GB Records News

<body bgcolor="#cccc99" text="#000033" link="#990000" vlink="#330066"> <table cool width="349" height="2134" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" gridx="16" showgridx usegridx gridy="16" showgridy usegridy> <tr height="1" cntrlrow> <td width="1" height="1"></td> <td width="48" height="1"><spacer type="block" width="48" height="1"></td> <td width="300" height="1"><spacer type="block" width="300" height="1"></td> </tr> <tr height="2133"> <td width="1" height="2133"><spacer type="block" width="1" height="2133"></td> <td width="48" height="2133"></td> <td width="300" height="2133" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top" align="left" xpos="48"> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="10" width="300" bgcolor="white"> <tr> <td> <div align="left"> <h2><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2">GB Records News</font></h2> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2">Agreement has been reached with <a href="http://www.newnote.com" target="_blank">New Note</a> Distribution (www.newnote.com) for GB Records. This will enable copies of these albums to be stocked in UK stores, to be available via internet sales such as Amazon and Amazon UK, and to be obtained as imports in other countries. </font></p> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2">It will still be possible to obtain personalised signed copies of the CDs by mail order from GB Records - as has been the case with Biped for the last year or so.</font></p> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2">The following albums will be released in February 2003, with others to follow later in the year.</font></p> <h3><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2">Biped (BCGBCD02)</font></h3> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2">The music for the dance Biped by Merce Cunningham which has been highly acclaimed as one of Merceπs most important collaborative works.</font></p> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2">Performers:<br> James Woodrow (electric guitar);<br> Sophie Harris (cello);<br> Takehisa Kosugi (violin and hand-held percussion); Gavin Bryars (electric keyboard, double bass, director)</font></p> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2">This album is still for sale from GB Records - <a href="Biped_album_order.html" target="_blank">click here to learn how to order your personalised signed copy</a>.</font></p> <h3><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2">Lockerbie Memorial Concert (BCGBCD03)</font></h3> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2">This concert given on December 21st 1998, the tenth anniversary of the Lockerbie disaster, was devised by Gavin Bryars, John Potter (Hilliard) and Richard Campbell (Fretwork). It contains a number of works written by Gavin Bryars for both the Hilliard Ensemble and Fretwork along with pieces of early music. The programme ends with Cadman Requiem, written in memory of Bill Cadman, Bryarsπ sound engineer and friend who was killed at Lockerbie. At the same time early in 1989 as Bryars was writing the Requiem, he was also writing Incipit Vita Nova which celebrates the birth of the first child (≥Vita≤) of other friends. This piece has often been performed alongside the Requiem as a companion piece, and special arrangements of these works with viol consort were given their first public performances here. The other first performance was of three madrigals, from the First Book of Madrigals, which the Cadman family commissioned from Gavin Bryars and his librettist Blake Morrison.</font></p> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2">Programme:<br> </font></p> <ul> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2">Busnois: In Hydraulis (Hilliard);<br> Bryars: Incipit Vita Nova (David James, Fretwork);<br> Purcell: 6-part In Nomine;<br> Bryars: In Nomine (after Purcell) (Fretwork); Nicholas Gombert: Salve Regina<br> Diversi diversa orant (Hilliard Ensemble); Bryars: from First Book of Madrigals (Hilliard Ensemble);<br> John Jenkins: 6-part Pavane in F (Fretwork); Bryars: Cadman Requiem (Hilliard Ensemble/ Fretwork).</font></p> </ul> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2">This was the first time that the Hilliard Ensemble and Fretwork had performed together live.</font></p> <h3><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2">A Man in a Room, Gambling (BCGBCD04)</font></h3> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2"><b>All ten </b>of the pieces which Gavin and the Spanish sculptor, the late Juan Muñoz made together as a project for Artangel in 1992. </font></p> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2">The ten texts deal with various aspects of card manipulation and are read by Juan, accompanied by string quartet, the Balanescu Quartet. <i>Point</i> released 5 of these pieces, in orchestrations made by Gavin for his ensemble, but were too nervous, or timid, to release all ten....<br> <br> Performers: Juan Muñoz, spoken voice; Balanescu Quartet; with the occasional spoken voice of Dr. Yukio Fujishima.</font></p> <h2><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2">Future plans on GB Records include:</font></h2> <h2><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2">CDs:</font></h2> <h3><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2">Invention of Tradition (BCGBCD01)</font></h3> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2">The first collaboration between Bill Cadman and Gavin Bryars for the opening of the Tate Gallery, Liverpool in May 1988, recorded live in the Albert Dock Liverpool and featuring the organs of both Liverpool Cathedrals (Anglican and Catholic), brass, percussion, voices and woodwind</font></p> <h3><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2">I send you this Cadmium Red </font></h3> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2">A radio work with John Berger and John Christie, and featuring members of the Gavin Bryars Ensemble (Roger Heaton, James Woodrow, Bill Hawkes, Gavin Bryars)</font></p> <h3><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2">The Island Chapel </font></h3> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2">The original live recording for a project at the Tate Gallery St Ives, made in the tiny chapel on the cliffs overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Performers Melanie Pappenheim, voice; Sophie Harris, cello; Gavin Bryars, electric keyboard.</font></p> <h3><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2">Gavin Bryars Ensemble live I</font></h3> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2">Live recordings of repertoire which, in many cases, has been substantially revised from existing versions.</font></p> <h3><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2">Writings on Water</font></h3> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2">A live recording of the last performance at the Theatre de la Ville, Paris. This contains the following works≤</font></p> <ul> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2">1. Introit - strings and piano<br> 2. Lauda 1 - unaccompanied voice (Anna Maria Friman)<br> 3. The North Shore - for solo viola, strings and piano<br> 4. In Nomine (after Purcell) - for strings<br> 5. Violin Concerto (≥the Bulls of Bashan≤) - for solo violin and strings.</font></p> </ul> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2">Introit was written specially for the Paris performances and accompanied a video by Peter Knapp. </font></p> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2">The Lauda was written specially for this work and is sung in a recorded verison by Anna Maria Friman. In </font></p> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2">Nomine (after Purcell) was arranged for modern strings from the original viol consort piece specially for this project. </font></p> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2">With the violin concerto there is one player per part and this gives an unusual chamber music quality to the piece. </font></p> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2">Gavin Bryars directs Introit and The North Shore from the piano, and conducts the other works.</font></p> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2">These works were performed by an ensemble of 11 strings (5 violins, 2 violas, 2 celli, 2 basses) plus piano.<br> Andrea Vigano, solo violin<br> Valerio Sannicandro, solo viola<br> Gavin Bryars, piano and conductor</font></p> <h2><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2">VIDEOs:</font></h2> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2">The following films will be available on VHS (PAL only) and DVD in February 2003:</font></p> <h3><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2">Writings On Water</font></h3> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2">a documentary of a live performance of Carolyn Carlson's dance with live music performed by Gavin Bryars and 11 Italian musicians in Venice, March 2002.</font></p> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2">dur. 50 minutes</font></p> <h3><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2">to pre-order write to: <a href="mailto:records@gavinbryars.com">GBrecords</a> </font></h3> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </body>