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STEVIE WISHART | COMPOSER |
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STEVIE WISHART
Black Sky Thinking : Th'infernal Drone: In Praise Of The Hurdy-Gurdy The Quietus, July 2020 Jennifer Lucy Allan asks what's not to like about a singular medieval instrument whose sound most closely resembles a heavy metal drone group "The undoubted master of the hurdy-gurdy in the UK is Stevie Wishart ..." The Quietus |
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STEVIE WISHART
Ensemble Variances Listening then and now Listening then and now will now take place in 2021. Listening then and now is a project initiated by Ensemble Variances in collaboration with Caen Conservatory (France), and the Bristol New Music Festival (UK). Part I takes place in Caen (January 26) with Bristol following in April 2021. Ensemble Variances has commissioned two new works: Stevie Wishart’s Gardez la Distance, and François-Bernard Mâche’s Vigiles. Read Stevie's thoughts about her exciting new work. GARDEZ LA DISTANCE (WORKING TITLE)
FOR FLUTE, CLARINET, AND PIANO "A birdsong can even, for a moment, make the whole world into a sky within us", says Rainer Maria Rilke. Gardez la Distance is for human resonances to share the avian sound-world. Birdsong enriches human musical ideas in their use of their soundscape, and by the structure of how they sing in terms of space, content, and silence – for me, it is a unique creative resource. Gardez la Distance draws on the process of how a bird learns to sing. The names of the movements – Subsong, Plastic Song and Song Crystallisation are names given by ornithologists to the distinct phases of the bird's learning. The piece is driven by the interaction of spontaneity, notation, and silence on the basis of avian performance. Birdsong has given me ideas as a composer, which I find enriching, and which push me in new directions coming from nature, rather than a human source. This feels magical because my ears delve into a world of sound I cannot fathom yet is unutterably musical. Working with birdsong allows me to experience nature in a unique way and so I am overjoyed to be composing for Ensemble Variances, who share my commitment to combining new music with environmental issues. I often get commissioned by excellent music groups who do not specialise in contemporary music. With Variances I now have the chance to work with an eminent ensemble dedicated to music of our time; and an opportunity to work with musicians with whom I have not had the chance to work with before. This promises to open up new musical horizons. Increasingly I have felt the need to compose with more ecological relevance, and so I welcome the chance to be part of Variances’ involvement in environmental issues. Gardez la Distance will give me the chance to further explore these issues as a natural extension of my creativity. (C) 2020, Stevie Wishart |
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Stevie Wishart
BBC Radio 3 New Music Show "Between cities in sound (Eurostar)" written for and performed by the Hermes Ensemble “Stevie Wishart’s Eurostar: A journey in sound between cities (2016), the evening’s most experimental work, explored improvisation using vocalise, with whooshes, whines and a whole variety of modern loco impressions: motion in poetry.” Fiona Maddocks, The Guardian, Classical Music, London 23 May 2020 |
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Stevie Wishart commissioned by the Music@Malling Festival in Kent to write a companion piece to Bach's Brandenburg Concerto Nr.6 for Chamber Domaine under conductor and Festival Director Thomas Kemp.
2020 |
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Stevie Wishart commissioned by Ensemble Variances and Bristol New Music with funds from Diaphonique for Listening Then and Now to write a new piece for ensemble.
The Ensemble Variances programme for the Conservatoire of Caen and Bristol New Music explores the idea that humanity shares the planet with animals, birds, plants and the nature that surrounds us. Gardez la Distance For flute, clarinet and piano. Stevie wishart : Gardez la Distance draws on the process of a bird's learning to sing. I envision this as a means for the performers to learn the language of the composition which will in turn be shared with the listener. The names of the movements (Subsong Plastic Song and Song Crystallisation are those given by ornithologists to the distinct phases of the bird's learning. The piece is driven by the interaction of spontaneity, notation, and silence on the basis of avian performance. 2020-2021 |
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Stevie Wishart
A new work about 'low-tide' in collaboration with poet Alice Oswald for London's Museum of Water. Oct 2020 |
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Residency at the Caen Conservatoire with Ensemble Variances under Thierry Pecou. Jan 2021 |
Previous News & Events
STEVIE WISHART
"The highlight for me was Stevie Wishart’s Lullaby for Freya, with its mesmeric, melismatic lines circling round a striking solo by Isabella Savage. The choir’s clean, focused sound was perfect for this “new-old” music, Wishart conjuring something of today from the materials of many centuries ago. I loved it."
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Choirs of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, Edward Wickham
Kings Place
Dec 2019
"The highlight for me was Stevie Wishart’s Lullaby for Freya, with its mesmeric, melismatic lines circling round a striking solo by Isabella Savage. The choir’s clean, focused sound was perfect for this “new-old” music, Wishart conjuring something of today from the materials of many centuries ago. I loved it."
TheArtsDesk
Choirs of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, Edward Wickham
Kings Place
Dec 2019
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BBC Radio 3 In Tune Stevie joins Sean Rafferty on In Tune ahead of her Proms Premiere with the Dunedin Consort In Tune : 10 Sept Prom : 11 Sept |
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STEVIE WISHART
The Last Dance? a baroque tango World Premiere BBC Radio 3 & Dunedin Consort co-commission for the BBC Proms Stevie has composed a baroque tango inspired by the call of the endangered Hooded Grebe to accompany the Bach Suites performed by John Butt and the Dunedin Consort in their Bach Night on 11 Sept 2019 as part of the BBC Proms celebration of the centenary of Sir Henry Wood. September 11th 2019 Stevie Wishart |
photo credit © Kurt Geeraerts
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World Premiere - Ex Cathedra Commission
'Voicing the Dawn', a new piece for vocal consort or chorus, will be premiered by Ex Cathedra under Jeffrey Skidmore on 6 Jun at Hereford Cathedral and through the summer as part of the choir’s ‘Summer Music by Candlelight’. Composed in collaboration with sound engineer Ruben Nachtegaele. June 6th 2019 PREMIERE - Hereford Cathedral June 14th - St Chad's Church, Shrewsbury June 18th &19th - Birmingham Cathedral July 18th - St John's Church, Buxton Festival Stevie Wishart |
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Sounding Bath ... from Farm to Forest
A series of short walks discovering the sounds and views of the South of Bath, linking up to journey all the way from the City Farm to the Forest of Imagination at the Holburne Museum. On the way take part in a series of special listening moments, making, gathering and sharing sounds, hosted by walking artist Richard White and composer Stevie Wishart. June 23rd 2019 |
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Sounds Ancient Sounds Modern
The Cantata Choir directed by Robin Walker will perform Stevie's 'O Eterne Deus' from her BBC Proms commission 'Out of this World' at St Mary's Church in Platt, as part of an evening of choral works by female composers June 22nd 2019 |
The Sky is Shared by Everyone
combining Stevie Wishart's new piece 'Weft and Warp' with a spoken word performance by poet Tamim al-Barghouti, performed by Stevie (violin, hurdy-gurdy) and Tamim along with Jon Banks (qanun and percussion) and Joanna MacGregor (piano) at Dartington
July 29th 2019
Out of the Mists
Harpsichordist Jane Chapman will perform Stevie's piece 'Out of the Mists', along with pianist Joanna MacGregor, as part of an evening of harpsichord recitals at the Dartington International Summer School
July 28th 2019
Dartington International Summer School
Stevie Wishart leads her new Advanced Composition course at the Dartington International Summer School: Remembering The Future. She will instruct composers and performers who wish to write for or play early instruments, using a broad variety of instruments. The compositions will be performed at the end of the week-long course.
July 27th - August 3rd 2019
PREVIOUS EVENTS
Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis
premiering at the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music at St Pancras Parish Church, London
May 2019
Eurostar: A Journey Between Cities in Sound
performed by The Hermes Experiment at King's Place, London
April 25th 2019
Strahlender Himmel
performed by soprano Sämann Gerlinde and pianist Claude Weber at the launch of a new CD featuring music dedicated to the music of Helen Buchholtz at CAPE, Ettelbruck, Luxembourg
April 5th 2019
Eurostar: A Journey Between Cities in Sound
performed by The Hermes Experiment as part of their 5th Birthday Celebration Concert at Crypt on the Green, Faringdon
January 11th 2019
Choral Evensong
celebrating the Feast of St Cecilia as part of the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music, at St Pancras Church, London
November 25th 2018
Autumn (from The Seasons)
performed by the Ipswich Choral Society’s Bernstein Centenary Celebration for the choir with CT, S & A soloists and obligato piano
October 20th 2018
Drawn on Sound
exhibition of scores combining digital and hand-written notations with graphic designer Kevin Mount, based upon a new vocal piece “Zie je, ik you van je” to mark the 25th anniversary of the galerie c. de vos, Aalst, Belgium
September 9th 2018.
combining Stevie Wishart's new piece 'Weft and Warp' with a spoken word performance by poet Tamim al-Barghouti, performed by Stevie (violin, hurdy-gurdy) and Tamim along with Jon Banks (qanun and percussion) and Joanna MacGregor (piano) at Dartington
July 29th 2019
Out of the Mists
Harpsichordist Jane Chapman will perform Stevie's piece 'Out of the Mists', along with pianist Joanna MacGregor, as part of an evening of harpsichord recitals at the Dartington International Summer School
July 28th 2019
Dartington International Summer School
Stevie Wishart leads her new Advanced Composition course at the Dartington International Summer School: Remembering The Future. She will instruct composers and performers who wish to write for or play early instruments, using a broad variety of instruments. The compositions will be performed at the end of the week-long course.
July 27th - August 3rd 2019
PREVIOUS EVENTS
Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis
premiering at the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music at St Pancras Parish Church, London
May 2019
Eurostar: A Journey Between Cities in Sound
performed by The Hermes Experiment at King's Place, London
April 25th 2019
Strahlender Himmel
performed by soprano Sämann Gerlinde and pianist Claude Weber at the launch of a new CD featuring music dedicated to the music of Helen Buchholtz at CAPE, Ettelbruck, Luxembourg
April 5th 2019
Eurostar: A Journey Between Cities in Sound
performed by The Hermes Experiment as part of their 5th Birthday Celebration Concert at Crypt on the Green, Faringdon
January 11th 2019
Choral Evensong
celebrating the Feast of St Cecilia as part of the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music, at St Pancras Church, London
November 25th 2018
Autumn (from The Seasons)
performed by the Ipswich Choral Society’s Bernstein Centenary Celebration for the choir with CT, S & A soloists and obligato piano
October 20th 2018
Drawn on Sound
exhibition of scores combining digital and hand-written notations with graphic designer Kevin Mount, based upon a new vocal piece “Zie je, ik you van je” to mark the 25th anniversary of the galerie c. de vos, Aalst, Belgium
September 9th 2018.
Dartington Summer School, August 2018
The Caliph and The Poet
Tamim al-Barghouti spoken poetry
Stevie Wishart hurdy gurdy and violin
Joanna MacGregor piano
The famed Palestinian poet and activist performs from his new collection, In Jerusalem and Other Poems. A spoken-word rock star, Tamim’s charisma, brilliance and humour is both revolutionary, illuminating and moving.
August, 2018
Proem, Prelude & Fugue
Joanna MacGregor piano
The Great Hall Dartington, 5.15pm
Sun 19 August, 2018
Hildegard von Bingen: A Swaying Bridge between Heaven & Earth
A creative pilgrimage from manuscript to performance.
Stevie Wishart & Alice Oswald
August, 2018
Composition: Remembering the Future
Stevie Wishart
August, 2018
The Caliph and The Poet
Tamim al-Barghouti spoken poetry
Stevie Wishart hurdy gurdy and violin
Joanna MacGregor piano
The famed Palestinian poet and activist performs from his new collection, In Jerusalem and Other Poems. A spoken-word rock star, Tamim’s charisma, brilliance and humour is both revolutionary, illuminating and moving.
August, 2018
Proem, Prelude & Fugue
Joanna MacGregor piano
The Great Hall Dartington, 5.15pm
Sun 19 August, 2018
Hildegard von Bingen: A Swaying Bridge between Heaven & Earth
A creative pilgrimage from manuscript to performance.
Stevie Wishart & Alice Oswald
August, 2018
Composition: Remembering the Future
Stevie Wishart
August, 2018
Dusk
BBC radio 4 commission for the poet Alice Oswald with soundscapes by Stevie Wishart
June, 2018.
Proem, Prelude & Fugue (2018)
piano solo for Joanna Macgregor, premiered BBC Radio 3 Radio Broadcast, from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
February 2018
Nunc Dimittis (2018)
Commissioned for the chapel choir of Corpus Christi, University of Cambridge
February & March, 2018
Strahlender Himmel
for soprano and piano, commissioned in honour of Helen Buchholtz, by Danielle Roster, Cid Femme
2017 Luxembourg for CD release 2018.
Out of the Mists
a tone poem for harpsichord and piano inspired by the mists of the River Dart. Premiered by Joanna Macgregor - piano, Jane Chapman - harpsichord, Dartington Hall, Devon, UK
FUGUE - A Light's Travelogue
16mm film by Els van Riel film-sountrack using hurdy-gurdy played (bowed) with off-cuts of film.
BBC radio 4 commission for the poet Alice Oswald with soundscapes by Stevie Wishart
June, 2018.
Proem, Prelude & Fugue (2018)
piano solo for Joanna Macgregor, premiered BBC Radio 3 Radio Broadcast, from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
February 2018
Nunc Dimittis (2018)
Commissioned for the chapel choir of Corpus Christi, University of Cambridge
February & March, 2018
Strahlender Himmel
for soprano and piano, commissioned in honour of Helen Buchholtz, by Danielle Roster, Cid Femme
2017 Luxembourg for CD release 2018.
Out of the Mists
a tone poem for harpsichord and piano inspired by the mists of the River Dart. Premiered by Joanna Macgregor - piano, Jane Chapman - harpsichord, Dartington Hall, Devon, UK
FUGUE - A Light's Travelogue
16mm film by Els van Riel film-sountrack using hurdy-gurdy played (bowed) with off-cuts of film.
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STEVIE WISHART
Istampite: Medieval Pieces for Fiddle and Percussion Glossa B072N6WRRC (reissue 2017) Sinfonye, one of the ground-breaking ensembles of Medieval music performance of the 1990 s, under the direction of Stevie Wishart, had a huge hit with this album, previously titled 'Red Iris', in 1996. This 'Istampite' recording, teams two percussionists, Jim Denley and Pedro Estevan, in support her deeply-informed fiddle and hurdy-gurdy renderings of 14th-century Florentine repertoire. |
Between Cities in Sound (Eurostar) (2017)
a tone-poem. Commissioned by the Hermes Experiment for their Metropolis project, premiered for The Park Lane Group, St John’s Smith Square, London
Instrumentation: Soprano, Bb clarinet & bass clarinet, harp, double-bass.
Rough with the Smooth
Concerto for Double Bass in the form of a Concerto Grosso for harp, theorbo, violin, harpsichord and string orchestra.
Premiered in the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. 2015.
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R e c e n t p u b l i c a t i o n s :
Henric Van Veldeke: Ik bid de liefde. Minnedichten
Cd & Book publication with songs, Vrijdag, October 2016, Composed by Stevie Wishart & Gerrit Valkenaers, performed by the composers with Agnes De Graf. 2016
The Sound Of Gesture
a mixed media music-video and research publication including CD, DVD, written musical analysis of the works, and an academic interview with Ludger Brümer on the nature of music and technology. SW001CD-DVD (2010)
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Exploring music’s unique ability to express new ideas on a level which transcends other routes of communication motivates her work as a composer (and improviser).
a tone-poem. Commissioned by the Hermes Experiment for their Metropolis project, premiered for The Park Lane Group, St John’s Smith Square, London
Instrumentation: Soprano, Bb clarinet & bass clarinet, harp, double-bass.
Rough with the Smooth
Concerto for Double Bass in the form of a Concerto Grosso for harp, theorbo, violin, harpsichord and string orchestra.
Premiered in the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. 2015.
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R e c e n t p u b l i c a t i o n s :
Henric Van Veldeke: Ik bid de liefde. Minnedichten
Cd & Book publication with songs, Vrijdag, October 2016, Composed by Stevie Wishart & Gerrit Valkenaers, performed by the composers with Agnes De Graf. 2016
The Sound Of Gesture
a mixed media music-video and research publication including CD, DVD, written musical analysis of the works, and an academic interview with Ludger Brümer on the nature of music and technology. SW001CD-DVD (2010)
— coda —
Exploring music’s unique ability to express new ideas on a level which transcends other routes of communication motivates her work as a composer (and improviser).
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STEVIE WISHART
Women in the Shadows Royal Conservatoire of Scotland | BBC Radio 3 Proem, Prelude & Fugue ( for piano solo) - WORLD PREMIERE Joanna MacGregor, piano March 2018 More HERE |
18 June 2018 - Eglise Royale, Brussels, Brussels
Extroit for large choir
Newly commissioned Extroit to celebrate 200 years of Anglican Worship in Belgium, conducted by Piers Maxim, Musical Director at Malvern Abbey, for Evensong
March 2018 - BBC Radio 3
Proem, Prelude & Fugue ( for piano solo)
Joanna MacGregor, piano
11 Mar 2018 - Cambridge
Magnificat & Nunc dimitis
Concert, Corpus Christi Chapel Choir directed by Robin Walker.
7 Mar 2018 - Cambridge
Magnificat & Nunc dimitis
Choral Evensong (6.45pm), Corpus Christi Chapel Choir directed by Robin Walker.
18 Feb 2018 - Cambridge
Magnificat & Nunc dimitis
Choral Evensong (6pm), Corpus Christi Chapel Choir directed by Robin Walker.
16th Feb 2018 - Glasgow
Proem, Prelude & Fugue ( for piano solo)
premiere of new piano piece: Fridays At One: Joanna MacGregor at Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, also BBC Radio Broadcast
Extroit for large choir
Newly commissioned Extroit to celebrate 200 years of Anglican Worship in Belgium, conducted by Piers Maxim, Musical Director at Malvern Abbey, for Evensong
March 2018 - BBC Radio 3
Proem, Prelude & Fugue ( for piano solo)
Joanna MacGregor, piano
11 Mar 2018 - Cambridge
Magnificat & Nunc dimitis
Concert, Corpus Christi Chapel Choir directed by Robin Walker.
7 Mar 2018 - Cambridge
Magnificat & Nunc dimitis
Choral Evensong (6.45pm), Corpus Christi Chapel Choir directed by Robin Walker.
18 Feb 2018 - Cambridge
Magnificat & Nunc dimitis
Choral Evensong (6pm), Corpus Christi Chapel Choir directed by Robin Walker.
16th Feb 2018 - Glasgow
Proem, Prelude & Fugue ( for piano solo)
premiere of new piano piece: Fridays At One: Joanna MacGregor at Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, also BBC Radio Broadcast
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