Concerts on Plus-Minus Ensemble

Where the Paths End

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

8:00pm Wednesday 1 October 2025
Whelan’s Main Room
25 Wexford St
D01 H527 Dublin

Plus-Minus perform for the first time in Dublin together with special guest Ultan O’Brien.

Ultan O’Brien • solo set
Jessie Marino • Seahorses
Seán Clancy • Where the Paths End
Bernhard Lang • DW23: …Loops for Dr.X

Music we’d like to hear

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

7:30pm Friday 11 July 2025
St Mary at Hill
Lovat Lane
London EC3R 8EE

Plus-Minus Ensemble returns to Music we’d like to hear to perform two premieres by John McGuire. Also works by Laura Steenberge and Alvin Lucier performed by bassoonist Dafne Vicente Sandoval.

Laura Steenberge • Seven Poems
John McGuire • Twelve Circles
Alvin Lucier • Same and Different
John McGuire • Playground

The Mad Moon and the Owls

Mon, 30 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

7:00pm Monday 30 June 2025
Reid Concert Hall
Edinburgh College of Art
Edinburgh

Peter Maxwell Davies • Hymnos
Igor Stravinsky, arr. Paul Saunders • Three Pieces for Clarinet
Francesca Fargion • All the Other Songs
Alex Paxton • Justgum Friends
Natacha Diels • The Mad Moon and the Owls

The Mad Moon and the Owls

Sun, 29 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

7:30pm Sunday 29 June 2025
Cafe Oto
London

Peter Maxwell Davies • Hymnos
Igor Stravinsky, arr. Paul Saunders • Three Pieces for Clarinet
Francesca Fargion • All the Other Songs
Newton Armstrong • new work
Alex Paxton • Justgum Friends
Natacha Diels • The Mad Moon and the Owls

Guildhall School of Music

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

7:00pm Friday 20 June 2025
Milton Court Concert Hall
1 Milton St, London EC2Y 9BH

Following three days working with Guildhall students, +- presents a concert of new works by Masters composers. This year we welcome guest player Andreas Borregaard on accordion who will also perform a new solo work by Maja Ratkje.

Maja Ratkje • I Cannot Heave My Heart Into My Mouth (Cordelia’s Lament)

CeReNeM University of Huddersfield

Sat, 31 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

7:30pm Saturday 31 May 2025
St Paul’s Hall
Queensgate, Huddersfield HD1 3DH

After two periods of intensive workshops and rehearsals, Plus Minus performs new works by CeReNeM composers:

Mary Bellamy
Jo Christman
Paul Dunkerley
David Núñez

Boulez at 100: Re-imagined

Sat, 29 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

10:30pm Saturday 29 March 2025
BBC Studios
Maida Vale
London

Pierre Boulez • Dérive I
Ruth Crawford Seeger, re-imagined by Alex Hills • Andante from String Quartet [wp]
Pierre Boulez • Structures I
Julián Carrillo, re-imagined by Natacha Diels • Preludio a Colón [wp]

Details and free tickets here.

The Journey

Sun, 02 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

11:30am Sunday 2 March 2025
Music Department, Durham University
Palace Green
Durham

Laurence Crane • Cobbled Section After Cobbled Section
Cassandra Miller • Traveller Song

Musical Intelligence

Sat, 01 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

4:30pm Saturday 1 March 2025
Music Department, Durham University
Palace Green
Durham

Zhuoer Zhou • Mark Knoop becomes a Tree
Michael Finnissy • M.I. Musical Intelligence

mirror-shift

Fri, 21 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

7:00pm Friday 21 February 2025
West Court, Edinburgh College of Art
74 Lauriston Place
Edinburgh

Martin Parker • mirror-shift
Laurence Crane • Cobbled Section After Cobbled Section
Arnold Schoenberg, arr. Aaron Wyanski • Variations for Orchestra

Variations

Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

7:30pm Tuesday 18 February 2025
Cafe Oto
London

Arnold Schoenberg, arr. Aaron Wyanski • Variations for Orchestra [wp]
Laurence Crane • Cobbled Section After Cobbled Section
Cassandra Miller • Traveller Song

Neil Luck / Plus Minus Ensemble / Mimi Doulton

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

7:30pm Wednesday 29 January 2025
Cafe Oto
London

Liza Lim • Inguz
Kristine Tjørgersen • We should get to know each other
Marta Sniady • Your only limit is you

Also featuring Neil Luck, Adam de la Cour and Cameron Dodds performing Children are Emperors, and Mimi Doulton performing a new work by Tim Cape.