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MONDAY 26 MAY *pre-echo of In memoria @ BBC Radio 3 / In Tune*
including world premiere of 'Thou wast present as on this day', a motet for three pairs of voices by Antony Pitts, commissioned and performed by The Clerks, director Edward Wickham.
listen to BBC Radio 3: 90-93 FM in the UK, and online at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/radio3.shtml
FRIDAY 30 MAY 7.15pm *In memoria @ National Coal Mining Museum*
SATURDAY 31 May 7.00pm *In memoria @ Crossness Engines Pumping Station*
Award-winning vocal ensemble The Clerks and director Edward Wickham have commissioned composer and producer Antony Pitts to develop a live electro-acoustic concert programme with them based around the repertoire featured in their new album 'In Memoria'. Built around non-traditional, multi-layered performance spaces, including the Victoria Baths in Manchester, Crossness Pumping Station in Bexley, and - most unusually of all - the tunnels of the National Mining Museum near Wakefield, In memoria will evoke a dialogue between our own synthetic age and the deep music of memory represented by the greatest late-mediaeval/early-Renaissance composers. Ockeghem, Dufay, Obrecht, and Josquin each wrote motets to memorialize themselves and their colleagues: Dufay's motet, designed to be sung at his own death-bed, features a turning-point in Western artistic expression as he invokes a minor modality to implore mercy for himself; Josquin, in his turn, uses the harmonic contradictions between the traditional modes to lament the passing of Ockeghem. These loved voices will be presented as part of a living concert ritual as well as through an electronic prism; fragments of anecdote, reflection and reminiscence, drawn from a diverse range of sources, culminate in a new motet by Antony Pitts for three pairs of two voices - 'Thou wast present as on this day' - where the past, present, and eternity itself are celebrated and mourned together.
FRIDAY 30 MAY 7.15pm National Coal Mining Museum, Wakefield
National Coal Mining Museum for England
Caphouse Colliery, New Road, Overton, Wakefield, WF4 4RH
Tel: 01924 848806
Website: www.ncm.org.uk (please go to the website for travel directions)
Tickets: £25 (ticket price includes a tour of the mine) available from 01924 848806 (the time of the tour will be arranged at the time of booking)
The temperature underground is 11C and feels cool; it is advisable to dress warmly!
SATURDAY 31 May 7pm Crossness Engines Pumping Station, London
The Crossness Engines Pumping Station
The Crossness Engines Trust, The Old Works, Crossness S.T.W., Belvedere Road, Abbey Wood, London SE2 9AQ
Tel: 020 8311 3711
Website: www.crossness.org.uk
Tickets: £15 available from 01954 210 810 or Buy Online
The ticket price includes an exclusive opportunity to view the Beam Engine and Boiler Houses from 6.00 pm, and the restored beam engine "Prince Consort" will be steamed before the concert.
TRAVEL: for those using public transport, a bus will be provided from Abbey Wood BR Station (direct links from Charing Cross and Cannon Street); please book your place when you book your tickets online - we will inform you of the departure time by e-mail/phone
Concert duration: one hour; because of the unusual nature of the venues, and the way in which the spaces will be used, only limited seating can be provided. It is recommended that tickets are purchased in advance. Refreshments are available at most venues (please contact us for specific information).
More information on the 'In memoria' tour: http://www.theclerks.co.uk/In_Memoria.html
ADVANCE NOTICE OF ORATORIO PREMIERE:
SUNDAY 8 JUNE 7pm *Antony Pitts: Jerusalem-Yerushalayim*
TONUS PEREGRINUS
Down Cathedral, Northern Ireland
more info: http://www.operafringe.com/download/1/OperaFringeProg08.pdf
vocal score: http://shop.thewelcomestranger.org/index.asp?function=CART&mode=ADD&productid=113
Thank you for listening,
Antony Pitts
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