Five Rings Triples: New Music 2012 Award

Five RIngs Triples: Commissioned for New Music 20x12 as part of the Cultural Olympiad.
Howard talks about the piece here, filmed at Kingston Upon Thames.

A project devised and produced by Third Ear has been chosen by New Music 20x12 to receive commissioning funds. Howard Skempton will be commissioned by the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers with funds from New Music 20x12 to write a new work for church bells to mark the Olympic Games.

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Bells have fascinated artists down the ages, from Tarkovsky to Martin Creed, Gavin Bryars and Brian Eno. For this commission, Skempton will work with the grain of the algorhythmic form of composition of method ringing, to ensure that the piece can be performed at as many churches as possible across the UK and internationally.

We anticipate the first performances being at the turn of the New Year 2012, with other performances up and down the country during the Olympic year.

New Year’s Eve- All Saints Church, Kingston Upon Thames
11 January 2012- Cargo @ Shoreditch with the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers
6 May 2012- Stan's Cafe @ A.E.Harris
8 June 2012- Spitalfields Festival

New Music 20x12 is a UK wide programme which consists of twenty outstanding new works, each lasting 12 minutes, which have been commissioned to feature centre stage of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. Each commission will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and tour the UK, enabling as many people as possible to enjoy excellent new music as part of our celebrations of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

New Music 20x12 is an independent project initiated by Jillian Barker and David Cohen, and is delivered by PRS for Music Foundation in partnership with the BBC, London 2012 Organising Committee and Sound and Music.

Five RIngs Triples is supported specifically by the RVW Trust and by the National Lottery
www.artscouncil.org.uk

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