CMV 2011
We commissioned 19 pieces for four concerts held between February and June 2011. Watch the performances and read the programmes below.
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CMV 1 - The Solo Instrument (Snare Drum and Trombone)
Main Auditorium, Victoria Rooms, 01.02.11, 8pm Admission Free |
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The first concert saw Jonathan Godsall (snare drum) and Stephen Rockey (trombone) perform an eclectic mix of pieces celebrating solo performance of the snare drum and the trombone. We commissioned six new works for this concert, three for snare drum, three for trombone – a packed, varied and exciting programme.
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Works performed:
Kím – Áskell Masson Fantasy for Trombone – Malcolm Arnold Solo for Sliding Trombone – John Cage Snarle – Laura Bell (Premiere) Snareata: Timmy Mallet Paints Box Bush - Arthur Keegan-Bole (Premiere) Obsidian (Two Parts) – Kostas Tsioulakis (Premiere) Bovine Tremolo – Daniel Wheltman (Premiere) What Hope? – Eduardo VC (Premiere) Extrusions – Vyvyan Hope-Scott (Premiere) Elegy for Mippy II – Leonard Bernstein A Minute of News – Eugene Novotney Performers:
Jonathan Godsall (Snare Drum) Stephen Rockey (Trombone) |
Listen to the concert 1 here:
Victoria Rooms, Bristol, 01.02.11
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CMV 2 – Organ & Trumpet
Main Auditorium, Victoria Rooms 16.03.11 8pm (admission FREE) |
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David Bednall (organ) and Robert Miller (trumpet) performed highly virtuosic music for solo performance as well as the luscious pairing of trumpet and organ. The programme included four brand new works by student composers, for solo trumpet, solo organ and the duo. Magnificently performed, this concert had the added honour of being the inaugural concert of the Bristol University Music Department’s organ, designed and generously donated by Graham Blythe.
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Works performed:
Sonata for Trumpet & Organ – Naji Hakim Monologue I – Thomas Pelham (Premiere) Lost, Continued – Vyvyan Hope-Scott (Premiere) Miniature for Organ – Joshua Bishop (Premiere) Son of the Shofar – Emily Simons (Premiere) Tesserae – John Pickard Performers:
Robert Miller (trumpet) David Bednall (organ) |
Listen to Concert 2 here:
Victoria Rooms, Bristol, 16.03.11
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CMV 3 – Medieval Meets Modern
St. Paul's Church, St. Pauls Rd. 18.05.11 8pm (admission FREE) |
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For this concert, five student composers wrote responses to pieces of 12th-century Aquitanian polyphony. Each piece of medieval polyphony was immediately followed by the contemporary piece responding to it. Four of the pieces commissioned are for choir and soloist, two for soprano, two for alto. The other is for choir only.
Dr. Emma Hornby’s performance group Schola Cantorum specialise in medieval music and helped the composers through many of the difficulties of old notation and the nuances of medieval performance practice. In return, the composers really stretched the choir, asking for a style of performance and techniques which a specialist medieval music choir are not in the least used to!
Dr. Emma Hornby’s performance group Schola Cantorum specialise in medieval music and helped the composers through many of the difficulties of old notation and the nuances of medieval performance practice. In return, the composers really stretched the choir, asking for a style of performance and techniques which a specialist medieval music choir are not in the least used to!
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Works performed:
Stirps Jesse - chant Fides Et Credere – Benedict Todd (Premiere) Congaudeunt Catholici - chant This Day – David Greenhorne (Premiere) O Adutor - chant Call of the Wild – Joshua Bishop (Premiere) Noster Cetus - chant Piece for Small Female Choir and Soprano (Noster Cetus) – Arthur Keegan-Bole (Premiere) Stirps Jesse - chant Stirps Jesse – David Ridley (Premiere) Schola Cantorum (Dir. Emma Hornby)
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Listen to concert 3 here:
St. Paul's Church Clifton, 18.05.11
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CMV 4 – Theatrical & Conceptual Music
Theatre Bar & 'G12', Victoria Rooms, Bristol, 01/06/11 7pm (admission FREE) |
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The fourth and final concert in the series included an ecclectic mix of music with a theatrical or conceptual edge (or both). The HHC art and performance collective performed ‘Fluxus Movement’ inspired text/event scores by famous, founding figures such as George Brecht alongside some written by student composers. Other commissions for the concert include an acousmatic piece extending Brecht’s iconic text score Dripping and an impromptu Teddy Bear’s Picnic complete with picnic utensil percussion.
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Works performed:
I am Sitting in a Room – Alvin Lucier Black Intention – Maki Ishii Dripping- George Brecht Bigger Splashes – Vyvyan Hope-Scott (premiere) Three Telephone Events – George Brecht A Piece for Three Radios – Benedict Todd (premiere) Of – Blasio Kavuma (premiere) Distance for Piano (to David Tudor) – Takeshi Kosugi The Mid-Movement Chorus Perform Mahler 6 – Louie Lister (Premiere) Apples – Ben Vautier Ludo, Ludamus – Arthur Keegan-Bole (premiere) Teddy Bear’s Picnic – Laura Bell (premiere) Indeterminacy – John Cage
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Listen to concert 4 here:
Victoria Rooms, Bristol, 01.06.11
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