Gallery: Opening of the Mouth, Bates Mill, Huddersfield
HCMF/E1: Opening of the Mouth — UK premiere

20.11.09 HUDDERSFIELD, UNITED KINGDOM
20:00 Bates Mill, Colne Road, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire HD1
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
> ELISION Artists-in-residence at CeReNeM, University of Huddersfield (2009-10)
Carl Rosman conducts ELISION Ensemble:
Deborah Kayser | soprano • Ute Wassermann | mezzo-soprano • Paula Rae | piccolo, flute, alto flute • Richard Haynes | clarinet in C, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet, bass recorder • Peter Neville | percussion • Richard Barrett | electronics • Anders Førisdal | guitar • Daryl Buckley | electric guitar • Satsuki Odamura | koto • Denise Wambganß | mandolin • Graeme Jennings | violin, Hardanger fiddle • Séverine Ballon | violoncello
Richard Barrett • Opening of the Mouth (1992-1997) for two vocalists, nine instrumentalists and live electronics
The performance

Foreground: Deborah Kayser | soprano
Background: Daryl Buckley | electric guitar • Peter Neville | percussion

Foreground: Deborah Kayser | soprano
Background: Daryl Buckley | electric guitar • Peter Neville | percussion

Foreground: Deborah Kayser | soprano
Background: Daryl Buckley | electric guitar • Peter Neville | percussion

Ute Wassermann | mezzo-soprano • Carl Rosman | conductor

Séverine Ballon | violoncello
The rehearsals

Séverine Ballon | violoncello • Daryl Buckley | electric guitar • Graeme Jennings | violin/viola/Hardanger fiddle

Denise Wambsganß | mandolin/mandola

Richard Haynes | clarinet in C

Richard Haynes | contrabass clarinet

Carl Rosman | conductor

Carl Rosman | conductor

Peter Neville | percussion

Richard Haynes | clarinet in C • Denise Wambsganß | mandolin/mandola • Daryl Buckley | 10-string guitar • Anders Førisdal | 12-string guitar

Carl Rosman | conductor • Graeme Jennings | violin/viola/Hardanger fiddle • Deborah Kayser | soprano

Graeme Jennings | violin • Richard Haynes | clarinet in C

Séverine Ballon | violoncello • Timothy McCormack | logistic assistance • Chikako Morishita | logistic assistance

Séverine Ballon | violoncello

Séverine Ballon | violoncello

Denise Wambsganß | mandolin/mandola • Daryl Buckley | 10-string guitar • Anders Førisdal | 12-string guitar • Satsuki Odamura | koto/jushichigen

Peter Neville | percussion

Peter Neville | percussion

Deborah Kayser | soprano

Ute Wassermann | mezzo-soprano

Marking up ‘Schneebett’ under instruction of Carl Rosman: Paula Rae | flute • Peter Neville | percussion