Open Little Door - Surge & Chuanju Opera
Open a Little Door, is an audio and digital piece that brings together musicians from around the globe. Composed by Surge’s Artistic Director Sid Peacock, the work was recorded in Birmingham and Chongqing and marks the triumph of creativity over Covid-19 disaster. Surge’s Artistic Director Sid Peacock explains: “In 2014 I travelled to China for a week’s residency with the Chongqing Chuanju Opera Troupe, supported by the British Council and PRSF. The experience was incredible and I longed to bring the Chuanju musicians to the UK. The chance finally arose early this year and so we invited Chuanju Opera to Birmingham for a week-long residency to collaborate on a new work, which we hoped to perform live as part of the highly-anticipated Surge in Spring Festival 2020. The day the flyers arrived in the news was starting to come out of China about Coronavirus - and the rest is history. “Not to be deterred, we carried out our collaboration digitally and are now immensely excited to be presenting a digital audio and visual iteration of the project. The piece tries to capture in under 10 minutes what the whole gig might have been like if we had been able to do it. It is an arrangement of a traditional Opera tune that the Chongqing musicians taught me in China, alongside original sections that I began composing whilst in Chongqing in 2014.” Open A Little Door is a unique and fiery fusion of Chaunju Opera Styles, folk, roots and groove.
Sid Peacock composer/director Aria Trigas Payne - violin Ruth Angell - violin Sarah Farmer - viola Emma Capp - cello Aaron Diaz - trumpet Richard Foote - trombone Xhosa Cole - tenor sax Alicia Gardener-Trejo - bari sax Robbie William Moore - keys Chris Mapp - bass Tymek Jozwiak - drums Producer - Becky Woodcock Chongqing Chuanju Theatre Main vocal - Shen Tiemei Bamboo flute: Qiao Liang Erhu: Yang Yang Pipa: Song Tingting Plate drum : Yuan Xinhao Big gong: Cao Congzhen Big cymbal: Yang Zirui Jiangsu Kun Theatre Shan Wen - Vocals Filming & Digital Production - Simon King Audio recording and mastering - Greg Chandler - Priory Studios. Chuanju Opera footage by kind permission of Chongqing Chuanju Theatre. Sid’s 2014 residency with Chuanju Theatre was supported by PRSF & British Council’s Musicians in China Programme. Massive thanks to Ryan, Jiali, Wen Li and Joanne! Final thing - This project was delivered by Surge Forward Music & Arts CIC Logos - Surge, Chuanju, Arts Council and British Council
Sid Peacock composer/director Aria Trigas Payne - violin Ruth Angell - violin Sarah Farmer - viola Emma Capp - cello Aaron Diaz - trumpet Richard Foote - trombone Xhosa Cole - tenor sax Alicia Gardener-Trejo - bari sax Robbie William Moore - keys Chris Mapp - bass Tymek Jozwiak - drums Producer - Becky Woodcock Chongqing Chuanju Theatre Main vocal - Shen Tiemei Bamboo flute: Qiao Liang Erhu: Yang Yang Pipa: Song Tingting Plate drum : Yuan Xinhao Big gong: Cao Congzhen Big cymbal: Yang Zirui Jiangsu Kun Theatre Shan Wen - Vocals Filming & Digital Production - Simon King Audio recording and mastering - Greg Chandler - Priory Studios. Chuanju Opera footage by kind permission of Chongqing Chuanju Theatre. Sid’s 2014 residency with Chuanju Theatre was supported by PRSF & British Council’s Musicians in China Programme. Massive thanks to Ryan, Jiali, Wen Li and Joanne! Final thing - This project was delivered by Surge Forward Music & Arts CIC Logos - Surge, Chuanju, Arts Council and British Council
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Check out this lock down music video composed by Sid Peacock & Ruth Angell. Ards and North Down Peace IV Programme Musical Traditions Project exploring Music and its traditions for a production and museum piece creation for North Down Museum. This is the first of a production series done during Covid 19 restrictions, engaging a range of musicians from across the area of North Down and Ards Borough Council.
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