Collaborators

Larry Goves

Commissions

Biography

Larry Goves is a composer and performer based in the UK. As a composer he has written for the Nash Ensemble, The LSO, the BBC Philharmonic, Psappha, Ixion, The Hallé, Sarah Nicolls, 175 East, The Continuum Ensemble and many others all over the UK and abroad. He performs live electronics in a variety of contexts including as a soloist, with his own group the house of bedlam and has performed with the American singer songwriter Sandy Dillon.

His music has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and New Zealand’s Concert FM and been released on NMC, Dutton Epoch and the London Sinfonietta’s Jerwood Series.

He founded, writes for and performs electronics with the experimental music group the house of bedlam. They have performed at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Faster than Sound 2008, the Purcell Room, non classical at Hoxton’s Macbeth, in the Aldeburgh Festival and have been broadcast on BBC Radio 3. In 2009/2010 they will attend a residency at Scotland’s prestigious Cove Park supported by the PRS Foundation and the Arts Council. This will be followed by concerts in Glasgow, Manchester and Cambridge.

He places emphasis on collaboration and has worked closely with Oliver Coates and recently, for the Aldeburgh Festival, on Sound Rebound with sound designer, composer and performer David Sheppard. Sound Rebound involved designing and constructing new physical and digital instruments based on the physical characteristics of the instruments in the house of bedlam. This installation ran for two weeks and culminated in a new hour-long work in two environments with pre-composed material and improvisation performed by Larry Goves, David Sheppard and the house of bedlam.

His closest collaborator is the writer Matthew Welton. He has set a number of Matt’s poems in a variety of contexts including orchestral songs, multi-media works for the London Sinfonietta and chamber theatre works. Matt is also writes for and performs spoken word with the house of bedlam. They are currently recipients of a Jerwood-Aldeburgh Opera Writing Fellowship and are working on a piece inspired by the life and work of Frank O’Hara.

Larry Goves studied at the Royal Northern College of Music with Anthony Gilbert. He is currently in the closing stages of a PhD at Southampton University supervised by Michael Finnissy. He currently teaches composition at the Royal Northern College of Music and at Royal Holloway University.

www.larrygoves.com www.thehouseofbedlam.com

Recordings and broadcasts

09/2009

Springtime – on the London Sinfonietta’s Jerwood Label, London Sinfonietta, Juliet Fraser – soprano, Matthew Welton – text

02/2007

the tentacles of memory – on Dutton Epoch’s New Music For Oboe, Melinda Maxwell

04/2002

walking underground – on NMC’s Live at State of the Nation, London Sinfonietta, Pierre-André Valade - conductor

broadcasts

03/2009

sinew, deaf John’s dark house, Poppy (texts – Matthew Welton), talking microtonal blues, riviniana and the vermillion border – BBC Radio 3’s Hear and Now, the house of bedlam

12/2008

Springtime – BBC Radio 3’s Hear and Now, London Sinfonietta (Juliet Fraser - Soprano, Matthew Welton – Text)

08/2008

My name is Peter Stillman. That is not my real name. – BBC Radio 3 Hear and Now, Sarah Nicolls

11/2007

Popular Mysteries – BBC Radio 3’s In Tune, Sarah Nicolls

01/2006

Swerving with the weave – New Zealand’s Concert FM, 175 East

12/2005

turning aperture slowly clockwise spinning – BBC Radio 3’s Hear and Now, The Continuum Ensemble

02/2003

I wear you on my sleeve – BBC Radio 3’s Hear and Now, The Nash Ensemble

04/2002

something like a sense of detachment – BBC Radio 3’s Hear and Now, BBC Philharmonic, Macmillan – conductor

04/2001

walking underground – BBC Radio 3’s Hear and Now, London Sinfonietta, Pierre-André Valade – conductor