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The Arrival of Spring
for wind quintet
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The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East
Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty-eleven) is the full title of 52 images
by the artist David Hockney. 51 images were created on an iPad and
printed on paper (67.3 x 50.2 cm) and there is one an oil painting on
32 canvases (each 91.4 x 121.9 cm) 365.8 x 975.4 cm.
The Arrival of Spring for
woodwind quintet is presented here as part 1 January & February, a
musical rendering of just 11 of the iPad images. Lasting around 17
minutes it is about one quarter of the projected duration of the final
work, a duration somewhat unusual in the repertoire of the woodwind
quintet.
The project was a response to the establishment of a permanent
exhibition of the 51 iPad images in a gallery at Salts Mill, Saltaire,
West Yorkshire, UK, a location already well known for its large
collection of work by David Hockney. A performance is imagined taking
place in this fine space with the audience able to parambulate
informally amongst the images. In other locations it is hoped that the
audience will bring their own tablets or iPad computers and follow the
work on screen as it evolves.
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Tel: 01924 383017 e-mail: tonalitysystems@mac.com
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