Juliet Fraser is known for her inventive programming and commitment to exploring new forms of vocal expression. This time, however, she's experimenting with a whole new way of making. A small ensemble of stellar international artists will gather for a residency in Snape in the spring to co-create this hour-long, late-night “ritual of letting go”.
Caccini, Couperin, and the Byzantine hymns of Kassia are some of the points of departure for a sequence that seeks out the cracks between genres and traditions to offer something uniquely timeless and unusually communal.
Juliet Fraser writes: “Song has always been used to mark the significant moments in a life, whether of celebration, transition, healing or grief. Inspiration for this new sequence of music and movement is drawn from circular rituals such as the canonical hours, antiphonal structures such as weaving songs, and the slow march of a funeral procession. Music from earlier times and other traditions will sit alongside two new laments by Soosan Lolavar and James Weeks, the old and the new speaking to one another across history and geography.”
How to get here
Parking is free at Snape Maltings.
Katch, the on-demand taxi-bus service, provides easy access to Snape Maltings, connecting it to the towns of Framlingham, Parham, Hacheston, Wickham Market, Wickham Market Railway Station at Campsea Ashe, and Tunstall. Click here to find out how to book and more.
The closest station is Saxmundham (4 miles) which is on the East Suffolk Ipswich on the Lowestoft train line. Wickham Market station (6 miles) is located in Campsea Ash on the same line. Visit the Greater Anglia website for up-to-date train times.
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