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Gavin Bryars's 80th Birthday Celebrations Continue

Nov. 29, 2023

On November 9, homeless performers from Streetwise Opera and The Choir with No Name joined the Gavin Bryars Ensemble at the Church of St Martin in the Fields, to perform Gavin Bryars's iconic work, Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet, alongside Bryars’s other iconic soundscape, The Sinking of the Titanic, as well as The Open Road, and Epic from Wonderlawn. The performance is among several concerts celebrating the esteemed composer's 80th birthday year. 


Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet/Gavin Bryars/PsapphaEnsemble


The Sinking of the Titanic/Gavin Bryars/The Gavin Bryars Ensemble

Last month, the Phaedra Ensemble and Laura Jud performed several works by Gavin Bryars at Kings Place in London, including the UK premiere of String Quartet No. 4, The Sinking of the Titanic, A Man in a Room, Gambling, and 1,2,1-2-3-4.

Notably, a new book titled "Gavin Bryars" has been released. The book, containing a foreword by Steve Reich, brings together musicians, colleagues, and collaborators who have worked with Bryars, each discussing one particular aspect of his work.

To learn more about Gavin Bryars, visit schott-music.com.

Gavin Bryars
Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet (1971)
for digital tape / CD and ensemble / orchestra
Instrumentation flexible with instrumental groups optional but based on the following maximum scoring: 1.1.1.bcl.1-4.2.2.1-perc(glsp.vib)-gtr.hp.cel.org-string quartet.2db
35'

The Sinking of the Titanic (1969/1996)
for digital tapes and ensemble
flexible instrumentation · possible materials include digital tapes, str ens, perc, low brass, brass qrt, bcl, taped speech, keybd, visible sound effects, music box
40'

The Open Road (2012)
for voices and ensemble
3-part choir, electric guitar, piano, viola and cello
texts by Walt Whitman
4'

Epic from Wonderlawn (1994)
for viola, cello, double bass and electric guitar
7'

String Quartet No. 4 (2019-20)
20'

A Man in a Room, Gambling (1992)
for pre-recorded voice or live narrator and string quartet
text (Eng) by Juan Muñoz
50'

1, 2, 1-2-3-4 (1971)
for unspecified ensemble
20'

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