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10-12 September 2005
Tate St Ives is hosting its 'Dialogues in Sight and Sound' series with
the help of Birkbeck's Dr
Simon Shaw-Miller from the School
of History of Art, Film and Visual Media.
The three-day programme of events focuses on the relationship between
the visual arts and music. The three-day series complements the current
exhibitions by Richard Deacon and Paul Feiler and will explore the links
between the sights of music and the sounds of art.
Although we might commonly think of the visual arts and music as opposites
- one an art of space, the other time - with closer consideration things
are more complex. How can we speak of colour in music, and what do we
mean? What do abstract artists do when they turn to music to help them
structure their compositions? How do musicians structure the ephemeral
art of sound? Is music just an art of time?
Examining and discussing these questions are two international soloists,
Neil Heyde and Peter Sheppard Skærved (Royal Academy of Music,
London), and specialist in art and music relationships, Dr Simon Shaw-Miller
(Birkbeck College, London and Royal Academy of Music). They will also
perform music by composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach, Luigi Dallapiccola
and Haflidi Hallgrimsson in the Gallery.
Each day will start with an impromptu performance in the Gallery, followed
by a talk and a concert of music chosen to relate to exhibited works
of art. At the end of each day an open forum, for detailed discussion
of issues raised, will take place in the Studio, off Lower Gallery 2.
Visitors to Tate St Ives will be provoked, challenged and excited by
the mixture of music, art and discussion and we hope your enjoyment
of art will be amplified by the presence of live music-making in the
Gallery.
Booking Information: 01736 791105/796226, email: tatestivesinfo@tate.org.uk
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Programme: Dialogues in Sight and Sound:
All events are free with admission unless marked
Saturday 10 September:
11.00 Taking a line for a walk: sound and colour
Impromptu musical performances in various places around the Gallery,
responding to artworks in the current exhibitions.
1.00 Colour and Music
How can we speak of colour in music, and what do we mean? Was music
important for modern colourist painters? These and other issues will
be explored in relation to specific works of art and music. Composers
will include Johann Sebastian Bach, Iannis Xenakis and Haflidi Hallgrimsson.
7.30 Richard Deacon: Round Table Discussion: an opportunity to explore
and discuss the work of this major British sculptor in the context of
his current exhibition.
- Exclusive to Tate St Ives Members Tickets £4
9.00 Late night concert to include works by Zoltan Kodaly, Maurice Ravel,
Nicolo Paganini, and Johann Sebastian Bach
- Tickets £4, concessions £3
Sunday 11 September:
11.00 Do You Hear What I Am Seeing?
Impromptu musical performances in various places around the Gallery,
responding to artworks in the current exhibitions.
1.00 The Structures of Sight and Sound
What do abstract artists do when they turn to music to help them structure
their compositions? How do musicians structure the ephemeral art of
sound? Can one art form learn from another? These and other issues will
be explored in relation to specific works of art and music. Composers
will include Johann Sebastian Bach, Luigi Dallapiccola and Gloria Coates.
4.30 Open Forum in which issues raised in today's and yesterday's gallery
events can be explored in greater detail.
Monday 12 September:
11.00 Visible Deeds of Music
Impromptu musical performances in various places around the Gallery,
responding to artworks in the current exhibitions.
1.00 Space, Sculpture and Sound
Is music just an art of time? What part does space play in our reception
of music? Is a gallery a good place to hear music? These and other issues
will be explored in relation to specific works of art and music. Composers
will include Johann Sebastian Bach, Alfred Schnittke and Michael Finnissy.
4.30 Open Forum will provide the chance to explore issues raised by
Tate St Ives Music: Dialogues in Sight and Sound.
Artists Biographies:
Neil Heyde is the cellist of the Kreutzer Quartet and a senior
lecturer at the Royal Academy of Music. As a soloist and chamber musician
he has appeared throughout Europe, broadcasting for the BBC, WDR, ORF,
Radio France, Netherlands Radio and many other networks, and recorded
for Metier and Naxos. He has commissioned and premiered many solo and
chamber pieces and is also dedicated to performing and recording neglected
areas of the repertoire. As a musicologist he has edited Faber's series
of 19th-century music for stringed instruments and piano, and has recently
completed an analytical study of Debussy's sonatas.
Dr Simon Shaw-Miller is Senior Lecturer in History of Art at
Birkbeck College, University of London, and Honorary Research Fellow
of the Royal Academy of Music. He is author of many articles on art
and music, his most recent book Visible Deeds of Music: Art and Music
from Wagner to Cage (Yale) was published in paperback last year. His
current projects include composing a work for violin and piano that
expounds some of the ideas in Visible Deeds of Music, and a new book
that investigates notions of cultural synaesthesia.
Peter Sheppard Skærved is the dedicatee of over 200 new
works for solo violin, violin and orchestra and violin and ensemble.
These works range from pieces by established British composers such
as John David Matthews and Michael Finnissy, to works by international
figures such as such as Hans Werner Henze, Peter Sculthorpe and George
Rochberg. He appears regularly as soloist in over thirty countries.
In the next year, he will be recording the Elgar concerto with the Philharmonia
orchestra, giving a series of concerts on Paganini's violin in Genova,
and leading projects in Macedonia, Mexico, Denmark, and Turkey, to name
but a few.
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