britten sinfonia

britten sinfonia

In 1998, the britten sinfonia did a three-concerts series called "Frank Zappa and the Fathers of Invention". In 2000, they did another concert where they performed a number of Zappa compositions.

concerts

"frank zappa and the fathers of invention"

1998/02/12 concert 'corn exchange', camebridge, uk - conductor stefan asbury
- j.s. bach
  - brandenburg concerto n°3
- stravinski
  - concerto in e flat
  - dumbarton oaks
- nancarrow
  - piece n°2 for small orchestra
- reich
  - eight lines
- f. zappa
  - the perfect stranger
1998/03/26 concert 'corn exchange', camebridge, uk - conductor stefan asbury
- varese
  - octandre
- f. zappa
  - dupree's paradise
- copland
  - music for the theater
- ives
  - three places in new england
- zappa (arr.cashion)
  - uncle meat
  - little house i used to live in
  - alien orifice
  - the black page
1998/04/23 concert 'corn exchange', camebridge, uk - conductor stefan asbury
- the program
  - nancarrow
    - tango for small orchestra
  - zappa (arr.cashion)
    - be-bop tango
    - get whitey
  - ives
    - set for theater orchestra
  - cage
    - sonata n°2 and interlude n°1 for prepared piano
  - stravinsky
    - tango
    - ragtime
  - f.zappa (arr.cashian)
    - igor's boogie
  - nancarrow (arr.mikhashoff)
    - player piano piece n°6
  - reich
    - music for large ensemble
  - f. zappa
    - g-spot tornado
- this concert was broadcast on bbc radio 3, june 1998
1998/10/11 concert newark, uk - sharing the bill with the Zappatistas
2000/11/30 cambridge corn exchange, cambridge, uk - conductor rumon gamba with helen crayford: piano
- the program
  - adams: scratchband
  - zappa: dog/meat
  - zappa: outrage at valdez
  - zappa: ruth is sleeping
  - zappa: orange county lumber truck
  - zappa: g-spot tornado
  - adams: grand pianolo music

random notes

From: Martin Gregorie (gregorie@see.sig.for.address.com)
Keep an eye out for CDs by the Britten Sinfonia. They are a younger orchestra and will, if they keep improving, be competition for the EM. Example: EM sort of use G-Spot as a sig tune - The Britten Sinfonia seem to use The Black Page (statistically dense version) the same way and play the hell out of it.

From: unknown
The concerts the Britten Sinfonia played in Cambridge were excellent so this could be a goodie. Who is the rock outfit?

From: Chunga001 (chunga001@aol.com)
They're called The Zappatistas, and the they're described in the festival leaflet as 'a top band of musicians (and fans of the man [ie Zapp]) led by the guitarists' guitarist John Etheridge.'

     From: Andy Murkin (Andy@weasels.demon.co.uk)
     Subject: Zappa in Cambridge, England
Last week (Feb12, 98) I saw The Perfect Stranger performed here in Cambridge, England, the first of a series of 3 concerts featuring FZ's music. The next one has previously unheard arrangements (by the orchestra, the Britten Sinfonia) of such as 'Uncle Meat'/'Dog Breath' and 'Little House I used to live in'. An interesting feature of the event was that before the performance proper there was a performance by a group of local primary schoolchildren (Age: 8-10) of a piece 'inspired by the music of Frank Zappa'. Believe it or not, locally, there is such a thing as the 'Zappa Schools Project', whereby somebody is going round introducing the kids to FZ's music - and to prove it, there was an exhibition in the foyer of the theatre showing letters from the children saying 'Thank you very much for coming to our school and telling us about Frank Zappa and his music' etc.! Also performed at this concert: works by Bach, Stravinsky, Nancarrow and Reich - quite a variety, and an interesting evening. Just shows you don't have to go to London to see the best stuff!      From: Pogue (u47@bigfoot.com)
     Subject: Britten Sinfonia Play Zappa
I assume all you UK hardcore FZ fraternity will be attending the concert on the 30th Nov at Cambridge Corn Exchange. They do a hell of a rendition of Gspot and Dog Breath. If you left it to late there's another one due in Feb. See this: http://www.cambridge.gov.uk/cornex/fastforwardcall.html

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