London Jazz Festival 2010 [Hear And Now]

Ivan Hewett introduces highlights from composer Matthew Herbert's concert at last month's London Jazz Festival. Working with the London Sinfonietta and The Guardian newspaper, Herbert constructed a musical score based on a single edition of a national newspaper - content ranging from international news to recipes, and incorporating the recorded sound of journalists' interviews and the printing of the papers themselves.

List of pieces and articles used:

(click on Guardian link below to read stories in full)

Printing Press

Aluminium printing press plates played by Tim Palmer

Auction / the rich man's prayer

Main section p.33 'Lehman art sale expected to raise £1m from mementos and masterpieces

Eddie Fisher

Main section p.37 'Eddie Fisher Obituary

The Guide p.33 'This week's new games: Dead Rising 2

Brick

Weekend p.29 'We were looking for a nice, peaceful place near Jerusalem

Weekend p.93 'Let's move to Budleigh Salterton, Devon

Night Drive

Review p.20 'The Saturday Poem: Night Drive by Lydia Fulleylove

Family p.4 'Why can't I remember Mum?

Recorded piano introduction by John Taylor

The Mirror

Travel p.7 'Charleroi: Wish you were here?

Weekend p.24: 'The Yangtze: A river wild

Looking for a Rhythm

Weekend p.15 'Jonathan Franzen: I must be near the end of my career - people are starting to approve

We're in Love

Review p.11 'Oil on water by Helon Habila

Weekend p.99 'On the road: Mitsubishi Shogun Elegance 3.2

Simple Mind

Performed by Eska accompanied on paper by the audience

Performers:

Baldur Br怀nnimann (conductor)

Matthew Herbert (live electronics)

Finn Peters (flute/saxophone)

Robin Mullarkey (bass)

Nick Ram (piano)

Tom Skinner (drums)

Eska (vocalist)

yeastCulture (visuals)

Sound Intermedia (sound projection)

Rosie Sykes (cooking)

Alys Fowler (gardening)

Barnaby Smyth (foley artist)

Recorded on the 20th November 2010 at the Royal Festival Hall

Matthew Herbert's new work One Day, recorded at the 2010 London Jazz Festival.

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