The team at WiseWords collected responses from the audience at our performance at The Gulbenkian last Saturday, and we here present them as a graphic: some lovely responses.
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Graphic: response to performance at The Gulbenkian
Think(ing) Pieces
Private View at Beach Creative
Fabulous evening at Beach Creative in Herne Bay last night, at which Nancy Gaffield and Wynn White were In Conversation, talking about their individual as well as their collaborative processes on Tokaido Road.
Wynn’s photographs are currently being exhibited at Beach Creative as one of several events leading up to tomorrow’s performance at The Gulbenkian Theatre in Canterbury, and last night was the opportunity to get up close and personal with both Wynn and his images, as he took the assembled crowd through his creative process, interspersed with Nancy reading from her cycle of poems.
Thank you to Beach Creative for hosting Wynn’s exhibition, and for last night’s In Conversation; it all builds up to tomorrow night’s performance – see you there!
Poetry Station: Nancy Gaffield reads ‘Hara’
Poet-librettist Nancy Gaffield reads ‘Hara’ from her award-winning cycle of poems, Tokaido Road.
Nancy reads further poems from the cycle, and talks about the cycle as a whole, over on The Poetry Station: click here for more.
Poetry Station: Nancy Gaffield reads ‘Kawasaki’
Poet-librettist Nancy Gaffield reads ‘Kawasaki’ from her award-winning poetry cycle, Tokaido Road.
Nancy reads further poems from the cycle, and talks about the cycle as a whole, over on The Poetry Station: click here for more.
Poetry Station: Nancy Gaffield reads ‘Nihonbashi’
Poet-librettist Nancy Gaffield reads ‘Nihonbashi,’ the first poem in her award-winning cycle of poems, Tokaido Road.
Nancy reads further poems from the cycle, and talks about the cycle as a whole, over on The Poetry Station: click here for more.
Reviews for ‘Tokaido Road’
We’re delighted to have received a four-star review from Hilary Finch in The Times!
The piece is well paced and meticulously thought through, with spare instrumental lines exquisitely woven with the voices and deftly conducted by Dominic Wheeler.
Read the full review here (subscription required).
There’s also a very positive review from Roger Jones on MusicWeb International’s Seen and Heard;
This original and unusual work speaks with an honesty and clarity which I found profoundly moving.
Read the full review online here.
Come and experience Tokaido Road for yourself when it reaches its next stop: Lake District Summer Music on Weds 6 August at 8pm.
In review: Tokaido Road reviewed by 5:4
If you missed the premiere of Tokaido Road at the Cheltenham Festival last weekend, fear not: read this insightful review from composer and blogger (and the ever-articulate) Simon Cummings.
Photos from the premiere to come very shortly….
