Howard Skempton: New Music 20×12

For:

Wild Bells to a Wild Sky

Commissioned by:

Central Council of Church Bell Ringers

Event date:

31st December/ 1st January 2012

Event venue:

All Saints Church, Kingston upon Thames

Find out more by visiting:

www.musicnow.co.uk/composers/skempton.html

Bells proclaim moments of public gathering, of celebration and of important news. ‘Wild Bells to a Wild Sky’ (working title, after Tennyson) will be a new work by Howard Skempton for eight church bells to mark the Olympic year. Skempton is a composer of rare imagination known for writing music of deceptive simplicity and beauty. The piece will be performed to mark the opening of Spitalfields Festival at Christ Church, London, in June 2012 and the work will also be promoted through the 65 societies affiliated to the CCCBR. We anticipate performances across the UK and internationally, including potentially in central London for the 2012 New Year and at churches around the Olympic Park for the Olympic Games. The project is led by the CCCBR in partnership with music production company Third Ear.

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