The Essential Bryars
Gavin Bryars talks to Kate Molleson about some of his more recent projects and the varied collaborations that fuelled them, including music described as the ‘Essence of Bryars’.
Gavin Bryars talks to Kate Molleson about some of his more recent projects and the varied collaborations that fuelled them. We hear works inspired by Faroese sagas, the Shipping Forecast, and medieval hymnody – music described as the ‘Essence of Bryars’. Plus, Gavin reveals what prompted him to create his own record label, and what keeps him composing now he’s in his ninetieth decade.
A Man in a Room, Gambling, 2. ‘3 Card Trick’
Juan Muñoz, narrator
Balanescu Quartet
The Fifth Century, VI. His Omnipresence Is Our Field Of Joys
PRISM Saxophone Quartet,
The Crossing, conducted by Donald Nally
Ciascun ke fede sente (Lauda 37)
Anna Maria Friman, soprano
John Potter, tenor
Arve Henriksen, trumpet
Morgan Goff, viola
Nick Cooper, cello
James Woodrow, guitar
Gavin Bryars, double bass.
Tróndur à Gøtu, V. Shall I Abandon (St Brendan's Prayer)
Eivør Pálsdóttir, soprano
Rúni Brattaberg, bass
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Aldubáran, conducted by Gavin Bryars
A Native Hill: No. 10, Animals and Birds; No. 11, Shadow; No. 12, At Peace
Steven Bradshaw, tenor
Maren Montalbano-Brehm, alto
The Crossing, conducted Donald Nally
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