetan Buddhist chanting.

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Sat 1 Jun: Action Painting: The Edges of Sound Baruch Performing Arts Center
Sat 8 Jun: Symphony No 5 St Johns, Smith Sq, London, SW1P 3HA
Fri 14 Jun: Day of Wrath "The Revelation"- concert in Bucharest Cinema Patria, Bulevardul Magheru 12-14, Bucuresti, Romania
Sat 15 Jun: A North East Choral Garland The Ave, Washington, Tyne and Wear NE38 7LE
Sat 15 Jun: Viva Vivaldi! Bristol Cathedral College Green Bristol
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(1813) Gioachino [Gioacchino] Rossini: Premiere of L'Italiana in Algeri, in Venice, Italy.
(1931) Albert Roussel: Premiere of Bacchus et Ariana, in Paris, France.
(1935) Werner Egk: Premiere of Die Zaubergeige, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
(1950) Richard Strauss: Premiere of Vier Letzte Lieder, in London, England.
(1960) Hans Werner Henze: Premiere of Der Prinz von Homburg, in Hamburg, Germany.

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