EFG London Jazz Festival - Christine Tobin's 'Returning Weather'
Wed, 15 Nov
|London
"A singularly beautiful sound-world which draws in elements from traditional Irish music, jazz and contemporary classical in an entirely seamless way." (Jazzwise)
Time & Location
15 Nov 2023, 19:30 – 20:50
London, World Heartbeat, 3 Ponton Rd, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD, UK
About the event
Full info & tickets from: https://uk.patronbase.com/_WorldHeartBeat/Productions/20/Performances
newest project, , imaginatively weaves song, spoken word and a stellar group of musicians from diverse disciplines together, with the live shows expanding upon the material with additional spoken word passages and visual effects. charts a journey which is part homecoming, part memoir, inspired by Christine’s return to Ireland after many years abroad and explores themes of finding home, dwelling and landscape, reconnecting with a cultural background, reshaping a sense of identity and belonging. (★★★★ Observer) Tobin was commissioned to write this evocative new song cycle by The Dock Arts Centre, with an Arts Council of Ireland, Music Commissions Award. All the words and compositions are by Christine, with the exception of which a poem by Eva Salzman set to music by Tobin. Christine Tobin'sReturning WeatherReturning Weather"Tobin’s vocals, veering from acrobatic to sultry, are tailored perfectly for the material, her evocations of time and place precise…