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Moon Landing: composer Helen Caddick and textile artist Margo Selby collaborate on an immersive cross-genre piece for Collect 2024
Margo Selby's Moon Landing hanging in the Stamp stairwell at Somerset House for Collect 2024Last night (29 February 2024) we were at Collect, the Crafts Council's international fair for contemporary craft and design at Somerset House, currently celebrating its 20th anniversary. A visual and tactile feast, one work stood out for its cross-genre use of music. Moon Landing by textile artist and designer Margo Selby is a 16m long woven art-work (presented at Collect by Cynthia Corbett Gallery) that is presented hanging down the centre of the historic Stamp Staircase. The project is a cross-genre collaboration as Selby's weaving (her first site-specific installation) is inspired by a new piece by composer Helen Caddick on 29 February there were performances of Caddick's piece, with the composer conducting, beneath the art work.Moon Landing: Helen Caddick & musicians in the stairwell beneath Margo Selby's pieceCaddick and Selby worked together for over a year on […]
2023-11-17 05:00:00
Bainbridge, Lloyd, Simpson, Vaughan Williams, Welsh Favourites & Tuba Concertos (Horenstein, Penny, Tilson Thomas et al)
[…] engineer: Bob Auger; Producers: Robert Simpson and Antony Hodgson*Welsh Classical Favourites:01 Grace Williams (1906-1977): Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes [10'34]02 Henry Walford Davies (1869-1941): Solemn Melody [3'43]03 Gareth Walters (1928-): Overture. Primavera [6'43]04 Trevor Roberts (1940-): Pastorale [6'24]05 - 08 Alun Hoddinott (1929-): Folksong Suite [9'40]09 Mervyn Burtch (1929-): Overture. Aladdin [6'57]10 - 12 William Mathias (1934-1992): Serenade [7'08]13 - 16 Gareth Walters (1928-): A Gwent Suite [10'47]17 Ian Parrott (1916-): Fanfare Overture (for a Somerset Festival) [6'21]Royal Ballet Sinfonia conducted by Andrew PennyMarco Polo 8.225048 [recorded January 1997; CD released 1999][digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: St Paul's Church. New Southgate, LondonRecording engineer: Antony Askew; Producer: Philip LaneRalph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) - Film Music:01 49th Parallel - Prelude [2'18]02 - 08 Story of a Flemish Farm. Suite [26'21]09 - 16 Coastal Command. Suite [22'31]17 - 19 Three Portraits from The England of Elizabeth [16'20]RTE Concert Orchestra […]
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Dramatick Opera: Christian Curnyn and the Early Opera Company in Purcell and Dryden's King Arthur at Temple
[…] Hendry).The final act is more of a celebratory masque. Vivid string playing gave us a sense of 'Ye blust'ring brethren of the skies' with fine contributions from Edward Grint and Rowan Pierce, including a symphony that was a lovely sonic tapestry. The subsequent chorus, sung by the three men with just continuo accompaniment had a highly sophisticated effect which contrasted with the rumbustious Comus scene where the instrumentalists joined in with the chorus and the cod-Somerset accents were not too embarrassing. Mhairi Lawson and Rowan Pierce shared the honours in 'Fairest Isle', both bringing warm tone and expressive phrasing to the piece. Rowan Pierce and Edward Grint then duetted, giving us a sophisticated parsing of Purcell's free arioso. Mhairi Lawson made St George rather more stylish and less tub-thumping than usual and all end with a great sense of style and a lovely swing.Christian Curnyn & the Early Opera Company […]
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