She devised a concept to integrate the issues of cultural migration & displacement that inform Chalayan’s work into her compositional process and ran a questionnaire about family histories amongst 300 anonymous Londoners. The answers form a patchwork of tales reflecting the cultural diversity that is London; these tales, and work by Hussein Chalayan, are the source for Lola Perrin’s new composition; Suite VII, “Collection” for Piano & Correspondent.
Who best to report back on the origins of our grandparents, parents, ourselves, the jobs we’ve been doing in our families across one hundred years, our first memories, our latest activities and our routes through the State of London than Mihir Bose – possessor of the BBC’s most golden transnational voice? Mihir is Lola’s Correspondent in this world premier for piano and spoken voice.
The people poetry I have collected from anonymous Londoners enabled me to roam within a borderless sound-territory as I created new pieces such as “The Sea of Names”, “First Memories” and “London is a Rhythm”; music that would not otherwise have been found but for the lavishly diverse family histories I’ve been lucky enough to bask in these last few weeks.
Lola Perrin - April 2009
Lola Perrin plays pieces from her CD Fragile Light through the evening.
Date: 24th April
Time: 6.00 til 10.00pm.
Mihir Bose & Lola Perrin at 8.30pm
Location: Design Museum, Shad Thames, London SE1 2YD
Programme 0870 833 9955
Office 020 7403 6933
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Entrance: 5 Pounds Sterling
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