Another proud dad moment! Our daughter Sophia has made a 30-minute film to accompany a new choral work by the Fieri Consort, and it really is beautiful. If you are free this coming Saturday evening and you’re within reach of Hackney in London, do come and join us for its premiere. Here’s an article about it, and the film’s trailer. And then, a link for tickets!
“Sophia has recalled how she was drawn to the project because it was an extraordinary opportunity; it was a director’s dream, she said, to be given such haunting, evocative and cinematic music as a starting point. She has worked on music videos before, but usually the lyrics would clearly define the storyline. For this project, however, she embraced the challenge of uncovering the narrative thread… The result is a beautiful creation of visual art which is united with the music yet which still stands apart, much in the same way as the music does – each strand being part of something bigger while remaining central to itself.” Read more
To get tickets go to Earthhackney.co.uk
We came away with a copy of his wonderful album Stringhenge – “In Stringhenge the maverick guitarist and composer is living on the folk/classical cusp playing his own distinctive, solo guitar music alongside a fascinating collection of other English melodies. He also introduces his trademark arrangements of unaccompanied Bach juxtaposed, for the first time, with British Isles folk tunes. The effect is striking, almost as if he’s using the high baroque to unlock the hill barrows and henges of Britain.” It’s fantastic, and Damh the Bard has featured two of Richard’s pieces in the latest edition of 
