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Richard Gavin Bryars (/ b r aɪər z /; born 16 January 1943) is an English composer and double bassist. He has worked in jazz , free improvisation , minimalism , historicism , avant-garde , and experimental music .
I also really love the Italian Pavilion by Massimo Bartolini—with Gavin Bryars, Caterina Barbieri and Kali Malone—there’s this giant 50-meter scaffolding organ playing a composition by Barbieri and Malone, and a Bryars choral arrangement singing from the trees in the garden.
Mar 8, 2022 · Gavin Bryars. Photograph: Fabio De Paola/Guardian. Thankfully, audiences show no signs of getting bored, either. Jesus’ Blood is a ritual that many use to assess themselves at various points in ...
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Aug 9, 2023 · Gavin Bryars marks his 80th birthday at Snape Maltings, Suffolk, on August 13 and at the Barbican, London, on December 19. Find out about our latest stories first — follow @ftweekend on Twitter.
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Sep 22, 2023 · Gavin Bryars' music presents the listener with sublime paradoxes. It sounds both familiar and uncanny; archaic and modern; elegiac and impassive. His unfurling melodies tug at the heartstrings, but drift away from any anticipated climaxes. His scores draw on 20th century minimalist and experimental music, refracted through Renaissance choral ...
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Gavin Bryars was born in Yorkshire in 1943. His first musical reputation was as a jazz bassist working in the early sixties with improvisers Derek Bailey and Tony Oxley. He abandoned improvisation in 1966 and worked for a time in the United States with John Cage. Subsequently he collaborated closely with composers such as Cornelius Cardew and ...
Aug 16, 2023 · G avin Bryars has been giving concerts with his own instrumental ensemble since 1986. Inevitably its members and quirky instrumentation have changed over the years, and the current lineup consists ...
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