Intuitive Music Aberdeen

Reviews

After the Storms and Arnage Friday

Alan Cooper reviews performances of two new pieces by Haworth Hodgkinson given as part of the Cathedral at Noon series of lunchtime recitals in Aberdeen on 10 August 2024.

Bennachie Sketch and An Odd Pavan

Intuitive Music Aberdeen gave the first Aberdeen performance of Haworth Hodgkinson's Bennachie Sketch, and the world premiere of An Odd Pavan on 3 June 2023 at St Andrew's Cathedral, Aberdeen. Alan Cooper reviews the lunchtime recital.

Drostan's Calendar

Alan Cooper reviews the first Aberdeen performance of Haworth Hodgkinson's Drostan's Calendar, given by Intuitive Music Aberdeen at Mannofield Church on 3 September 2022.

Bennachie Sketch and Drostan's Calendar

Intuitive Music Aberdeen gave the world premiere of Haworth Hodgkinson's Bennachie Sketch at Leith Hall on 12 October 2019. Liz Knowles reviews the concert, which also included a performance of Drostan's Calendar.

Nine Bronzes

Alan Cooper reviews the world premiere performance of Nine Bronzes by Haworth Hodgkinson, given by Intuitive Music Aberdeen at St Andrew's Cathedral, Aberdeen, on 3 August 2019.

Remote Recordings

Over the pandemic years, during which Intuitive Music Aberdeen was unable to rehearse or give concerts in person, we explored methods of working remotely, devising pieces that we could play and record with the three of us in our separate locations. This brought technical challenges, not least that we heard each other with a delay, so we created a number of pieces that exploit the rhythmic dislocation that this produced. Here is one of these pieces, called Remote 42. We recorded it on 28 July 2021, each of us playing instruments that we found in our kitchens in Mannofield, Lower Deeside and Central Buchan.

Remote 20 is another experiment in remote recording by Intuitive Music Aberdeen. It was recorded on 24 March 2021, with Mandy Macdonald playing metal tongue drum in Mannofield, Colin Edwards playing synthesiser in Lower Deeside and Haworth Hodgkinson playing bamboo chimes in Central Buchan. The three musicians were able to see and hear each other via internet links, albeit with a slight delay, and the three separate recordings were synchronised and mixed together.

About Intuitive Music Aberdeen

Intuitive Music Aberdeen is an ensemble specialising in music created by the performers in response to text or graphic scores or unconventional notations.

Performances range from sequences of short pieces including poetry to extended single pieces reflecting the seasons or the times of day.

Please contact us if you would like to arrange a performance.