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STEVIE WISHART : PRESS RELEASE
18 September 2009
STEVIE WISHART
Composer / Director / Performer-Improviser
( violin / hurdy-gurdy / vocals )
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
- Logan Arts Management is delighted to announce a series of Concerts & Events by the Composer / Performer Stevie Wishart themed around Improvisation and Early Italian Instrumental Music.
- Stevie will explore the extraordinary musical form and mesmerising melodies of the 14th century Florentine Istampite and then joined by her ensemble Sinfonye, will give the UK premiere of her composition Transients.
- There will be 3 concerts in Belgium & 3 in London
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- The Festival of Flanders Gent, Festival MADE, 26 Sept 2009
- Private Preview, Tervuren (nr Brussels) 25 Sept 2009
- TAKE THE RISK, London’s Southbank, 2-4 Oct 2009 :
- Take the Risk. Why? & Transients 02 Oct | Red Iris & Stevie Wishart and friends 03 Oct
The Festival of Flanders Gent, Festival MADE, 26 Sept 2009 :
- Red Iris - Florentine renaissance istampite on Violin and Hurdy Gurdy
- 15:30, 17:30 & 20:00, The Court House, Gent, Saturday 26th Sept 2009
- With Simon Limbrick, percussion
- Stevie Wishart embarks on an exploration of early and contemporary music. During Festival Made®!, she takes us back to 14th Century Italy, a time of musical innovation in Florence and Tuscany where the influence of the troubadours, who came to Italy fleeing the Albigensian Crusade, gave way to new forms of vocal and instrumental music. This was a time of change : as the late Medieval social and economic crisis kindled a transition to capitalist forms of production, there was a frequent interchange of musicians and influences of which this manuscript is a fine example. ( see also Take the Risk below )
Private Preview, Tervuren (nr Brussels) 25 Sept 2009
- Red Iris - Florentine renaissance istampite
- 20:00, Tervuren, nr Brussels (15km), Friday 25th Sept 2009
- catch a private performance of Red Iris and meet Stevie
- RSVP only : press@loganartsmanagement.com
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
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. The Istampite, extended pieces of dance music in much the same way as Bach's suites took their formal cue from dance genres, belong to this same period. 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
FURTHER INFORMATION :
Stevie Wishart
Festival of Flanders, Gent
London Southbank
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THANK YOU
Date : September 2009
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