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LOUTH CONTEMPORARY MUSIC SOCIETY LAUNCHES '...OUT OF SILENCE' WITH MEADOW, BY LINDA CATLIN SMITH, RELEASED ON 11 DECEMBER 2020

31/10/2020

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…out of silence

Louth Contemporary Music Society proudly announces a bold initiative for these uncertain times: a series of recordings put together under the exceptional conditions of the pandemic, …out of silence lets listeners eavesdrop on music-making of extraordinary care and intimacy.

The recordings feature world-renowned composers attuned to the intricacies of silence as much as sound. Performances are by musicians of equal sensitivity and expertise.


The first ...out of silence release is Meadow, by Linda Catlin Smith, born in New York but long resident in Canada. Perhaps her music required a move away, a quieter environment, a different pace, another view.

It is not city music. Rather, in its tuning and atmosphere, it suggests natural landscapes.

“A meadow”, the composer has said, “is a simple place, with elements that are there quite naturally; it’s not a spectacular garden, but if you look closely there are many different types of plants and tiny flowers. It is a place of infinite variation.”

This is how the music goes, weaving a meadow, weaving through a meadow, in stray fragments of tune that will be repeated until they dissolve or give way to something else, through chord sequences that move slowly but inexorably.

Listeners are drawn into this gentle but alert music by three outstanding Irish string players: Mia Cooper, violin, Joachim Roewer, viola and Bill Butt, 'cello.


There is no hurry, no need to hurry. To quote Linda Catlin Smith again, “I like to sit with things for a while, to dwell in the material, to have a chance to listen.” This is the experience she provides in Meadow.

On the cover of the album is a striking image by the Irish artist Alice Maher.

Release date: 11 December 2020 (5 February 2021: North America)

Future releases will present music by Valentin Silvestrov and Raymond Deane on 5 March 2021, and Swiss master of unexpected simplicity Jürg Frey, with whom Louth Contemporary Music Society has over several years developed a close relationship.

...out of silence is funded by the Arts Council of Ireland and supported financially by Create Louth.



Notable Performances and Recordings of 2020, Alex Ross, The New Yorker

'Smith draws an exquisite range of colours from her three musicians, from dense chords to deliciously airy textures, soft violin harmonics soaring over the top. ... Magical stuff.'
Graham Rickson, The Arts Desk


'A captivating meditation upon being outside, whatever your ‘outside’ is.'
Richard Hanlon, MusicWeb International


'Deeply meditative', Michael Dervan,The Irish Times

'A timely gift of easeful beauty', Steve Smith, Night after Night - For The Record

'Performed with passionate grace ... a lost melancholy stillness, the imperfect yet uncorrupted order of an idealized bucolic scenery.'  Esoteros

'An atmosphere of melody and polyphony without constraint, but also of contemplation and extraordinary warmth.' Tim Rutherford Johnson, The Rambler

'Music which wants the listener to become absorbed, to notice the small details and the telling way that things change ... a meadow that you can feel as well as hear. 'Planet Hugill

Meet The Artist: Interview with Linda Catlin Smith


BBC RADIO 3 RECORD REVIEW - at 1'54"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000qy2z


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MAYA MUSIC AND ULYSSES ARTS PRESENT SACHA PUTTNAM SPIRIT OF CINEMA WITH THE CLASSIC FILM ORCHESTRA ALBUM RELEASE: 6 NOVEMBER 2020

29/10/2020

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Cinema has always been a part of Sacha Puttnam’s life, his dad being the iconic and multi-award winning producer David Puttnam whose films have won 10 Oscars and 25 BAFTAS. Living, breathing and absorbing a world where he was surround by filmmakers, illustrious composers and music producers such as Mark Knopfler, Michael Kamen and George Fenton Sacha’s obvious aptitude for music flourished.
Mentored by the likes of legendary film composer Vangelis (Chariots of Fire, Blade Runner) and Quincy Jones (Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis), Sacha studied at Boston’s Berklee College of Music and then Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Conservatory where he conducted Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony at the Bolshoi Hall on Christmas Day, 1991.

Sacha has scored over 30 films with prestigious directors including Robert Lepage and John Pilger. For long term collaborator director John Drydon Sacha created the soundtracks to several multi-award winning BBC Radio 4 dramas such as A Suitable Boy and Bleak House. Along with a successful career in classical composition and film, Sacha was the long-standing keys and sometimes bass player for the multi-platinum selling band Bush and his best friend, front man Gavin Rossdale, headlining Woodstock in 1999 to 250,000 fans. Sacha has written and arranged for, and collaborated with, numerous big names in the pop and rock world, including Sia, Marcela Detroit (of Shakespeare’s Sister fame) Reef, Regina Spektor, and Andy Taylor. He released an album in 2005 entitled Remasterpiece on EMI Classics and has written for and featured on hundreds of other records including favourites on Café Del Mar.

"I’m thrilled to share my musical tributes to the iconic film scores I grew up around. I know the melodies will resonate with many and I hope that bringing the orchestra to the electronic will enable many more to get to know and love them,” says Sacha. “This album has allowed me to thank and honour [the] great musicians who generously gave their time and shared their knowledge, inspiring my path as a composer.”

You could say Sacha was destined to create Spirit of Cinema, with his background in film and sensitive ear his versions of these classic film score pieces for piano and orchestra not only do the originals justice, but bring a fresh new perspective to these varied genres of music. You can hear more on Sacha’s experience growing up around these films and artists and of course the music in the accompanying podcast, Spirit of Cinema available on all podcast platforms.

SPIRIT OF CINEMA TRACKLIST

• Love’s Theme by Giorgio Moroder for his Oscar winning score for Midnight Express (1978)
• Sailing Homeward by Donovan for the Pied Piper (1972)
• Chariots of Fire form Vangelis’ Oscar winning score for Chariots of Fire (1981)
• War of the Buttons Suite from Rachel Portman’s score for the film War of the Buttons (1994)
• First of May by The Bee Gees for the film Melody (1971)
• Gabriel’s Theme by Ennio Morricone for The Mission (1986) which combines two pieces form the score (The Falls and Gabriel’s Oboe) and for which Morricone won the BAFTA and Golden Globe for his score.
• Londonderry Air, which is a folk song from 1913 used by George Fenton for the film Memphis Belle (1980)
• Eric’s Theme by Vangelis for Chariots of Fire (1981)
• Theme from Midnight Express (Istanbul) by Giorgio Moroder for Midnight Express (1978)
• The Confessional by Sacha Puttnam for Le Confessional (1995): Sacha’s original score
• Going Home by Mark Knopfler for Local Hero (1983)
• Boy’s Burial by Mike Oldfield for The Killing Fields (1984)

Sacha currently is working on a documentary film on the life of Bauhaus trained designer and architect Marcel Breuer, a BBC Radio 4 drama, a podcast for Audible, and an Irish period drama. His next release with The Classic Film Orchestra and Ulysses Arts is Abraham's Theme by Vangelis, from Chariots of Fire, on 26 February 2021.


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https://sachaputtnam.com
https://mayamusic.co.uk
https://www.spiritofcinema.co.uk

https://www.facebook.com/events/967086123773285

Interviews and Review Requests
Sacha Taylor-Cox / sacha@hushhushpr.co.uk / 07957 338525
Sullevan Archer / sulleyhushpr@gmail.com / 07837 973878


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CHARIOTS OF FIRE AND ABRAHAM'S THEME BY VANGELIS ARRANGED BY SACHA PUTTNAM, WITH THE CLASSIC FILM ORCHESTRA - LAUNCHED ON 23 OCTOBER 2020 AND 26 FEBRUARY 2021

14/10/2020

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With this heartfelt homage to his mentor, Vangelis, and his Oscar winning score for the film Chariots of Fire, Sacha Puttnam brings this timeless Olympic anthem to The Classic Film Orchestra with his tender touch on the piano.  

Sacha comments: ‘I met Vangelis aged eleven in his studio where I returned every day to learn not only music, but about life and art.’  This music will appeal to those nostalgic for the films, film scores and music of the eighties, but also to a younger audience, inquisitive to learn more about classical music and soundtracks.


Chariots of Fire was the final pre-release prior to the launch of Spirit of Cinema, Sacha Puttnam's full album of piano and orchestra arrangements of great film scores, on Friday 6 November, including music by Vangelis, Ennio Morricone, Giorgio Moroder, The Bee Gees, Donovan, Mark Knopfler, Rachel Portman and Mike Oldfield.

About Sacha Puttnam


Cinema has always been a part of Sacha Puttnam’s life, his dad being the iconic and multi-award
winning producer David Puttnam whose films have won 10 Oscars and 25 BAFTAS. Living, breathing and absorbing a world where he was surround by filmmakers, illustrious composers and music producers such as Mark Knopfler, Michael Kamen and George Fenton Sacha’s obvious aptitude for music flourished. Having been mentored by the likes of legendary film composer Vangelis (Chariots of Fire, Blade Runner) and Quincy Jones (Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis), Sacha studied at Boston’s Berklee College of Music and then Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Conservatory where he conducted Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony at the Bolshoi Hall on Christmas Day, 1991.

Sacha has scored over 30 films with prestigious directors including Robert Lepage and John Pilger. For long term collaborator director John Drydon Sacha created the soundtracks to several multi-award winning BBC Radio 4 dramas such as A Suitable Boy and Bleak House. Along with a successful career in classical composition and film, Sacha was the long-standing keys and sometimes bass player for the multi-platinum selling band Bush and his best friend, front man Gavin Rossdale, headlining Woodstock in 1999 to 250,000 fans. Sacha has written and arranged for, and collaborated with, numerous big names in the pop and rock world, including Sia, Marcela Detroit (of Shakespeare’s Sister fame) Reef, Regina Spektor, and Andy Taylor. He released an album in 2005 entitled Remasterpiece on EMI Classics and has written for and featured on hundreds of other records including favourites on Café Del Mar.

Following Chariots of Fire, Sacha Puttnam launched Abraham's Theme, his next Vangelis release with The Classic Film Orchestra, on 26 February 2021.


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