Performed by Open Union on the 27th of September 2024 at Centrala, Space

Performed by Open Union
Modular Synth: Peter Bell
Electric Guitar: Patrick Ellis

Live sound by Joseph Ockford
Audio taken from 'Open Union: Live at Centrala, Birmingham' filmed by Alexander Henshaw 

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Bio:

Wilson Leywantono is a composer currently based in Indonesia. His music has been performed in the UK, the Netherlands, Ireland, Portugal, the Czech Republic, Japan, Indonesia and Malaysia by many professional ensembles and performers such as Orkest de Ereprijs, New European Ensemble, Rosetta Contemporary Ensemble, Open Union, the Azalais Quartet, Hordienal Quartet, Decibel, Le Page Ensemble, the Schubert Ensemble, Thallein Plus Ensemble, Fumiko Miyachi, Mary Wiegold, Rowland Sutherland, Miriam Kitchener, etc.

More info on Wilson here: wilsonleywantono.wordpress.com

Wilson Leywantono - open con (2024)

Ping

On the day’s
threshold she wakes
to take up
hammer and chisel

‘The Stone Flower’ is a reflection on the process of making and the joy it can bring. A stone carver becomes lost in the flow of the creative process, sculpting a flower from a block of green malachite. As she works, she reflects on the embodied artistic process. 

Composer: Lucy Armstrong 
Words: Rebecca Hurst 
Mezzo Soprano: Jade Moffat
Pianist: Alice Turner 

An original work from Glyndebourne’s Balancing the Score composer Lucy Armstrong

Balancing the Score is supported by donations to Glyndebourne’s New Generation Programme. 

The Stone Flower was commissioned as part of Glyndebourne’s Jerwood Pit Perfect scheme funded by the Jerwood Foundation and other generous supporters.

Recording engineer: Maxim Gamble



The Stone Flower

Stylophone: Katie Axelsen 
Casio Keyboard: Samuel Pradalie 
Recycled Percussion: Will Frampton 

I wrote this composition for instruments that I found in charity shops and the recycling,  Stylophone, Casio Keyboard, glass bottles, and bell. The composition is separated into six episodes. 

Austerity Music for Recycled Instruments

A little arrangement of Wexford Carol for clarinet, strings and Celeste.

The Wexford Carol

Paolo Griffin - Familiar Spaces (Live at Hundred Years Gallery, London, 11th July 2025)

A long form performance of Paolo Griffin's 2022 work, 'Familiar Spaces'. Performed as part of The Purpose of Familiar Spaces: The Music of Paolo Griffin, at The Hundred Years Gallery in Hoxton, London. Open Union were the first act of the evening, which was followed by a performance of 'The Purpose of an Empty Room' by Saxophonist David Zucchi. 

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Music by Paolo Griffin
Performed by Open Union

Modular Synth: Peter Bell
Electric Guitar: Patrick Ellis

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Recorded by Graham Mackeachan 
Mixed and Mastered by Peter Bell

Paolo Griffin - Familiar Spaces (2022) - Live at The Hundred Years Gallery

Title: sculpture viii | kerf study
Year: 2025
Performers: longleash (Pala Garcia, John Popham, Mika Sasaki)

sculpture viii | kerf study [piano trio]

Title: echontologies
Year: 2025
Performers: Jeffrey Zeigler (cello), James May (voice, electronics)

echontologies [voice, cello, electronics]

Open Union is an experimental music duo made up of composer-performers Peter Bell (modular synthesiser) and Patrick Ellis (electric guitar) based in the UK.

Described by the treasured composer Howard Skempton as being, ‘sometimes subtle and unstable; sometimes rich and dense’, the duo aims to build up strong collaborative relationships to create new works. Their current collaborators are Christine Cornwell, Wilson Leywantono, May Chi, Paolo Griffin and Seán Clancy.

The duo have performed across the UK at events such as SAOM, Ealing Extranormal, AMOK, Don’t Mind Control,  Birmingham Modular Organisation and CODA Festival. In 2023, they undertook a mini tour of The Netherlands as part of the Sounding Here concert series, where they performed at Splendor in Amsterdam and Batavierhuis in Rotterdam.

In 2025, they co-hosted a portrait concert with saxophonist David Zucchi featuring music by Paolo Griffin at the Hundred Years Gallery, and earlier that year, they supported Passepartout Duo at Centrala Space, Birmingham as part of their UK Tour.