SAMPLE PROGRAMMES
Programme for The Cutting Edge at the Warehouse, London, 20 Nov 2008
| 5 Haiku (all Black Hair commissions) | |
| Kerry Andrew | Hammock (haiku for voice and 'cello) |
| Edward Jessen | Companion Box no.04/01 (for two toy pianos and voices) |
| Giles Easterbrook | The Unmiraculous Mandarin (haiku for voice and cello) |
| Jos Zwaanenburg | Hairy Haiku (for a percussionist) |
| Damien Harron | Die out (haiku for Black Hair) |
| Juliana Hodkinson | Why linger you trembling in your shell? (violin and percussion) |
| Georges Aperghis | Le Corps à Corps (for vocal percussionist) |
| Georges Aperghis | 3 Recitations (Solo voice) |
| Roger Marsh | More Silly Love Songs (for voice and ensemble) |
| Damien Harron | Control freak (for Black Hair) |
Programme for Dartington Arts (May 2008)
Presented in three linked and quite different studio spaces. The audience were led from space to space throughout the concert. The obsessive soprano of Damien Harron's Control Freak became the Master of Ceremonies for the entire show.
| Roger Marsh | More Silly Love Songs (voice and ensemble) |
| Jennifer Walshe | As mo cheann (out of my head) (voice and violin) |
| Juliana Hodkinson | Why linger you trembling in your shell? (violin and percussion) |
| Ed Bennett | Monster (solo bass clarinet and electronics) |
| Donnacha Dennehy | pAt (piano and tape) |
| Georges Aperghis | Le Corps à Corps (for vocal percussionist) |
| Damien Harron | Control freak(for Black Hair) |
Skin and Bone
Programme for "Sconfini" festival, Modena, May 2006Black Hair soloists Anna Myatt, Damien Harron, Barrie Webb and Roger Marsh present an international sequence of studies in music theatre. This is music for the eye, theatre for the ear. Presented in an open art gallery space with free and continous access for the general public.
| Fujii | Dancing Bones (solo trombone) |
| Aperghis | 3 Recitations (Solo voice) |
| Marsh | The Bodhi Tree (Voice and trombone) |
| Marsh | Dum - a vocal percussive fantasy |
| Marsh | A Little Snow (for solo voice) |
| Visconti Prasca | tROM bONE (trombone and percussion: Black Hair commission) |
| Georges Aperghis | Le corps à corps (for vocal percussionist) |
Programme for The Late Music festival March 2005
| Pierre Boulez | Dérive 1 for ensemble |
| Edward Caine | 2/2/05 (clarinet and percussion: Black Hair commission.) |
| Anna Meredith | A Blue True Dream of Sky for ensemble* |
| John Cage | The Wonderful Widow of 18 Springs |
| Tom Armstrong | Subterrania for ensemble |
| Peter Nickol | Praeludium for solo cello (world premiere)* |
| Judith Weir | The Consolations of Scholarship (voice and ensemble) |
CURRENT REPERTOIRE
| Caine, Edward | 5/5/5 (Clarinet and Percussion) | 4' |
| Easterbrook, Giles | The Unmiraculous Mandarin (Voice and 'Cello) | 3' |
| Harron, Damien | Control Freak (Music Theatre) | 20' |
| Harron, Damien | Taking Sides (Percussion and Tape) | 10' |
| Harron, Damien | Events Unfold (Voice and Percussion) | 15' |
| Jessen, Edward | Companion Box no.04/01 (Two Toy Pianos and Voices) | 5' |
| McGaughey, Matthew | Ritornelli (Ensemble) | 8' |
| Moran, Peter | Peyote Transcriptions (Flute and Percussion) | 9' |
| Simaku, Thomas | Clarimbasso (Bass Clarinet and Marimba) | 15' |
| Simaku, Thomas | Stanze Sonore (Ensemble) | 12' |
| Stringer, John | lied (Solo 'Cello) | 6' |
| Stringer, John | Burlesque () | 8' |
| Winther Christensen, Christian | Don't Look Back (Ensemble) | 8' |
