A Radius of Curves - Clifton Cathedral Host's Brunel 200 Celebration
An extraordinary multi-media event will take place in Bristol on Friday
31 March 2006. A Radius of Curves is the World Premiere of Martin
Kiszko's music and film odyssey exploring Isambard Kingdom Brunel's
inspiration, vision and creation of the Great Western Railway - to this
day still the main public transport artery connecting Bristol and the
South West to London.
Climb on board with composer Martin Kiszko, the Emerald Ensemble and Exultate Singers conducted by David Ogden for the world premiere of A Radius of Curves - a remarkable musical and filmic journey celebrating the construction of Brunel’s Great Western Railway and the pioneering spirit of railway travel in its heyday.
As we speed along at the Brunelian intercity speed of 45mph, experience Brunel's hopes and setbacks during the building of the track.
Join Brunel in celebrating the fruition of his dream - taking 'a coffee at speed' on a seven-foot broad gauge track with stoking fires and steam over the challenging gradients and geological strata between London and Bristol.
Like many of Brunel's works, A Radius of Curves brings together some of the best talent available in the South West including Dave McCormick Feature Editor of Wallace and Gromit's The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Martin Kiszko has used text and inspiration from Brunel's diaries, sketchbooks and calculations to create a popular cantata and multi-media performance event for soloist, choir of fifty singers, orchestra, and a remarkable film of the journey between Paddington and London edited by Rick Holbrook and David McCormick.
Martin is an award-winning composer of over 200 film and television scores, and received the Academy of Composers' 2004 Composer of the Year Award. The event also features the paintings of celebrated railway artist John Austin. Martin Le Poidevin sings the baritone solo role of Brunel. Sam Adams Nye - BBC 2005 Young Chorister of the Year - will also be singing a suite from Britten's Ceremony of Carols, and the solos from Tippett's A Child of our Time.
A Radius of Curves is a unique event in the year-long celebration of the life and work of Brunel - Bristol's most famous adopted son. It is one of over 60 arts projects supported by Brunel 200.
Tickets are just £13.00 (£10.00 concessions) available from Old Vic Theatre Box Office, King Street, Bristol or by calling 0117 987 7877. Booking hotline is open from 10.00 am to 8.00 pm Monday to Saturday.
Useful URL : http://www.cliftoncathedral.org.uk
Climb on board with composer Martin Kiszko, the Emerald Ensemble and Exultate Singers conducted by David Ogden for the world premiere of A Radius of Curves - a remarkable musical and filmic journey celebrating the construction of Brunel’s Great Western Railway and the pioneering spirit of railway travel in its heyday.
As we speed along at the Brunelian intercity speed of 45mph, experience Brunel's hopes and setbacks during the building of the track.
Join Brunel in celebrating the fruition of his dream - taking 'a coffee at speed' on a seven-foot broad gauge track with stoking fires and steam over the challenging gradients and geological strata between London and Bristol.
Like many of Brunel's works, A Radius of Curves brings together some of the best talent available in the South West including Dave McCormick Feature Editor of Wallace and Gromit's The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Martin Kiszko has used text and inspiration from Brunel's diaries, sketchbooks and calculations to create a popular cantata and multi-media performance event for soloist, choir of fifty singers, orchestra, and a remarkable film of the journey between Paddington and London edited by Rick Holbrook and David McCormick.
Martin is an award-winning composer of over 200 film and television scores, and received the Academy of Composers' 2004 Composer of the Year Award. The event also features the paintings of celebrated railway artist John Austin. Martin Le Poidevin sings the baritone solo role of Brunel. Sam Adams Nye - BBC 2005 Young Chorister of the Year - will also be singing a suite from Britten's Ceremony of Carols, and the solos from Tippett's A Child of our Time.
A Radius of Curves is a unique event in the year-long celebration of the life and work of Brunel - Bristol's most famous adopted son. It is one of over 60 arts projects supported by Brunel 200.
Tickets are just £13.00 (£10.00 concessions) available from Old Vic Theatre Box Office, King Street, Bristol or by calling 0117 987 7877. Booking hotline is open from 10.00 am to 8.00 pm Monday to Saturday.
Useful URL : http://www.cliftoncathedral.org.uk
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