Administrators sam_webmaster Posted October 27, 2020 Administrators Share Posted October 27, 2020 John Paul Jones Commissioned by London International Festival of Early Music The London International Festival of Early Music (LIFEM) has just announced the world premiere performance of ‘The Tudor Pull’, a newly commissioned work by John, written for acclaimed viol consort Fretwork. The world premiere of the newly composed piece will be broadcast at 7.00pm on Thursday 5th November from the LIFEM website, www.lifem.org This isn’t the first time that John’s music has been performed at LIFEM, his hauntingly beautiful Amores Pasados, settings of three Spanish poems were performed by tenor John Potter at the 2018 festival, but this new work breaks new ground for an annual event that is a unique celebration of past musical genius and contemporary talent. Commenting on his new work Jones said: ‘I’ve been an admirer of Fretwork for some time, and was thrilled at the commission to write a piece for them to premiere at the London International Festival of Early Music. The Tudor Pull is inspired by a colourful pageant that takes place on the River Thames in full Tudor costume. Every year a flotilla of small traditional rowing boats follow the Queen’s Rowbarge, Gloriana, from Hampton Court to the Tower of London, and there to take part in a ceremony to present an ancient artefact, the ‘Stela’, to the Governor of the Tower. I wanted to invoke the excitement of the event, as well as have a sense of the ever-changing moods and pace of the river.’ https://www.johnpauljones.com/jpj-commissioned-by-london-international-festival-of-early-music/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAJones Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Sounds very interesting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvlz2 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Thanks for the information sam_webmaster! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Bravo maestro! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators sam_webmaster Posted November 5, 2020 Author Administrators Share Posted November 5, 2020 London International Festival of Early Music Recorded interview with JPJ over Zoom with Gill Graham (@ 5pm today UK time) www.lifem.org/pages/our-concerts The world premiere of John Paul Jones's 'The Tudor Pull' will be streamed from the LIFEM website, www.lifem.org and Marquee TV www.marquee.tv, TONIGHT from 7pm (UK time). -- https://www.johnpauljones.com/jpj-interview-with-gill-graham-the-tudor-pull-premiere/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvlz2 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 (edited) Dazzling! Thank you for the heads up Sam! Edited November 6, 2020 by luvlz2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John M Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 9 hours ago, sam_webmaster said: The world premiere of John Paul Jones's 'The Tudor Pull' will be streamed from the LIFEM website, www.lifem.org and Marquee TV www.marquee.tv, TONIGHT from 7pm (UK time). An excellent piece of music. The opening reminds me of the strings in Snake Eyes from Zooma. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators sam_webmaster Posted November 6, 2020 Author Administrators Share Posted November 6, 2020 Fretwork review – John Paul Jones opens LIFEM with idiosyncratic and effective new work The London international festival of early music premieres John Paul Jones piece for viol consort amid its opening concert featuring Tudor work alongside Arvo Pärt Early music group Fretwork https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/nov/06/fretwork-review-john-paul-jones-premiere-london-international-festival-of-early-music Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 I was hoping to watch the concert after I got home from work but the video would not play at either of the websites...LifeM or MarqueeTV. Was it archived anywhere? I found a Fretwork concert on youtube but it was from a week ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators sam_webmaster Posted November 6, 2020 Author Administrators Share Posted November 6, 2020 7 minutes ago, Strider said: I was hoping to watch the concert after I got home from work but the video would not play at either of the websites...LifeM or MarqueeTV. Was it archived anywhere? I found a Fretwork concert on youtube but it was from a week ago. Should be working. Try another browser? If you have an ad-blocker, might be interfering with the video. https://lifem.org/pages/fretwork-in-concert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John M Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Strider said: I was hoping to watch the concert after I got home from work but the video would not play at either of the websites...LifeM or MarqueeTV. Was it archived anywhere? I found a Fretwork concert on youtube but it was from a week ago. The link works for me in Chrome. It says it will be up until November 30. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 3 hours ago, sam_webmaster said: Should be working. Try another browser? If you have an ad-blocker, might be interfering with the video. https://lifem.org/pages/fretwork-in-concert 2 hours ago, John M said: The link works for me in Chrome. It says it will be up until November 30. Thank you, gentlemen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvlz2 Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 ^^The video is still up, "The Tudor Pull" starts at 50.37. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John M Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 I just listened to this again. Fantastic !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 (edited) I've been listening all week. Fantastic concert all around. Love the viol instrument. John Paul Jones is a true musician. Edited November 13, 2020 by Strider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecongo Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 Sounded really cool, very nice Jonesy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperDave Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 Very cool! Great piece of work and musicianship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John M Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 (edited) It is on YouTube now. Great composition from Jones. Sorry about the multiple embeds here but it did not show up when I saved this post so I tried to re-embed, still didn't show , so I posted it as a link. Now all 3 attempts show up. Oops. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUOTPbSBfW8 Edited July 8, 2021 by John M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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