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Excellent performances by all last night at the first @840series.bsky.social event for quite some time at St Cyprian's Church - I especially liked the autumnal feel of James Creed's 'Plain Song' which closed the concert, and Egidija Medekšaitė's – T e x t i l e 1 was a real toe-tapper!

Our concert is tomorrow! You can now read the programme – threads and textiles, chorales and plain songs, 16th-century music, “17th-century music”, and more. It’s going to be a good one!

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Composer Linda Catlin Smith is known for luminous, subtle music rich in colour and texture. Her piece Velvet explores touch—fingers on keys, and the aural texture of two pianos. Hear it performed by Jay Austin Keys & Fernando Yada Rodrigues this Saturday.

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Pianist, improviser and educator Jay Austin Keys performs repertoire from early to contemporary music, solo and with ensembles including The Listening Project and Square Music. His current focus is on endurance music and minimalism.

Jay joins us on 20/09
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Introducing Darius Paymai, whose "sonnerie, air" is premiered on 20/09. Written as an hommage to Satie in the centenary year of his death, the piece draws on Satie’s Sonneries de la Rose+Croix from the same period as Vexations, which gave 840 its name.

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Amalia Young is a violinist and violist based in South East London, specialising in classical and experimental music. She enjoys a varied career as a chamber and session musician, and joins us at 840 on 20 September.

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Premiere of Plain Song by James M. Creed at our 20 September concert.

Built from pairs of dyads that gradually form chords, the piece creates shifting impressions of chant, hocket, and dance, as players navigate shared yet subtly different material.

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Fernando Yada Rodrigues is a pianist and teacher focused on experimental approaches to music. He performs works by living composers, exploring the relationship between gesture and sound within speculative practice.

Hear him play at 840 on 20 September.
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In Textile 1 for two pianos, Egidija Medekšaitė maps woven patterns onto sound: shimmering piano textures flow like warp and weft.

Performed by Jay Austin Keys & Fernando Yada at 840 on 20 Sept.

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Anne Yin Han is a violinist exploring contemporary, improvised & experimental music. With a socially engaged, curiosity-driven practice, she performs widely & works as a teacher, workshop leader & bow repairer.

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Our concert on 20/09 features Marc Sabat’s Three Chorales for Harry Partch. The earliest work in his catalogue, it explores just intonation through the subharmonic series, uncovering subtle shifts between noise, resonance, and pure tone.

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Our concert on 20 September includes arrangements of La Spagna variations by Diego Ortiz – a 16th-century composer, viol player, and pioneering music theorist. His inventive music provides a historical thread running through our programme of new works.

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IMPORTANT!

WE ARE BACK
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Some rare footage (didn't have a photographer) from our first ever concert, with @nicholasrpeters.bsky.social at the helm

840 is back!

Today marks our 10-year anniversary—and 5 years since our last concert. We're excited to return with a new chapter, now co-run by Alex Nikiporenko & Christian Drew.

Stay tuned for concert announcements and get to know Christian christiandrew.com

Back in 2019, we programmed this relevant piece: on.soundcloud.com/W6QbPJpz6Fyv...

The oaths of office of 6 American presidents (incl 2017 Trump) are converted into melodies. These melodies are played by bassoon, and are accompanied by the snippets of the US national anthem.

Hi bluesky, we are a London-based concert series dedicated to new experimental and minimal music

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