Brain Jar Session #2
18 & 19 July 2018
New commissions from four exciting female composers
Songs by Ella Jarman-Pinto, sung by Poppy Shotts (recorded live): 30th October 2014, Child and Mother, Songs for My Children (HUOC Commission), Lamplight
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18 July 2018 at Brain Jar in Hull.
19 July 2018 at Paragon Arcade in Hull.
The second in a series of informal quarterly concerts at Hull’s friendly Brain Jar and also, this time, at the Paragon Arcade. Session 2 featured four female composers and included a new commission from each.
Anna Appleby
Winds of Iona – sung by Rosie Middleton
Citizens of Nowhere – sung by Rosie Middleton and Poppy Shotts
Martyr’s Bay – sung by Rosie Middleton
A Musical Instrument (HUOC Commission) – sung by Rosie Middleton
Katie Chatburn
My Mistress’ Eyes – sung by Poppy Shotts
Par Coeur – sung by Rosie Middleton
Hymn to Aphrodite – sung by Rosie Middleton
Love (HUOC Commission) – sung by Poppy Shotts
Rose Dodd
last year’s b/f (HUOC Commission) – sung by Rosie Middleton
Ella Jarman-Pinto
30th October 2014 – sung by Poppy Shotts
Child and Mother – sung by Poppy Shotts
Songs for My Children (HUOC Commission) – sung by Poppy Shotts
Lamplight – sung by Poppy Shotts
Credits
Performed by Rosie Middleton and Poppy ShottsAccompanied by Ben Newton (keyboards) and Stephanie Halsey (harp)
Russell Plows – Director
Ben Newton – Music Director
Lucy Thomson-Smith – Assistant
Some audience reaction
“It was beautiful! The music was haunting, the artists, amazing”
“The arcade was ideal and the soloists excellent”
“I loved Paragon and the people passing by”
“Great to have the composers there to introduce and explain”
“Very emotional and a lovely acoustic”
Russell Plows and audience at Hull’s Paragon Arcade
Thanks also to Alan Cooper, Gareth Lloyd, Martin Kurrein and the Haydn Society