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Encounters in the Republic of Heaven
“ENCOUNTERS IN THE REPUBLIC OF HEAVEN” -- All the colours of speech -- “Encounters” brings together everyday stories told by adults and children with the possibilities of sound-transformation offered by the computer. It begins with the sound of the wind, formed from tens of thousands of human voices, and gradually unfolds the stories of fishermen, farmers and city-dwellers in the North East of England, accompanied by imaginary musical instruments derived directly from the speaking voices we hear. As each story subsides we encounter a sea of human...
Credits
University of Durham, UK, and its students (as performers). Creative Partnerships North East. Durham City Arts. Gateshead Arts development Team. Enablers : Rosie Croft, Michelle Wright, Gwilym-Lloyd Williams, Edward Milner, Karen Corrigan, Kim Bibby-Wilson and Katrina Porteous. Brass players : George Cook, Gillian Enzor, Ray Farr, Paul Fothergill. Voices : Dougie Douglas, Edna Gallagher, Alan Sambrook, Joyce Dent, the travelling butcher, Kathleen Teward, Claire Morgan, Sylvia Hanratty, James Bell, Keith Armstrong, Margaret Hargreaves plus the pupils of Wearhead primary, Billy Row primary, Jesmond primary, Greenfield School (Newton Aycliffe), Allendale Middle School, Haydon Bridge community high school and Bellingham middle school.
- ElectroacousticAudio dramaField Recordings
- 2010
- 8 channel with chan-1 at front centre, and other channels going clockwise around the octagon.
Track curated by:
BEAN
