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SUMMARY:Saffron Opera Group: Der Rosenkavalier
DESCRIPTION:A concert performance of Richard Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier by Saffron Opera Group\, conducted by Michael Thorne.
URL:https://pauljackson.info/event/der-rosenkavalier/
LOCATION:Saffron Hall\, Audley End Road\, Saffron Walden\, Essex\, CB11 4UH
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SUMMARY:Tone Rhythm Pitch: Exploring Percy Grainger's Free Music
DESCRIPTION:Drawing its inspiration from the sounds of nature\,  and free from the constraints of conventional rhythm and individual pitch\, Grainger’s lifetime passion was free music. From an early age\, he imagined music that would glide continuously across the pitch spectrum\, without the need for metrical rhythms and\, ultimately\, without the need for a performer; the composers’ ideas would be translated directly into sound. \n\n\n\nElements of Free Music can be found in much of Grainger’s instrumental and vocal compositions\, where the use of sliding notes and irregular rhythms often feature. Between 1935 and 1937\, Grainger wrote three short pieces – Free Music No. 1\, Free Music No. 2 and Beatless Music – which further demonstrated his ideas in practice. Grainger regarded all of his music up to this point as merely a stepping-stone to the full development of Free Music\, and he was to increasingly devote his time to this from the late 1940s onwards. Using his White Plains home as a studio\, he worked alongside his wife\, Ella\, and in close collaboration with a young physicist\, William Burnett Cross\, to design and built machines that were able to produce Free Music without the involvement of a human performer. \n\n\n\nMost of the machines\, given Graingeresque names such as the Side-Ridge Clothes-Line-&-Scotch-Tape-Tin Oscillator-Player\, or the Kangaroo-Pouch Method of Synchronising & Playing 8 Oscillators\, were constructed from wood\, paper\, cardboard\, string\, and other found objects scavenged from the house\, local hardware stores and the immediate locale. The machines were in a constant state of flux and were often dismantled or repurposed as soon as sounds were recorded. The final machine\, the Electric Eye\, remained unfinished at the time of Grainger’s death\, but was the most sophisticated and was able to produce seamless electronic pitch glides. It is this machine that places Grainger’s experiments in electronic music squarely alongside other experimental composers.
URL:https://pauljackson.info/event/tone-rhythm-pitch-exploring-percy-graingers-free-music/
LOCATION:Percy Grainger Home and Studio\, 7 Cromwell Place\, White Plains\, New York\, 10601\, United States
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Till Life Become Fire
DESCRIPTION:Join Teresa R. Balough in conversation with PGS President\, Paul Jackson\, at the Percy Grainger Home and Studio\, for the launch of her new biography. \n\n\n\nWhat goes into the making of a creative genius and how can their gifts be used to help uplift humankind? These were questions that led the Australian/American pianist\, composer\, and music educator Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882–1961) to exhaustively document his life\, his thoughts\, and his associations and establish in the country of his birth a museum dedicated to helping answer those questions. Grainger was a creative genius who thought more in terms of the future than of the present and was an advocate for the role that music can play in creating a more harmonious and loving future for humankind. This book is the first attempt to bring together in one volume the details of Grainger’s life as they relate to his music using his own words and those of the people who knew him. It makes use of many heretofore unpublished documents and musical examples and is written in such a way as to be accessible to all while also offering a detailed study of his musical works. \n\n\n\nThe Life and Work of Percy Aldridge Grainger: Till Life Become Fire is published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
URL:https://pauljackson.info/event/1213/
LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom
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SUMMARY:Free Music Machine: Third Sundays Focus Tour
DESCRIPTION:We invite you to register for our next Third Sunday tour of the Percy Grainger Home and Studio\, September 17\, 2023 at 2 pm EDT. The Third Sundays program is an outreach initiative\, led by volunteers\, and designed to welcome diverse groups through focused\, thematic tours. We are pleased to announce that Percy Grainger Society President\, Dr. Paul Jackson\, will be leading the September tour\, offering a closer look at Grainger’s approach to and work on Free Music. The presentation will be centred around the newly-conserved Gliding Tones on Whistle\, Notes on Recorders machine\, one of only two only remaining examples of Grainger’s Free Music machines. This event is free and open to the public\, but due to space limitations\, registration is encouraged.
URL:https://pauljackson.info/event/free-music-machine-third-sundays-focus-tour/
LOCATION:Percy Grainger Home and Studio\, 7 Cromwell Place\, White Plains\, New York\, 10601\, United States
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SUMMARY:Music of the Ether
DESCRIPTION:Charlie Draper and Paul Jackson present an evening of music for the earliest electronic musical instruments\, the theremin\, and the ondes Martenot. The concert includes well-known music by  Saint-Saëns\, Rachmaninoff and Gershwin\, together with original music written for the instruments\, accompanied by film. The performance will be interspersed with explanations and demonstrations of these fascinating instruments. \n\n\n\nProgramme \n\n\n\nCamille Saint-Saëns – ‘The Swan’ from Carnival of the AnimalsSergei Rachmaninoff – VocalisePierre Vellones – Fantaisie for ondes Martenot and pianoJoseph Schillinger – Mouvement Électrique et PathétiqueDarius Milhaud – Suite for ondes Martenot and pianoGeorge Gershwin – ‘Summertime’ from Porgy and BessOlivier Messiaen – ‘Jardin du sommeil d’amour’ from Turangalîla-SymphonieRichard Rodney Bennett – Serenade No. 2Miklós Rózsa – Spellbound Concerto
URL:https://pauljackson.info/event/music-of-the-ether-3/
LOCATION:St Matthew’s Church\, 27A The Drive\, Kingsley\, NN1 4RY\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Song Recital
DESCRIPTION:A lunchtime concert of folk-inspired music sung by Marina Karagianni\, and accompanied by Paul Jackson. Music by Ravel\, Obradors\, Lavilla\, Montsalvatge\,and Constantinidis. \n\n\n\nProgramme \n\n\n\nFernando Obradors – Canciones clásicas españolasFélix Lavilla – Quatro canciones VascasXavier Montsalvatge – Cançó amorosa\, Cinco canciones negrasMaurice Ravel – Cinq mélodies populaires grecquesIoannis Constantinidis – Three Greek folksongsHabaneras de la Costa Brava – El Abanico
URL:https://pauljackson.info/event/song-recital/
LOCATION:St Leonard’s Church\, Hythe\, Kent
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