Spire
Friday 19 May 2006 22:15-23:30 (Radio 3)
In the second of Mixing its two programmes from FuseLeeds06, Mark Russell and Robert Sandall introduce highlights from Spire, an event which brings together the worlds of classical and electronic music in a sonic exploration of the organ as an instrument. Recorded at Leeds Town Hall
Duration:
1 hour 15 minutes
Playlist
MIXING IT
Presented by Robert Sandall and Mark Russell
Produced by Felix Carey
Factsheet compiled by Sam Hickling
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Friday 19 May 2006, 10:15pm
Recorded Friday 12 May 2006 at Leeds Town Hall
JS Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ (BWV.565) in D minor arr. Leif Inge (1.52)
More details below
Interview: Mike Harding (3.21)
Mike Harding is the curator of the Spire project. He is also the founder of the Touch label. The idea for Spire came about on a Touch tour when the musicians were talking about what was their favourite instrument. The original Spire performance took place in Geneva Cathedral Saint Pierre, and is available on a Touch album called Spire (Touch Tone 21)
http://www.touchmusic.org.uk/
Henryk Górecki (b.1933): Kantata for Organ, Op. 26 (1968) (13.32)
'Heavy metal for the organ', performed by Marcus Davidson.
http://www.chesternovello.com/
Interview: BJ Nilsen (0.46)
Touch recording artist BJ Nilsen has also recorded under the name Hazard.
http://www.bjnilsen.com/
BJ Nilsen: Improvisation for Chamber Organ and Electronics (10.03)
This piece was performed in the shadow of Leeds Town Hall's organ on a smaller chamber organ, which was put through BJ Nilsen's electronics set-up.
Interview: Charles Matthews (1.24)
Charles Matthews teaches organ improvisation at the Birmingham Conservatoire and is organist of St Catharine's Church, Chipping Camden.
http://www.guildmusic.com/artists/matthewc.htm
Giacinto Scelsi (1905-1982): In nomine lucis for Organ (1974) (11.27)
Performed by Charles Matthews
Interview: Leif Inge (1.31)
JS Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ (BWV.565) in D minor arr. Leif Inge (4.10)
This sound-installation took place in the Court Room of Leeds Town Hall. It's a 200 minute time-stretched version of JS Bach's famous Toccata and Fugue in D minor. Leif Inge is a Norwegian sound artist who has previously treated Beethoven's 9th Symphony to this time-stretching method, which he calls 'granulation'.
http://www.expandedfield.net/
http://www.michelsendesign.com/
Interview: Marcus Davidson (0.45)
Marcus Davidson is a composer, organist and musical director, organist at Trinity Congregational Church, Brixton, London, and pianist at Central School of Ballet, Laban and London School of Contemporary Dance.
Touch Ensemble: Organoise (9.45)
Marcus Davidson, Charles Matthews (organ); Christian Fennesz, BJ Nilsen (chamber organ/processing); Robert Millner (tenor voice); Mike Harding (conductor)
This track was performed by the entire ensemble to conclude the first half of the concert.
Interview: Christian Fennesz (3.04)
Christian Fennesz is an Austrian guitarist who works with his instrument and the laptop to create electronic soundscapes.
http://www.fennesz.com/
Fennesz: Improvisation (9.18)
For this performance, Fennesz was improvising on top of a half-prepared set with organ sounds sampled from various churches or created in the studio. The loop player he refers to is called Lloopp.
http://lloopp.klingt.org/
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