TAKE THE RISK, London’s Southbank, 2-4 Oct 2009
See Stevie Wishart in :
- discussion on role of improvisation
- perform 14th century istampite
- lead Sinfonye is a special late night performance of her composition “Transients”
- a late night free improv event – not to be missed
IMAGE LINKS | IMAGE 1 HERE - IMAGE 2 HERE
AUDIO LINKS | RED IRIS HERE | TRANSIENTS HERE
"The fiery improviser and medieval specialist - 'True Grit' " The Wire Magazine, London
"On the medieval super-highway, this is something strange and new … We could be looking at a prototype for the concert of the future (Red Iris)" The Times, London
Take the Risk. Why?
- A discussion with instruments, recordings & film introducing the weekend and looking at the role of improvisation and risk in performance
- 18:45, Purcell Room, Southbank, London, Friday 2nd Oct 2009
- Stevie Wishart .Paula Chateauneuf, Marshall Marcus, Elizabeth Kenny , Pavlo Beznosiuk
Red Iris - Florentine renaissance istampite on Violin and Hurdy Gurdy
- 16:30, Purcell Room, Southbank, London, Saturday 3rd Oct 2009
- With Simon Limbrick, percussion
- Stevie Wishart, composer, improviser and experimenter returns to her medieval roots in Red Iris, a sequence of 14th century Florentine istampite of dazzling virtuosity. The Red Iris was the emblem of musicians working for the urban signoria and the aristocratic democracy who ruled the Florentine city state between the mid 13th century and the Medici takeover. Playing the medieval fiddle and hurdy gurdy, Wishart intertwines these Tuscan istampite of mesmerizing and searching beauty with new improvisations to create a wholly contemporary take on these ancient and scintillating tunes, bringing them once again to life from their manuscript in the British Museum. ( see also Gent above )
TRANSIENTS - 'imposing sonic edifice' (The Wire Magazine)
- 21:45, Front Room, QEH, Southbank, London, Friday 2ndOct 2009
- Mixing arcane technologies such as Stevie Wishart's own hurdy-gurdy with contemporary digital and analogue sound, transient fragments of pre-classical music cross fade, collide and undergo electronic transformations. Dubbed-out and trance dance beats combine with traditional Arabic and medieval chants to create an :
- 'imposing sonic edifice' (The Wire).
- With Line-up: Stevie Wishart: voice, hurdy-gurdy; Kyham Allami: oud ; Rhodri Davies: harp; Vivien Ellis: vocals; Simon Limbrick, percussion; & Jocelyn West: voice
Stevie Wishart and friends : LATE NIGHT IMPROV
- Stevie Wishart and friends continue the weekend with risky late night improvisation
- 21:45, Front Room, QEH, Southbank, London, Saturday 3rd Oct 2009
- Stevie Wishart, founder of the groundbreaking group Sinfonye, has long been acclaimed for her performances and recordings of the music of medieval Europe. Her medieval background, involving extensive research into performance and improvising techniques, has much informed her own compositions, often exploring medieval and contemporary extremes, using ancient technologies such as the hurdy gurdy, as well as electronic and new technologies. This can be heard in her conventional scoring of works for groups such as Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles and also her solo performing and improvising with artists such as Fred Frith and John Tilbury.
- With Line-up to include : Stevie Wishart: voice, hurdy-gurdy; Rhodri Davies: harp ; Paula Chateauneuf, lute/theorbo ; Pavlo Beznosiuk, violin ; Josue Melendez, cornett
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Date : September 2009
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