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New composition by Graham Fitkin commissioned by St George’s Bristol
The piece will be inspired by the themes of thrust and lift. Fitkin explains “I like the idea of wings and flaps. With a lightness, yet robustness of frame, allowing both thrust and lift to work in harmony. So I think these things will provide the basis of a framework for the piece of music. A light yet robust structural temporal frame into which can be injected a bit of thrust and then we have lift off.”
The world premiere will take place at St George’s on 25th November 2016. With St George’s in mind, Fitkin plans not only to craft his piece around the theme, but around the venue itself, utilising the hall’s refined acoustic, layout and location to best effect with site-specific amplification, both inside and outside the building, so the hall becomes a reverberating framework itself.
Graham Fitkin already has an international reputation for the quality and breadth of his music writing; he has collaborated with many of today’s foremost performers of new music, and his work has been released by labels including Sony and EMI.
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