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We went to the most amazing concert last night, the fifth in Thomas Bertolotti's super series of chamber concerts - Intimate Classics in the City - at St Mary's Church, Lowgate, Hull for Hull2017. Tom invited Dexter to play a piece at the concert as a young local musician - and what a concert it … Continue reading Intimate Classics #5
Thanks to everyone who came to the Star Wars day edition of Loudhailer Acoustic. We thoroughly enjoyed a lovely night of most eclectic acoustic music, percussion and poetry. Rich and I opened the show with a couple of acoustic numbers destined for the next Loudhailer Electric Company album before introducing North Wood Drift. Cathy & Dez Allenby … Continue reading Loudhailer Acoustic May 2017
Playing the Bridge is an inventive collaboration which transforms Hull’s Scale Lane Bridge into an interactive musical instrument as part of Hull 2017 City of Culture. It’s the idea of bridge architect Jonathan McDowell who recognised that like the Gamelan, the bridge can be played by striking the metal work to make tuned sounds. The culmination … Continue reading Scale Lane Sound and Light
What a good day it was yesterday ‘Playing the Bridge’ for a cool collaboration which transforms Scale Lane Bridge into an interactive musical instrument as part of Hull 2017 City of Culture. Playing the Bridge is an artistic commission and performance devised by bridge architect Jonathan McDowell and composer Nye Parry who are both Gamelan players … Continue reading Playing the Bridge