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FRIDAY 7 NOVEMBER 8pm *In memoria*
Sellafield Visitors' Centre, nr Whitehaven (01946 692178)
SUNDAY 9 NOVEMBER (REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY) 7.30pm *In memoria*
The War Memorial Building, Harrow School, Harrow on the Hill
(tickets limited: apply to info@theclerks.co.uk, 020 8872 8231)
The Clerks under Edward Wickham perform _In memoria_ live
http://www.theclerks.co.uk/mp3/InMemoriaOPENING.mp3
FRIDAY 14 NOVEMBER 8pm *Missa Unitatis, lower choir version*
Cappella Pratensis @ Jheronimus Bosch Art Centre, 's-Hertogenbosch, NL
SUNDAY 16 NOVEMBER morning *Missa Unitatis, upper choir version (extracts)*
Schola Cantorum @ Sint-Janskathedraal, 's-Hertogenbosch, NL
"The _Missa Unitatis_ is the first new mass setting to have been commissioned by the Illustre Lieve Vrouwe Broederschap (founded in 's-Hertogenbosch in 1318) in almost 500 years, and as such resonates strongly with the sound, aesthetic, and intention of its noble forebears. In the Zwanenbroedershuis in 's-Hertogenbosch there are nine large choirbooks commissioned by the Brotherhood in the 16th century: these books are perhaps the most important sacred musical heritage of the Low Countries.
The two choirs premiering the new work - the professional male-voice ensemble Cappella Pratensis directed by Stratton Bull, and the Schola Cantorum of Sint-Janskathedraal, 's-Hertogenbosch under Jeroen Felix - are different in size (8 voices, c.50 voices), in range (one a 4th higher than the other), and in function. Inspired by the Brotherhood's uniquely balanced membership - precisely as many Protestants as Roman Catholics (thus acknowledging the Church's need for unity while simultaneously exposing the present lack of it) - this 'Mass of Unity' is designed to be performed by two choirs separately and/or together. Somewhat in the tradition of Ockeghem's _Missa Prolationum_ and _Missa Cuiusvis toni_, the conceit is that there exists an invisible source - an original score - of which the two versions are radically different editions, thus playing with the tension between intention and interpretation, original and modern notation. The musical magic is that these two versions can also be sung together. The familiar Mediaeval/Renaissance proportion of 4:3 is invoked in many different ways, while the melodic cell of E, F, G, Bb, F, C permeates the music from start to finish. The composer's first full-scale Mass setting - the _Missa Exspectationis_, a parody-technique mass based on Henry Purcell's _Hear my prayer_ - was broadcast on Netherlands Radio in 1997."
more info plus picture: http://www.detijdreiziger.nl/news.php?id=32
press information in Dutch and English: http://cd.tp/press/
(look out for the black swan...)
Dutch TV news: http://www.rtv10.nl/UitzendingGemist.asp?Titel=brabant10%20nieuws%20Editie%20Noord%20Oost%20Brabant
(31 October edition)
Dutch radio interview: http://www.omroepbrabant.nl/?news/107912752/Nieuwe+mis+Onze+Lieve+Vrouwe+Broederschap+.aspx (click audio fragment)
sample pages from the scores for two separate choirs and combined version:
http://tonusperegrinus.co.uk/scores/cappellapratensis/MissaUnitatisIIp1.pdf
http://tonusperegrinus.co.uk/scores/cappellapratensis/MissaUnitatisIp6.pdf
http://tonusperegrinus.co.uk/scores/cappellapratensis/MissaUnitatisIIp6.pdf
http://tonusperegrinus.co.uk/scores/cappellapratensis/MissaUnitatisp14.pdf
http://tonusperegrinus.co.uk/scores/cappellapratensis/MissaUnitatisIp16.pdf
http://tonusperegrinus.co.uk/scores/cappellapratensis/MissaUnitatisIIp16.pdf
http://tonusperegrinus.co.uk/scores/cappellapratensis/MissaUnitatisp46.pdf
http://tonusperegrinus.co.uk/scores/cappellapratensis/MissaUnitatisIp31.pdf
THURSDAY 20 NOVEMBER *Mapping the DNA of Musical History*
keynote speech @ XML Holland 2008, Planetarium Amsterdam Zuidoost
Kal Ahmed and Antony Pitts present the RAMline: a unique topic map-based multi-dimensional index of music and musicians linked to online and offline resources which can be used to display a timeline of musical history and the life-cycle of any piece of music, from any genre or period, and to chart the musical profiles of individuals and organizations.
The RAMline prototype is in use at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
http://www.xmlholland2008.nl/programma/DNA+Musical+History.aspx
http://www.xmlholland2008.nl/programma/Programma.aspx
FAST FORWARDS - not 4 2 long (meltdown mix - remastered 2008) $
Money is the focus of the second movement from _Fast Forwards - a new world symphony_ (recorded in London and New York in the weeks following 9/11, broadcast on Unknown Public Radio, and distributed with the London Review of Books). Media Workers Against The War said: "Fast Forwards is a very original piece of work that draws together the important issues that affect us today..." Particularly after the events of the last few weeks.
Listen for free at:
http://cd.tp/911/FastForwardsN42Lmeltdown.mp3
http://cd.tp/911/FastForwardsN42Lmeltdown.m4a
http://cd.tp/911/FFIIlist.htm (2001 mix details - mostly historical links)
http://cd.tp/911/CDTP911image.jpg
The original album is available (practically free) from:
http://shop.thewelcomestranger.org/fast-forwards--a-new-world-symphony-69-p.asp
UNOFFICIAL FACEBOOK GROUP FOR TONUS PEREGRINUS
Nic Frost has just set up a Facebook group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=38595718155
Be one of the first to join...
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SATURDAY 1 NOVEMBER 8pm *Airs & Fantasias*
(doors open, with refreshments, from 7:30pm)
Steven Kings (piano) plays John Pitts's 7 Airs & Fantasias
"Intensely pleasant music" International Record Review
Bristol Music Club, 76 St Paul's Road, Clifton, Bristol
Tickets £6 (available on the door, or from 0117 904 8902)
http://www.johnpitts.co.uk
*************STOP PRESS*************
AND FINALLY:
another poignant and topical echo from the past:
<<Thompson noted that one of the BBC's radio producers, Antony Pitts, resigned over our decision to show Springer. "Before he did so, he said to me sadly: 'this is such an opportunity, such a wasted opportunity, to turn back the tide'.">>
[http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k5/mar/mar87.htm]
And thank you very much, as always, for listening,
Antony Pitts
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