iCompose recording session

Wednesday 11th August 2010 was one of those days which was brilliant in so many ways, and reminded us of why we do what we do.

Let me explain…

In September 2009 SCO Connect launched a brand new composition competition called iCompose  The idea was to write a piece of music inspired by a work of art in the National Galleries of Scotland Online Collection. In May this year we were able to inform nine people that their pieces had won prizes, and four lucky winners won their categories outright. This means that they won the star prize of having their piece professionally recorded by Linn Records at City Halls, Glasgow. On top that they were allowed to come along to see it all happen!

 So, on Wednesday Fergus, Sanna, Andrew and Tom all came to Glasgow to hear their pieces being recorded.

 The ensemble was set up on the stage of the Grand Hall in City Halls, the place where the SCO has recorded many award winning CDs with Linn Records in the past, most recently with the late Sir Charles Mackerras.

iCompose recording session at City Halls

 Fergus McNally’s piece Waves of Doom was recorded first. This composition was inspired by The Storm by William McTaggart

We all gathered in the studio to listen back to the recording, and conductor Richard Lewis sat with Fergus as we listened.

Listening back to the recording

Fergus was then introduced to Phil Hobbs from Linn Records who showed him how to speak to the ensemble from the control room...

Fergus speaks to the ensemble

...and press the red button to record.

Pressing the red button...

Next up was Sanna Honeymoon who won Category B with her piece At Neptune’s Hand, inspired by Bell Rock Lighthouse by Joseph Mallord William Turner.

Sanna in the studio

The last two winners competed in the two adult categories. Andrew Evans won the ‘Unpublished Adults’ category with his composition inspired by a sculpture La Danse by Ossip Zadkine

Andrew hears his piece recorded

and Tom Harrold won the ‘Published Adults’ category with his composition Fast Castle from Above inspired by the painting of the same name by Rev. John Thomson

Tom at the control desk

The SCO musicians played brilliantly, Phil was a technical wizard with the recording equipment, and we can’t wait to hear the finished recordings. These will be streamed online on www.icompose.org from October 2010. If you’re feeling inspired, why not enter iCompose 2011. All the information will be available on the website from September.

 

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