Jazz on 3 - Richard Barrett and fORCH

Jez Nelson presents a concert by Richard Barrett and fORCH, recorded at the 2009 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. Based on the electro-acoustic duo of Richard Barrett and Paul Obermayer, the ensemble also features two vocalists and four instrumentalists who specialize in improvised and experimental music, including John Butcher, Phil Minton and Rhodri Davies. fORCH combines completely free improvisation with composed frameworks, by Richard Barrett, within which the ensemble is able to improvise freely. Follow Jez Nelson and the Jazz On 3 team on twitter: http://twitter.com/jeznelson http://twitter.com/r3jazzon3 See photos from Jazz on 3 recordings: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jazzon3 Extract from 'fOKT' by Richard Barrett's fORCH (details below) Julian Siegel Trio recorded at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on 17 November 2009 during the London Jazz Festival Line up: Julian Siegel - saxophone Joey Baron - drums Greg Cohen - bass Set list: Night At The Opera (Julian Siegel) Seven Days (Julian Siegel) Incantation 1 (Julian Siegel) One Mint Julep (Rudi Toombs) An extensive interview with Joey Baron is now on the All About Jazz website here - http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=34813 Forthcoming UK tours: Jan Garbarek group featuring Trilok Gurtu Jan 26 @ The Sage Gateshead Jan 28 @ Glasgow Royal Concert Hall as part of the Celtic Connections Festival Jan 29 @ Town Hall, Birmingham Jan 31 @ Barbican, London Led Bib Jan 22 @ Orange Street Music Club, Canterbury Jan 27 @ The Rainbow, Digbeth Feb 5 @ Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Feb 12 @ Croydon Clocktower Feb 21 @ Buxton Opera House Extract from improvising electronics duo FURT recorded at the Freedom of the City Festival in 2006 Line-up: Richard Barrett - electronics Paul Obermayer - electronics Track title: Omnivm Musician, composer and senior lecturer in music at the University of Westminster Steve Beresford joins Jez in the studio to introduce Richard Barrett. Richard Barrett's fORCH recorded at Bates Mill on Saturday 28 November 2009 as part of the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival Line up: Phil Minton - voice Ute Wassermann - voice Richard Barrett - electronics Paul Obermayer - electronics Anna la Berge - flute/electronics John Butcher - saxophones Aleksander Kolkowski - viola/musical saw Rhodri Davies - harp Track title: fOKT To hear more music from Richard Barrett recorded during the 2009 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival go to the Hear & Now website www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/hearandnow Recommended further listening: Artist: John Butcher Album title: Somethingtobesaid Label: Weight of Wax Released: 2009 http://www.johnbutcher.org.uk/Wax.html Steve Beresford talks to Jez about the influence of classical composer Anton Webern on guitarist Derek Bailey and drummer John Stevens. Musical examples used in the discussion: Composer: Anton Webern Extract from Quartet for Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet, Violin and Piano Op.22 Performed by: Ensemble InterContemporain Album title: Webern: Songs & Choruses Label: Deutsche Grammophon Released: 1995 Artist: Spontaneous Music Ensemble (Kenny Wheeler - trumpet, Evan Parker - saxophone, Derek Bailey - electric guitar, Dave Holland - bass, John Stevens - drums) Extract from the improvisation titled 'Karyobin' Album tile: Karyobin Label: Chronoscope Released: 1968 Composer: Anton Webern Extract from Variations for Piano Op.27 Performed by: Peter Hill Album title: Schoenberg, Berg, Webern: Piano Music Label: Naxos Released: 1999 Artist: Derek Bailey - solo guitar Extract from the solo improvisation 'Lot 74' Album title: Lot 74 Label: Incus Released: 1974.