RELAY ABERTAWE
Saturday 28th June, 1pm – 4pm
15 musicians/performers - 3 spaces – 3 hours
The first 'Musical Relay' took place in London in 1993 and became an annual event
spreading to Berlin, Athens and Madrid and culminating in a large scale performance
over 2 days at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2005 to which all the
International organisers / musicians were invited. The event was promoted by the
2:13 Clubs in their respective cities. The 2:13 Club was named after a stopped clock
in the London venue (The Library Gallery in Stoke Newington).
It begins with a trio in each performance space (9 players) who improvise with each
other until one of the remaining 6 players walks into their space. The new arrival
displaces one of the players, who then sets off to another space. This system
creates a kaleidoscope of musical combinations over three hours.
The event is not something which audiences sit down to and experience as they
would a conventional concert. It usually takes place in the daytime, in public spaces,
and listeners find different ways to access the performances: some do in fact stay in
one place and allow the groupings to unfold before them; some choose one musician
and follow him or her; others move about from space to space frustrated that they
can't be in all three at once, always missing something, always catching something
else.
Performers-musicians
Charlie Beresford - guitar
John Bisset – lap steel guitar
Iris Colomb – performance/text
Chris Cundy – bass clarinet
Rhodri Davies – harp
Nia Davies - poetry
Dan Johnson – percussion
Hywel Jones – tuba
Jenn Kirby - electronics
Jessica Lerner - dance
Peter Marsh – lap steel guitar
Maggie Nicols – voice/tap
Dan Linn-Pearl - guitar
Rose Linn-Pearl - violin