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 last updated 03 March 2008
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2008

upcoming concerts:

January 30
La La La Human Steps Amjad,
London Premiere, Sadlers Wells Theatre

January 31st (Symphony Hall, Tallinn) and
February 2 (St Johns Church, Tartu)
Estonian National Male Choir (RAM)
Daniel Nix (solo double bass) conductor Kaspars Putnins

Double Bass Concerto (Farewell to St Petersburg)
Premiere: Ian in the Broch (text George Bruce) Ð choir, strings, solo double bass, solo baritone
Premiere: Memento (text Edwin Morgan)
Premiere: The Summons (text Edwin Morgan)
Silva Caledonia (text Edwin Morgan)
Lauda 31 and Lauda 32

February 28
Turbine Hall, Tate Modern
Gavin Bryars Ensemble

A Man in a Room, Gambling
The North Shore

March 3
RA Forum, Architecture and Music, Royal Academy of Art
Gavin Bryars and David Toop, chaired by Professor Iain Fenlon

March 30
B & M Theocharakis Foundation, Athens

Second String Quartet
Laude
After HandelÕs Vesper

(Workshop and Masterclass March 29)

May 1
University of Bristol
Gavin Bryars gives annual Doubleday Memorial Lecture

May 2
St GeorgeÕs Brandon Hill, Bristol
Gavin Bryars Ensemble and University of Bristol Orchestra, conductor John Pickard

Lauda 4 , Lauda 29, Lauda 27, Lauda 32
LaudaÊ (con sordino)
Four tenor solos from Irish Madrigals
from Tre Laude Dole
Lauda 36 (Premiere)
JesusÕ Blood Never Failed Me Yet

May 14 and 15
Peregrine Arts, Philadelphia
Todd Reynolds Quartet, Gavin Bryars

A Man in a Room, Gambling

June 30
Milan Literary Festival, Italy
Gavin Bryars Ensemble

Lauda 4 , Lauda 29, Lauda 13, Lauda 19 , Lauda 35 (*Premiere)
from Nine Irish Madrigals
Lauda 28

July 12
G¿ta, Faroe Islands
Eiv¿r Palsdottir, soprano; Rœni Brattaberg, bass; Choir, Aldub‡ran Chamber orchestra
Gavin Bryars, conductor

New Work

September 6
University of Leeds

The Idea of North Ð Gavin Bryars speaker

October 10
Copenhagen, Denmark
Copenhagen Symphony Orchestra, conductor Gavin Bryars

JesusÕ Blood Never Failed Me Yet

(3 performances)

October 13 (Nottingham), October 20 (Lowry Hall, Salford), October 22 (Lyons Concert Hall, York University), October 23 (Sage, Gateshead), October 25 and 26 (Leeds)
Opera North Ensemble

Mercy and Grand (Tom Waits Project)
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Gavin's GB Records albums are distributed in the UK (New Notes), Europe (Codaex), North America (Allegro) and Japan (by Wada) - check your local record store

the autographed albums can be purchased online or by mail order direct from
GB Records, Gavin's own label:

many albums can be purchased online from Amazon:

The ECM label also sells its albums on-line. Check links to ECM from the ECM albums in Discography

The material recorded by the Joseph Holbrooke Trio planned for release by the Cortical Foundation, which was blocked by a serious injury to Gary Todd, the foundationÕs head, have been released on John ZornÕs Tzadik label.

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