10. DAVID FENNESSY: BIG LUNG
Sunday 23 November
ST PAUL'S HALL 2.30PM,
Tickets £10 (£8 concession)
David Fennessy Big Lung (HCMF and Tolbooth co-commission)
Chris Dench compostela / finisterre
Kevin Bowyer organ
Auska Hatanaka percussion
Tom de Cock percussion
Co-commissioned by Tolbooth and HCMF for a first performance at Le Weekend 2008, the idea for this new work germinated from two areas. Firstly, the idea of the very rigid and symbolic gothic space of Stirling's Church of the Holy Rude, steeped as it is in local and weighty historic significance and, secondly, the challenge of creating a contemporary organ piece looking at new ways of harnessing the colossal power that can be created by the organ. The contrast in musical attack between the organist and the percussion players creates a formidable soundworld.
‘A full-pelt Gothic organ assault'
The Wire
Produced by HCMF; co-commissioned by Le Weekend and HCMF; Supported by Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, PRS Foundation and Scottish Arts Council; also supported by British Council
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