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Our Windermere

Field recordings, interviews and musical improvisation

Performed by Lucy Nolan and Isobel Mortimer

Windermere, in the heart of the Lake District, is special to so many people. But can it sustain its own popularity?

Bringing together found sound, community voices and improvised music - for any group of instruments - this piece is both a celebration and investigation of the ways in which we live, work and play in this unique place, and what that means for its future.

'Our Windermere' was displayed as part of an exhibition at Brewery Arts by Great Place: Lakes and Dales in 2022.

For more information on the 'Our Windermere' project click here.

Ash - SHOAL
Strategic improvisation on a central motif for bass clarinet, flute, harp and guitar
Four players in a complex ecosystem. At the centre, a life-giving tree which holds the others in balance.
Every two minutes, winter returns and the yearly cycle begins again.
Someone holds the trump card that could change everything.
More information and view the score here.

Inhabit - SHOAL
Online collaboration using found sound, sound processing, instrumental and vocal improvisation
What does it mean to rewild?
In this excerpt of 'Inhabit', each SHOAL member must choose how to inhabit the sonic landscape inherited from the previous generation. Tensions arise between conserving marks left by previous inhabitants, desire to perfect 'flaws' and create beauty - or pursuing our own ideal of 'wild'.
Section by Isobel: approx. 3.30

Fantasia - Elizabeth Maconchy
Performed by Isobel Mortimer

Notes from Lockdown - Isobel Mortimer
Piano improvisation & soundwalk
Inspired by the urge many of us felt to explore natural spaces on our doorstep, and the unexpected joy and beauty found there

Water and Air - SHOAL/Eyvind Gulbrandsen
Immersive performance piece using found sound, electronics and instrumental/vocal improvisation

Brexit by the Sea - Gareth Mattey/Random Acts
Soundtrack composed and performed by SHOAL

Tartini - Concertino
Isobel Mortimer with the Bournville Clarinet Choir

Honeysuckle Headiness - online collaboration with Supriya Nagarajan and Duncan Chapman
Bass clarinet improvisation

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Fantasia - Elizabeth Maconchy Performed by Isobel Mortimer

Notes from Lockdown - Isobel Mortimer Piano improvisation & soundwalk Inspired by the urge many of us felt to explore natural spaces on our doorstep, and the unexpected joy and beauty found there

Water and Air - SHOAL/Eyvind Gulbrandsen Immersive performance piece using found sound, electronics and instrumental/vocal improvisation

Brexit by the Sea - Gareth Mattey/Random Acts Soundtrack composed and performed by SHOAL

Tartini - Concertino Isobel Mortimer with the Bournville Clarinet Choir

Honeysuckle Headiness - online collaboration with Supriya Nagarajan and Duncan Chapman Bass clarinet improvisation

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Fantasia - Elizabeth Maconchy
Performed by Isobel Mortimer

Notes from Lockdown - Isobel Mortimer
Piano improvisation & soundwalk
Inspired by the urge many of us felt to explore natural spaces on our doorstep, and the unexpected joy and beauty found there

Water and Air - SHOAL/Eyvind Gulbrandsen
Immersive performance piece using found sound, electronics and instrumental/vocal improvisation

Brexit by the Sea - Gareth Mattey/Random Acts
Soundtrack composed and performed by SHOAL

Tartini - Concertino
Isobel Mortimer with the Bournville Clarinet Choir

Honeysuckle Headiness - online collaboration with Supriya Nagarajan and Duncan Chapman
Bass clarinet improvisation