19:00-19:30, Thursday 31st August 2023
The Cockpit
Composer: Jo Ballard.
Additional composition: Jane Spurr
Soundscape Composers: Jon Tye, Colin Seddon, Jane Spurr
Filmmakers: Peter Patterson (cinematographer) & Jane Spurr.
Creators: Jane Spurr & Jo Ballard
The project, the hedge the world and everything, is a time based installation Folk Opera, set to a dreamy other worldly soundscape.
A Cornish hedge is sung into being and wild things are experienced through a sentient beauty, in contrast to the mechanised world and all its desires. The rich, ancient, contained world of the hedge is brought alive by the singing group Wild The Flower. A film compliments the piece.
Age Rating: All ages, but mostly adults.
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Produced by Wild The Flower
Venue: The Cockpit, Gateforth Street, London NW8 8EH.
Cast & Creative Team:
Composer: Jo Ballard. Additional composition Jane Spurr
Soundscape Composers: Jon Tye, Colin Seddon, Jane Spurr
Filmmakers: Peter Patterson (cinematographer) & Jane Spurr
Music Director: Jo Ballard
Creators: Jane Spurr & Jo Ballard
Singers/Performers:
Jo Ballard
Jane Spurr
Annemarie O Donnell
Joanna Tagney
Yvette Cowley
Pema Wainwright
Other Creatives: Jane Newton Chance
Claire Calverley
Clare Owen
Lois Taylor ( Dance Centred)
Colin Seddon
Jon Tye
Kate Walker
Jenny Beare
Music & Songs:
Flowery edge.
Lyrics: Jo Ballard & Meister Eckhert
Arranged & composed: by Jo Ballard
Hear Yea
Lyrics & composition: Jo Ballard
Hal an Tow
Traditional Cornish.
Lyrics & composition: Jo Ballard
I am the Gardener
Lyrics: Jane Spurr
Composer: Jo Ballard
Birth of Hedge
Soundscape: Jon Tye.
Lyrics sourced from the rattlin bog, Old Traditional Folk song.
Excerpts from The Prisoner’s Herbal by Nicole Rose
I am sky
Soundscape: Jon Tye
Lyrical monologue, Jane Spurr.
So Graceful in its Demise
Composer: Colin Seddon & Jane Spurr
Lyrical monologue: Jane Spurr
Arrangement and additional composition: Jo Ballard
The White Rose
Cornish Traditional
Arrangement & composition: Jo Ballard
Soundscape: Jon Tye
Statements
Performers’ own words
Music: Jo Ballard
Produced by: Colin Seddon
When I was the Forest
Poem: Meister Eckhert
Arranged & composed: Jo Ballard
Wassail
Traditional Folk song
Musical Arrangement: Jo Ballard
Kindly supported by Dance Centred, The Liskerett Centre, Robert Pearce & Braddock Church
With thanks to Robert Pearce & Braddock Church, Liskerret Centre, Patchwork Studios, Teresa Irwin, Christopher Brown, Nicole Rose, Peter Spurr, John Spurr
On the same day:
Composer: Jo Ballard. Additional composition Jane Spurr
Soundscape Composers: Jon Tye, Colin Seddon, Jane Spurr
Filmmakers: Peter Patterson (cinematographer) & Jane Spurr
Music Director: Jo Ballard
Creators: Jane Spurr & Jo Ballard
Singers/Performers:
Jo Ballard
Jane Spurr
Annemarie O Donnell
Joanna Tagney
Yvette Cowley
Pema Wainwright
Other Creatives: Jane Newton Chance
Claire Calverley
Clare Owen
Lois Taylor ( Dance Centred)
Colin Seddon
Jon Tye
Kate Walker
Jenny Beare
Music & Songs:
Flowery edge.
Lyrics: Jo Ballard & Meister Eckhert
Arranged & composed: by Jo Ballard
Hear Yea
Lyrics & composition: Jo Ballard
Hal an Tow
Traditional Cornish.
Lyrics & composition: Jo Ballard
I am the Gardener
Lyrics: Jane Spurr
Composer: Jo Ballard
Birth of Hedge
Soundscape: Jon Tye.
Lyrics sourced from the rattlin bog, Old Traditional Folk song.
Excerpts from The Prisoner’s Herbal by Nicole Rose
I am sky
Soundscape: Jon Tye
Lyrical monologue, Jane Spurr.
So Graceful in its Demise
Composer: Colin Seddon & Jane Spurr
Lyrical monologue: Jane Spurr
Arrangement and additional composition: Jo Ballard
The White Rose
Cornish Traditional
Arrangement & composition: Jo Ballard
Soundscape: Jon Tye
Statements
Performers’ own words
Music: Jo Ballard
Produced by: Colin Seddon
When I was the Forest
Poem: Meister Eckhert
Arranged & composed: Jo Ballard
Wassail
Traditional Folk song
Musical Arrangement: Jo Ballard
Kindly supported by Dance Centred, The Liskerett Centre, Robert Pearce & Braddock Church
With thanks to Robert Pearce & Braddock Church, Liskerret Centre, Patchwork Studios, Teresa Irwin, Christopher Brown, Nicole Rose, Peter Spurr, John Spurr