tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35875222024-02-28T04:59:59.332+00:00NewFrontEarsA resource for artful and demanding music in many genres, especially contemporary and C20th classical, experimental, jazz, Baroque, improv, the outer fringes of rock, prog, electronica, global... and a little Early Music too. Includes original reviews, listening posts, links and updates catalogued by a writer who is eclectically absorbed by creative sounds. Material here is (c) Simon Barrow 2002-2019, unless otherwise indicated.Simon Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05366440538616508935noreply@blogger.comBlogger582125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587522.post-19547010450459202432016-08-30T18:14:00.002+00:002016-08-30T18:19:23.105+00:00STIRLING EFFORTS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-US">Very best wishes to the <b>Stirling Orchestra</b>
as they compete in on <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-37196358">All Together Now</a>, which is being broadcast on BBC4 at 9pm
this evening.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The competition to find Britain's best
amateur orchestra is also testimony to the extraordinary efforts and
commitments of amateur musicians across these islands, and to the continued
local cultivation of vital traditions of orchestral music making.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Formed in 1983 by a small group of amateur
musicians, Stirling Orchestra now numbers 65 to 70 players. The membership is
drawn largely from the Stirling area, although several come from much further
afield, and embraces a wide range of backgrounds: professionals, students from
Stirling University, retirees and the unemployed. Stirling Orchestra performs
two or three concerts a year in Stirling’s Albert Halls and presents eclectic
repertoire ranging from the ‘classics’ to 20th century, film scores and more.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Recent performances include a musical
expedition to the South Pole, in which images from Scott’s ill-fated expedition
provided the backdrop for Vaughan Williams’s 'Sinfonia Antartica', and a double
matinee for families in which young children danced round the orchestra, while
their older siblings filmed the performance and tried their hand at playing the
instruments. Stephen Broad has been the orchestra’s conductor for the past 12
years. He is married to Joëlle Broad, who is leader of the orchestra.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Simon Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05366440538616508935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587522.post-27800182401292516952016-08-22T07:14:00.000+00:002016-08-26T20:37:43.020+00:00TUNNEL SOUND AND VISION<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Turning the most <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/aug/22/what-a-way-to-do-a-concert-experimental-music-festival-takes-over-darwin-military-tunnel">unlikely venue</a> into an instrument itself, leading to a new experience of aural sculpture.<br />
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"The incorporation of traditional instruments and songs from wildly different cultures, held in a historical military site, was spooky at times. Artistic director Ann Norman played the shakuhachi, Mizrahi the violin and viola, Gruner the violin and mandolin.<br />
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"The sound of Sarah Hopkins’ harmonic whirlies – plastic tubes spun around by hand to catch the air – was reminiscent of a Peter Weir soundtrack. West Papuan musicians and activists Henk and Amanda Rumbewas brought their traditional music and protest songs, playing guitar and a goanna skin drum. Henk Rumbewas’ voice boomed through the space, ringing in the audiences’ ears. Yolngu songman Jason Gurruwiwi sang from his homelands on Elcho Island in a deep, clear voice."<br />
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Listen to <a href="https://soundcloud.com/hel-davidson">Tunnel Number Five</a> (Hel Davidson) on Soundcloud. Simon Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05366440538616508935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587522.post-18238492041810720112015-02-11T01:16:00.000+00:002016-08-22T07:19:20.205+00:00IRRIGATION FOR THE EARS"Miles Davis' <i>Pangea</i> followed by Arve Henriksen's <i>Chiaroscuro</i>. Irrigation for the ears after clogging them up with tradeshow nonsense," writes creative musician <a href="http://www.stevelawson.net/this-is-steve/">Steve Lawson</a>.<br />
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I like that concept… very much.Simon Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05366440538616508935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587522.post-38352875068287878182014-01-05T03:10:00.002+00:002016-08-26T20:36:42.035+00:00TWELVE MORE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS 12: PERSONENT HODIE (TRAD arr. HOLST)Ending this selection with something truly seasonal and glorious… <br />
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<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ejJjPE_DPYA?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Simon Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05366440538616508935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587522.post-51440231382566884222014-01-04T03:03:00.000+00:002014-01-05T03:04:12.243+00:00TWELVE MORE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS 11: ORGAN CONCERTO OP. 7, NO. 3 (HANDEL)The wonderful, late Karl Richter. This was the first piece of music I truly fell in love with as a child…
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/UhqnPwuRaro?rel=0" width="420"></iframe>Simon Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05366440538616508935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587522.post-78955997639995949252014-01-03T00:01:00.000+00:002014-01-03T00:01:00.037+00:00TWELVE MORE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS 10: JUNIPER SUITE (GRYPHON)<iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/QuNy-Mi1-zE?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Simon Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05366440538616508935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587522.post-28459752450906875402014-01-02T20:12:00.002+00:002014-01-02T20:13:06.921+00:00A MUSICAL RESOLUTION, OF SORTS...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Simon Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05366440538616508935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587522.post-80931003041183667732014-01-02T00:00:00.001+00:002014-01-02T00:02:05.686+00:00TWELVE MORE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS 9: HORSES OF INSTRUCTION (STEVE MARTLAND)Another very fine, distinctive musical voice we lost in 2013... composer Steve Martland.
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<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/sX2HH8xiXY4?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Simon Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05366440538616508935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587522.post-27955363118815580012014-01-01T00:03:00.000+00:002014-01-02T00:02:44.890+00:00NEW YEAR'S GREETINGSMay 2014 strike a rich chord with one and all reading this…
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---Simon Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05366440538616508935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587522.post-39556819475990213272014-01-01T00:01:00.000+00:002014-01-01T00:01:00.053+00:00TWELVE MORE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS 8: LAST ECLIPSE (PETER BANKS)Sadly gone from us in 2013, but his music lives on…<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/VZ7ROgUvL9M?rel=0" width="420"></iframe>Simon Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05366440538616508935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587522.post-64351608397233449112013-12-31T00:01:00.000+00:002013-12-31T00:01:00.192+00:00TWELVE MORE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS 7: CIRCULATION (GUITAR CIRCLE OF EUROPE)<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/IRIxG5E_v5s?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Simon Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05366440538616508935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587522.post-71149978040134593732013-12-30T09:32:00.000+00:002013-12-30T09:32:13.177+00:00TWELVE MORE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS 6: SUITE FROM THE OPERA 'NEW YEAR' (MICHAEL TIPPETT)<iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/2OR8RTEivEU?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Simon Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05366440538616508935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587522.post-11816351203121844572013-12-30T04:09:00.000+00:002013-12-30T04:09:04.584+00:00YES TOUR FOR LATE SPRING<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjVHpnRPN6dObmIZTJewuQmh91csScmpOu87YnTakLnvbq_Ty2iLY-miB6cyf3dexFFMKC1-y9IVhqzlQtgTTfH4_ybE-lWiDjX3g-1mwkul0JixIcPCbTew8h6mDzxWjrEgg4uw/s1600/YesTour.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjVHpnRPN6dObmIZTJewuQmh91csScmpOu87YnTakLnvbq_Ty2iLY-miB6cyf3dexFFMKC1-y9IVhqzlQtgTTfH4_ybE-lWiDjX3g-1mwkul0JixIcPCbTew8h6mDzxWjrEgg4uw/s200/YesTour.JPG" width="179" /></a>The adverts for the latest <a href="http://yesworld.com/">Yes</a> tour in Britain, April-May 2014, are now starting to appear in national newspapers and the music press.<br />
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This is from <i>The Observer</i>, 29 December 2013.<br />
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There are ten nights schedules so far, including one date in Scotland (Glasgow) and one night at the Royal Albert Hall in London, with a possibility of a further concert there, depending on demand.
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<i>The Yes Album</i> (1971), <i>Close to the Edge</i> (1972) and <i>Going for the One</i> (1977), from what many regard as the band's 'main sequence' will be played in their entirety. That will include a British debut for 'A Venture'.Simon Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05366440538616508935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587522.post-46105479596840661632013-12-29T19:46:00.002+00:002013-12-29T19:47:59.521+00:00TWELVE MORE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS 5: ORGAN CONCERTO IN G MINOR (POULENC)<iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/7hIwF1LTujE?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Simon Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05366440538616508935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587522.post-4980985847015975202013-12-28T00:01:00.000+00:002016-08-30T18:27:57.245+00:00TWELVE MORE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS 4: TUTU (MILES DAVIS)<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/00tzcnyDL68?rel=0" width="420"></iframe>Simon Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05366440538616508935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587522.post-83173454248742225082013-12-27T00:01:00.000+00:002013-12-27T00:01:00.103+00:00TWELVE MORE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS 3: LA NATIVITE DU SEIGNEUR (MESSIAEN)<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/1mbvkTEo0aA?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Simon Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05366440538616508935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587522.post-68107797473803052482013-12-26T00:01:00.000+00:002019-04-29T13:38:38.037+00:00TWELVE MORE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS 2: RED ALERT (ALLAN HOLDSWORTH)<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/buKoH0Y5L-w" width="560"></iframe>Simon Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05366440538616508935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587522.post-61139003886623108772013-12-25T00:01:00.000+00:002013-12-25T00:01:01.348+00:00TWELVE MORE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS 1: GAUDETE (STEELEYE SPAN)<iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/EDc2FD-vy8M?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Simon Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05366440538616508935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587522.post-50068931035248130452013-12-24T00:01:00.000+00:002013-12-24T00:01:00.703+00:00TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS 12: RITUAL - NOUS SOMMES DU SOLEIL (YES, LIVE AT QPR 1975)<iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/YKQQ6X5bPA8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Simon Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05366440538616508935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587522.post-81512397997763905982013-12-23T00:01:00.000+00:002013-12-23T00:01:00.134+00:00TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS 11: SOUND CHASER (STEPHEN PRUTSMAN, piano / YES)<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/aqR0AP7A_l4?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Simon Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05366440538616508935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587522.post-11937394660447440752013-12-22T00:01:00.000+00:002016-08-30T18:26:22.775+00:00TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS 10: NO WARNING LIGHTS (LEVIN-TORN-WHITE)<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mMHGGCixlss?rel=0" width="420"></iframe>Simon Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05366440538616508935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587522.post-72236990241645454722013-12-21T00:01:00.000+00:002013-12-21T00:01:00.546+00:00TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS 9: ENFIELD DANCES (WILLIAMS / HARVEY)<iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/iGj-nKV_Lh0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Simon Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05366440538616508935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587522.post-63290686900582762052013-12-20T00:01:00.000+00:002013-12-30T22:56:48.335+00:00TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS 8: WAY OUT OF HERE (PORCUPINE TREE)<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/95QS3c_Tei4?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Simon Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05366440538616508935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587522.post-13943269690851692962013-12-19T21:48:00.001+00:002013-12-19T21:48:51.481+00:00A MUSICAL CAUSE WELL WORTH SUPPORTING<iframe src="http://www.indiegogo.com/project/607684/widget" width="224px" height="486px" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>Simon Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05366440538616508935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587522.post-45476276887157818932013-12-19T00:01:00.000+00:002013-12-19T00:01:00.147+00:00TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS 7: ROMANTIC WARRIOR (RETURN TO FOREVER)<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/VJsD62EUwDI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Simon Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05366440538616508935noreply@blogger.com0