Barry Guy
The Blue Shroud
FormatCDLabelIntakt RecordsGenreJazz & Improvisation
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2016 release ** "After his great compositions for the London Jazz Composers Orchestra and the Barry Guy New Orchestra, Barry Guy has written a large scale work for a new international ensemble. Guy's work The Blue Shroud is an hommage to the painting Guernica by Pablo Picasso. It is for the people of the Spanish town, who were victims of the Nazi German air force bombardment during the Spanish Civil War. Guy also wants us to remember the occasion in 2003, when the Guernica-tapestry at the UN Security Council was obscured by a blue drape as Colin Powell made the case for invading Iraq. The strength of art against the power of the military, government and the media. Barry Guy uses the techniques of new music and jazz improvisation, as well as fragments of Baroque music and a poem by Irish writer Kerry Hardie. He has transformed the poem into moving songs for vocalist Savina Yannatou. Fragments of compositions by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber and J.S. Bach are mingled into Guy's intricate work. "The work might just be the crowning achievement in the Englishman's long and varied career", wrote The New York City Jazz Record magazine after the premiere of the 70 minute long masterpiece."
Release notes
Recorded October 17, 18, 2015, during the Ad Libitum Festival Warsaw at the Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of Polish Radio. Mixed Warsaw, February 16, 17, 2016 and March 15, 16, 2016.
| The Blue Shroud | |||
| 1 | Prelude | 6:01 | |
| 2 | Song 1 | 4:46 | |
| 3 | Song 3 | 3:05 | |
| 4 | Bull / Mother And Child / Warrior | 11:23 | |
| 5 | "The Carrying Of The Cross" Mystery Sonata IX | 2:22 | |
| 6 | "A Blinded Bird Of Hope" (Song 4) | 7:38 | |
| 7 | Bird | 8:09 | |
| 8 | Aria From "Crucifixion" Mystery Sonata X (Song 7) | 6:51 | |
| 9 | Light Bearer | 6:03 | |
| 10 | Fugitive | 6:03 | |
| 11 | "Agnus Dei" From The B Minor Mass | 8:59 | |
- Michael Niesemann
- Alto Saxophone, Oboe
- Jonas Schoder
- Artwork [Cover Art], Graphic Design
- Julius Gabriel
- Baritone Saxophone
- Barry Guy
- Bass, Directed By [Director], Composed By [Composition By], Liner Notes [English], Producer [Produced By]
- Joanna Gratkowska
- Coordinator [Ad Libitum Festival]
- Maciej Karłowski
- Curated By [Curator (Ad Libitum Festival)], Liner Notes [English]
- Lucas Niggli
- Drums, Percussion
- Ramón López
- Drums, Percussion
- Jarosław Regulski
- Engineer [Recording Engineer], Mixed By [February 16, 17, 2016]
- Zbigniew Kusiak
- Engineer [Recording Engineer], Mixed By [February 16, 17, 2016]
- Blue Shroud Band
- Ensemble
- Ben Dwyer
- Guitar
- Isabel Seeberg
- Liner Notes [Translation (German) (Barry Guy)]
- Paul Lytton
- Liner Notes [Translation (German) (Barry Guy)]
- Claudia Kotte
- Liner Notes [Translation (German) (Krzysztof Machowina)]
- Krzysztof Knittel
- Management [Festival Director (Ad Libitum Festival)]
- Ferran Conangla
- Mixed By [March 15, 16, 2016]
- Francesca Pfeffer
- Photography By [Photos]
- Krzysztof Machowina
- Photography By [Photos]
- Michelle Ettlin
- Photography By [Photos]
- Agustí Fernández
- Piano
- Intakt Records
- Producer [Produced By]
- Maya Homburger
- Producer [Produced By], Violin
- Torben Snekkestad
- Soprano Saxophone, Trumpet [Reed Trumpet]
- Per Texas Johansson
- Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet
- Kerry Hardie
- Text By [Poem In Booklet (English)]
- Christa Schuenke
- Text By [Poem In Booklet (Translation (German))]
- Percy Pursglove
- Trumpet
- Michel Godard
- Tuba, Serpent
- Fanny Paccoud
- Viola
- Savina Yannatou
- Voice
