World premier of new work by Stewart in London in March

[conroy]

http://wildkatpr.com/news/news/2012/12/ ... ogan-hall/

[samburusunset]

Sounds kewl! Go London coven go!

[njperry]

Very exciting. Stewart's piece is a choral work entitled "Jumping the Rhynes."

Here is information from the link Conroy provided:

[quote]The school’s award-winning chamber choir ‘The Millfield Camerata’ will also perform the world-premiere of a newly commissioned work by composer and former drummer of ‘The Police’, Stewart Copeland.

The work, written for choir and percussion ensemble, is inspired by Copeland’s school days at Millfield in the 1960s and contrasts driving, almost minimalist pulsating rhythmic patterns for marimba, vibraphone, timpani and drums combined with stark open chords in the voices. The composer has said of the piece:

“In the 1960s the Millfield riding school was all about polo on the Kingweston ground. But in winter other equestrian diversions were needed. Down on the flat levels, between the tors, were these irrigation ditches, called rhynes. Old Captain Hearn would have us saddle up and clop down Cow Bridge Road to the lowlands, where we would gallop across the muddy fields and tilt at the rhynes. It was terrifying but somehow fortifying to face the cold wet fear and make a very tangible leap into manhood. Maybe it¹s the association with minimalism but tinkling mallets seem perfect for conjuring up a cold wet day. The interlocking ostinato patterns give a feeling of misty stasis and nothing quite says frozen ears like an icy crotale.”

The school’s award-winning chamber choir ‘The Millfield Camerata’ will also perform the world-premiere of a newly commissioned work by composer and former drummer of ‘The Police’, Stewart Copeland.

The work, written for choir and percussion ensemble, is inspired by Copeland’s school days at Millfield in the 1960s and contrasts driving, almost minimalist pulsating rhythmic patterns for marimba, vibraphone, timpani and drums combined with stark open chords in the voices. The composer has said of the piece:

“In the 1960s the Millfield riding school was all about polo on the Kingweston ground. But in winter other equestrian diversions were needed. Down on the flat levels, between the tors, were these irrigation ditches, called rhynes. Old Captain Hearn would have us saddle up and clop down Cow Bridge Road to the lowlands, where we would gallop across the muddy fields and tilt at the rhynes. It was terrifying but somehow fortifying to face the cold wet fear and make a very tangible leap into manhood. Maybe it¹s the association with minimalism but tinkling mallets seem perfect for conjuring up a cold wet day. The interlocking ostinato patterns give a feeling of misty stasis and nothing quite says frozen ears like an icy crotale.”

Tickets to the event start at £15 and the programme for the concert is:

Stewart Copeland World Premiere of ‘Jumping the Rhynes’ (Chorus and Percussion Ensemble) [and other stuff] [/quote]

[Dietmar]

I can imagine myself being there...

[DirtyMartini]

Excellent. Sounds like an interesting piece, not least because "nothing quite says frozen ears like an icy crotale.”

Enjoy, Europeans!

[smax]

[quote="DirtyMartini"]Excellent. Sounds like an interesting piece, not least because "nothing quite says frozen ears like an icy crotale.”
[/quote]

exactly the part that leapt out at me and which i was gonna cut 'n' paste.

[rhoeckel]

So, is Stewart participating in this event or not?

[Dietmar]

I've asked SC and he said he won't be there.

[smudge]

Apologies, I'd planned to be there and report back but didn't make it. It was icier than a deep-frozen crotale in the UK on Saturday (US translation: colder than a Dallas gamelan ensemble).

[njperry]

[quote="smudge"]Apologies, I'd planned to be there and report back but didn't make it. It was icier than a deep-frozen crotale in the UK on Saturday (US translation: colder than a Dallas gamelan ensemble).[/quote]

Sorry to hear that you couldn't make it and had to deal with the winter issues.

I do wonder how it went and if anyone recorded it.

[luna_virgo]

It was icier than a deep-frozen crotale in the UK on Saturday (US translation: colder than a Dallas gamelan ensemble).

[luddite lady]

C'est dommage! You've had your handful with the weather lately. I do hope someone was able to get to the event and report.
Stewart, I'm starting to think that some of the weather gods are not on your side. The Norse ones seem to smile on you favorably, but I think you'll need to make some sort of sacrifice to the gods of unseasonable ice and snow, both the Anglo Saxon one and his Texan cousin.