Wild Uplands
Looking back at my 2025 photos reminded me of the visit to the Wild Uplands art exhibition at the Penistone Hill Country Park near Haworth.
Author Archives: Vic Berry
University song writing duo reforms to release new album “The Savage God”
Jim and I had had so much pleasure from meeting up and working together on the new material we decided to continue in 2025 we set ourselves the goal of making an album of 12 songs. At the start we did not know what we were going to wanted create or what we capable of producing.
People have the Power; we can be brave.
The first international festival of activist street bands, Honk UK held as part of Bradford City of Culture 2025 is a collaborative effort achieved with the help local street band Peace Artists and Ken Field of Honk USA.
Does Bradford sing?
Each part of installation reminded me of a factory where the workers had just left for some unexplained reason. Leaving the cloak behind and the newsprint instructions for the work they were doing. The mysterious unfinished job incomplete all that remained was their ghostly image next their workstation.
Land and Brass
Sophie Cooper’s composition Echoes of Reclamation, performed by the Milnrow Brass Band. Recycled speakers and brass band instruments were repurposed to create a bespoke sound system, splitting the instrumental sounds across different channels.
Boosey and Hawkes Antique Trombone makes a rare contribution at the Contemporary Biennial Music Festival in Bradford.
The rehearsals were intense, and challenging. I was impressed with the Conductor, Matthew Hardy’s enthusiasm to motivate and quickly identify problems in the music and tightening up all the parts.
The composer, Uri Agnon was present at each rehearsal, he seemed very calm and laid back about the progress being made towards the final performance which was to be aired on BBC Radio.
Elisabeth Gunawan was the solo narrator for the performance, she was constantly working through her lines throughout the rehearsal, and even in the breaks. In the performance she was the star of the show being front of stage delivering her lines with such power, conviction and emotion the effect was electrifying.
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