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Byron Wallen at Jazzlive at The Crypt
Courtesy of Bandsintown | Posted on July 28, 2021
Where
Jazzlive at The Crypt
St. Giles Church, Camberwell
London
Map
+44 7986 23918
When
Sat, July 31, 2021
20:00
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Musicians
Byron Wallen
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A true innovator, who never tires of new challenges and new thinking, Byron Wallen is a legend of the UK music family.
Tonight Byron brings a new work to the crypt. Back in 2019 Filthy Lucre commissioned him to write music for 8 musicians responding to Peter Shenai?s "Hurricane Bells". Peter is a contemporary artist who has cast 5 bells, whose shapes are modelled on the structure of Hurricane Katrina? the storm that devastated New Orleans in 2005. These cyclonic, irregularly shaped bells produce a tonally complex web of sounds reminiscent of Chinese bells and gongs. Originally commissioned for an octet, it was set to premier in 2020 but couldn?t be performed as planned due to the pandemic. ...