Edward Henderson

Work

2023

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For solo piano. Performed by the composer.

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Exquisite Bells (Cologne)

made and performed with Caitlin Rowley. Piano, ROLI Seaboard Block and playback. Field recording of made outside Cologne cathedral by Caitlin (Summer 2022).

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2022

One Two

for whistle, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, ROLI Seaboard Block, percussion, 2 pianos, bass. Made with and for Ensemble Garage and Bastard Assignments. Performed at Alte Feuerwache, Cologne (August 2022).

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Crying Laughing

4 hands piano. Made and performed with Jo Havlat.

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NIGHTCALL

made and performed with Caitlin Rowley. Piano, ROLI seaboard block and sequencer. Performed at Music in the Round, Sheffield Chamber Music Festival, Sheffield (May 2022).

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2021

ILYSM

multi-tracked piano. Performed at Cafe Oto, London (March 2022)

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Moon / Bulldozer / Singing

solo violin pieces made remotely with Amanda Bailey. Performed in my flat (April 2022). A version of Singing for violin and harpsichord was performed by Darragh Morgan and Mary Dullea at Cafe Oto, London (November 2022).

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2020

Fun

piano and electric guitar pieces made with Lewis Spear. Performed at City University, London (November 2021) and Morley College, London (January 2022).

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2019

Will

for viola, piano, bass, saxophone, roli seaboard block plus everyone singing. Made with Bastard Assignments. Performed partially at City Lit Theatre, London (October 2019) and in full at Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo (February 2020); Music Current, Dublin (November 2021); Nonclassical, London (November 2021); City University, London (November 2021); Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge (December 2021) and Music in the Round, Sheffield (May 2022). Broadcast on Deutchlandfunk and Südwestrundfunk (April 2023).

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Flower

for organ, voice and piano; percussion and bass; voice and viola; and bass clarinet and piano. Made with Bastard Assignments. Performed at Virtually Reality, Manchester (April 2019); Mountview, Peckham (May 2019) and Aldeburgh Festival, Snape Maltings (June 2019). Broadcast on the New Music Show, BBC Radio 3 (October 2019).

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2018

Hey

for Joseph Havlat. Solo piano. Performed at Herne Hill Music Festival, London (October 2018) and City Lit Theatre, London (October 2019).

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Jawbreaker

for voice, flute, clarinet, piano and drumkit. Made as part of Late Junction Sessions: Bastard Assignments and Swan Meat. Broadcast on Late Junction, BBC Radio 3 (May 2018).

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Good

for Mocrep. flute,  saxophone, drumkit, electric guitar, bass and piano. Performed at Constellation, Chicago (May 2018) and Bastard Assignments + Thick and Tight, Block 336, Brixton (June 2018).

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2017

neoneoneo

for Neo Hülcker’s breaking voice. Performed at Ausland, Berlin (April 2018); Bastard Assignments + Neo Hülcker, London (April 2018) and Jauna Muzika, Lithuania (April 2019).

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Give/Take

for flute, clarinet, drumkit and piano. Performed at Bastard Assignments + Marcela Lucatelli, Total Refreshment Centre, Dalston (March 2018) and Festival of New, Snape Maltings (September 2018).

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The Stag

For viola and piano. Performed at the Wellcome Collection and broadcast live on Hear and Now, BBC Radio 3 (October 2017).

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Hold

For two pianos and two pianists. Performed at Wedding Frames, Berlin (April 2017), Brighton Fringe Festival (May 2017), Black Heather Club, Greenwich (June 2017), Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (November 2017) and Borough New Music (April 2018). Broadcast on RTÉ (December 2021) and Südwestrundfunk (April 2023).

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2016

The Solid

for video, audio and performer. Performed at Bastard Assignments: New Teeth 3, Brixton (November 2016).

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Totally

Solo performance piece. Developed at the Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik 2016, Composer-Performer workshop. Performed at Kunsthalle, Darmstadt (August 2016); London Topophobia, Dalston; Bastard Assignments: New Teeth 2, Rotherthithe (September 2016); as part of PARADE, Lothringer13, Munich (October 2016) and performed by Martin Hiendl at Speed Seduction, Altes Finanzamt, Berlin (November 2016).

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FIGHTING

Heartbeats, sounds recorded in my bedroom with the window open and text from an interview with Chris Eubank Sr and Chris Eubank Jr by Decca Aitkenhead. Performed at Donau115 and STUD!O10, Berlin as part of Bastard Assignments in Berlin (July 2016) and on BBC Radio 3’s Hear and Now show recorded live at Southbank Centre, London (September 2016). FIGHTING is featured on Jack Sheen’s mixtape Pregnant, released on the Ono label.

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You Got Me

for Ensemble x.y. For six performers. Performed by Ensemble x.y at IKLECTIK, London (May 2016); Bastard Assignments: NEW TEETH 1, Asylum, Peckham (June 2016) and Leyton Gallery, Whitechapel (February 2017) and by An Assembly at LEGROOM, Manchester (December 2017).

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2015

I Did and I Didn’t

Performed at Bastard Assignments Fresh & Clean 2 at Asylum (December 2015).

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Morrissey Lives!

Recording of a conversation between the composer and his Father followed by a cover of Hand in Glove by The Smiths. Performed at Bastard Assignments: Fresh & Clean 3, Block 336, Brixton (February 2016); Nonclassical, The Victoria, Dalston (March 2016) and Drivetime Underground, Resonance FM (May 2016).

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RICH

For Kaj Duncan David and Troels Primdahl. Performed at with AUT at Radar, Aarhus Jazz Festival, Aarhus (July 2015).

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Yes Piece
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Peckham Rye Piece

Walking piece for as many people as possible. Performed at Bastard Assignments’ Sound Walk With Me (July 2015) and on Blackheath as part of Diggin Blackheath, Blackheath Halls, London (June 2016).

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Milk 2

For solo piano. For JB. Performed by Jean-Bernard Marie at Club Matador, Madrid (June 2015), Weisslich III at Hundred Years Gallery, London (July 2015) and Resonate 2015 at Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (November 2015).

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Piss Up

Performed by the composer. Shown at Royal Academy of Arts, London (October 2017).

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Hum

Opera with words by Lavinia Murray commissioned by Second Movement for Rough for Opera. Performed at Bastard Assignments at Edward’s (January 2015), The Cockpit Theatre; The Jazzhouse, Copenhagen with AUT (March 2015), Apiary Studios in Hackney with ACM (May 2015) and Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival, Kings Place (August 2015).

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2014

BETTER THAN ANYONE

Written for 840 Concert Series. Performed at 840, St James’s Islington (March 2015). For piano trio.

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Blow/Suck

For four performers playing harmonicas and pretending to smoke. Written for the Hermes Experiment and performed at Bastard Assignments at Fred’s Place (October 2014), Safehouse 1 (November 2014), Zero Wave at The Fiddler’s Elbow, Kentish Town (June 2015), HCMOFF, Huddersfield (November 2015), Nonclassical at The Victoria, Dalston (March 2016) and at Royal Academy of Arts, London (October 2017).

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The Highest and Lowest Notes on an Organ

Open-ended project exploring organs as idiosyncratic found objects, fixed in different spaces. Recordings made in St Stephen’s, South Dulwich; St Francis and St Mark’s, Camberwell; St Paul’s, Deptford; St John’s College Chapel, Cambridge; composer’s bedroom. Performed at Bastard Assignments ‘at Alessandro’s Place’, June 2014 and for five hours at St John’s Notting Hill, September 2014 as part of Open House London.

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Everyone Kissing Everyone Else

Written for the Arditti Quartet’s 40th Anniversary. Performed by Bastard Assignments at our concert ‘at Alessandro’s Place’ (June 2014).

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PLAY

Open-ended piece where CDs are damaged and then played. Performed as a DIY audience participation event at Bastard Assignments ‘at Alessandro’s Place’ (June 2014).

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Tape Piece

Piece for any number of players unrolling sellotape. Performed by Bastard Assignments at Clare’s Place (April 2014), Block T in Dublin (August 2014), LCMF, Ambika P3, London (December 2015), by the Kirkos Ensemble at Fluxfest at Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin (October 2016) and at Borough New Music (April 2018).

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Do It Again

Repetitive two note piano piece – any length. So far the longest rendition is 60 minutes. Performed by the composer at Bastard Assignments ‘at Clare’s Place’ (April 2014).

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Returning to Normal

Solo tuba piece written for Tom Kelly. Performed at Bastard Assignments S/M/L: L at Hootananny Brixton and Nonclassical at Shacklewell Arms (March 2014).

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Knee High

Written for the Fidelio Trio. Performed at Trinity Laban (February 2014).

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Hive

For audience playing combs. Performed by over 60 people at Bastard Assignments S/M/L: M, Asylum in Peckham (February 2014).

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Manspangled

One man spoken opera commissioned by Rough for Opera, premiered at The Cockpit with words by Lavinia Murray. Also performed as part of Bastard Assignments S/M/L at The Red Door, Greenwich. Performed at the Tête à Tête Opera Festival 2014 supported by an Arts Council Grants for the Arts grant.

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2013

I Dust Skinheads With Icing Sugar

Song for spoken voice and tenor saxophone. Commissioned by and performed at the Leeds Lieder Festival 2013 with words by Lavinia Murray. Also performed at Marsden Jazz Festival and Kings Place.

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gate

Made from a recording of a retracting mechanical gate. Premiered at Bastard Assignments V, also performed at Kings Place.

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dog

Made from a phone recording of a small dog. Premiered at Bastard Assignments V, also performed at Kings Place.

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imaginary song of a mechanical bird

Piano piece written for Clare Simmonds.

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Hope (Sufferance)

Written for CoMA Voices. Performed at Trinity Laban and The Big Red in Deptford in Bastard Assignments VI.

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Black Box Flight Recorder

Written for Clare Simmonds. Performed at Trinity Laban (November 2013), Kings Place (January 2014) and Borough New Music (April 2018).

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