PERFORMANCE OF 'VISIONS' WITH 'A CHILD OF OUR TIME'
RIchard's piece 'Visions in Confinement' will be performed alongside Tippett's 'A Child of Our Time'
performed by the choirs and orchestra from St Mary Redcliffe School.
Saturday April 26th 7.30pm, St Alban's Church (Coldharbour Road, Westbury Park, Bristol)
The evening will feature a talk by Richard and composer Phil Dixon who has a new commission performed in the concert.
Please come along!
ELEKTROSTATIC SERIES AT COLSTON HALL BAR
Richard is helping to devise and organise ELEKTROSTATIC -
a series of new music concerts with Roger Huckle, the Emerald Ensemble and guests in May.
Two concerts will feature his own work:
WEDS MAY 14th 8pm
OFFLOAD featuring The Emerald Ensemble
See http://www.colstonhall.org/boxoffice/whatson/Event695
Featuring Richard's reinterpretation of a Purcell vocal piece for Wind Quintet using route maps to create the music.
WEDS MAY 21st 8pm
JUICE with the Emerald Ensemble
See http://www.colstonhall.org/boxoffice/whatson/Event696
Featuring Richard's Birdsong Brings Relief (already performed in Cardiff and Liverpool) for vocals and electronics.
Other ELEKTROSTATIC concerts in the series are on May 1st and May 7th
See http://www.colstonhall.org/boxoffice/whatson
LECTURE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL
Richard delivered a Post-graduate Seminar at the University of Bristol based on the research for his piece OTTO entitled:
Seeking Otto: Uncovering the life of a professional musician in Edwardian Bath
through musicological research and original composition.
Go to Compositions - Mixed Media for details on the piece.
PERFORMANCE - ILLUMINATIONS FOR STRING QUARTET AND ELECTRONICS 16.1.08 VICTORIA ROOMS
Members of the Emerald Ensemble will perform Richard's 'Illuminations' as part of Bristol University's lunchtime concert series.
Weds 16th Jan 2008, 1.15pm. Victoria Rooms, Queens Road, Bristol.
Go to the COMPOSITIONS - MIXED MEDIA section for details of the piece...
BBC SINGERS PROJECT
Richard has set up a project with the BBC Singers at St Mary Redcliffe School in Bristol, culminating in a performance of a new Oratorio inspired by Tippett's 'A Child of Our Time'. The Oratorio will be created by the students in collaboration with Richard and writer Peter Spafford. It will be performed at the end of June by the students performing alongside the BBC Singers.
BIRDSONG BRINGS RELIEF - FIRST PERFORMANCE
PREMIERE of Richard's new piece 'Birdsong Brings Relief' for vocal trio and electronics.
27th November 7.30pm Cardiff University Concert Hall
(Pre-concert talk: 6.30 featuring the composer and performers).
Setting a poem by Rumi, the piece is composed using samples of blackbird song slowed down and transcribed for female voices. The piece gradually transforms the human vocal melodies higher and higher until they reach the original pitch and speed of the blackbird's song, becoming a complex and emotive duet between human and avian.
More details: www.juicevocalensemble.net/gigs
NEW ITV SHORT FILM SCORE
Richard has composed an original score to Matt Savage's short film The Bone Orchard. The film is part of ITV Wales' 'It's My Shout' project http://www.itsmyshout.com The score uses the vocal talents of the marvellous Juice, a female vocal trio from London. It's due to be televised in November 2007.
OTTO UK TOUR
Richard, actor Deka Walmsley and The Onyx Trio (led by Helen Leek on Piano) are planning to tour 'Water Music - The Golden Age of the English Spa' at various spa towns across the country. It will be an event featuring a live performance of 'Otto'. It will also include concert pieces popular in the Edwardian Spa with narration specially written by Peter Spafford. More details to follow.
