Looking forward to presenting "From Shadows to Light" at St James's Church Piccadilly on October 9th at 7.30 with grateful thanks to ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND, HMUK and the Golsoncott Foundation for their funding. Also thrilled that wonderful artists such as Richard Fletcher will be displaying their work as visual stimulus for improvisation led by Andrew Quatermain and to have Professor Matthew Beaumont to chair discussion with Councillor Liza Begum, Jackson Caines and Paul Ryan CEO of Cafe Art My London.
FROM SHADOWS TO LIGHT; LIVING ON THE MARGINS Tickets, Wed 9 Oct 2024 at 19:30 | Eventbrite
With huge thanks to the amazing speakers and musicians...and to the National Lottery and Arts Council England who made this event possible.
Very excited to be backing some of the stars of Mencap on 24th July at the Walpole Park, Ealing as part of New Gen Festival (@newgen_fest) West London's festival, by and for youth | New Gen Festival
Pupils of Norwich School improvisation based around the idea of being an "Outsider"; "Forgotten, isolated, misunderstood, foreigner, out of the ordinary, inadequate, different"
8th March 2024 at 1pm at the Assembly House , Norwich
St Martins Housing (@stmartinsnfk) • Instagram photos and videos
#ThanksToYou and #NationalLottery
Thank you so much to players of the National Lottery who have made my "Living on the Margins" project possible. It has been great to be able to record and soon release CD "From Shadows to Light" with the wonderful pianist Per Rundberg and a great opportunity to explore what it is to be an "Outsider" through our imminent tour and collaboration with St Martin's, Norwich and St Mungo's London.
THANK YOU NATIONAL LOTTERY!❤️
September 2023
23rd September:
Online performance "LEGENDE " FROM "DE L'OMBRE A LA CLARTE" BY PAUL LADMIRAULT SIAN PHILIPPS VIOLIN AND JOHN EADY PIANO - YouTube
So grateful to the amazing John Eady who sightread it with me.
Preview of Paul Ladmirault "De l'Ombre a la Clarte" for European Folk Day
PLUS playlists
ABOVE; Bugeilio'r gwenith Gwyn (Welsh Traditional) Violin and Harp with Kathryn Thomas
"Lamento" from "De L'Ombre a la Clarte- Suite Modale" by Breton composer and Druid of the Gorsedd, Paul Ladmirault. Although he studied alongside Ravel and Enescu with Faure in Paris, Ladmirault devoted his life to Breton Cultural autonomy and celebrating folk legends through his music. Violin and Piano with Per Rundberg
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FROM CD HOMAGE A LORCA
CANTO JONDO
BY MAURICIO SOTELO
BY MANUEL DE FALLA
October 2023
"From Shadows to Light" CD release by Claudio Records, Sian Philipps VIOLIN, Per Rundberg PIANO
World Homeless Day 10th of October
I am so honoured that the Sheriff of Norwich and CEO of St Martins Housing Trust, Dr Jan Sheldon, will be speaking about her work at our Norwich concert and discussion. The Trust recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. Here are her inspiring responses in a mini interview of 60 seconds:
- From your perspective at St Martins how effectively do you think the homelessness crisis is currently being handled? We know that across England the number of people sleeping rough has increased by 26% (source annual street count data), however in Norwich the number of people sleeping rough has decreased by 30%. We attribute this to the way in which the City Council focus their funds and efforts on reducing rough sleeping, partnership working across the City and the support St Martins receives from local businesses, faith groups and local people. Other areas could learn a lot from Norwich.
- From your perspective at St Martins, what further steps (if any) need to be taken by government bodies? If we are to end rough sleeping we need more social housing (current research advises we need 90,000 new social homes, every year for the next 10 years). There also needs to be sufficient funding and political will.
- What is the most challenging part of your work Seeing people struggle with poor mental health and knowing that there are insufficient resources in Norfolk to provide the support that would make a difference, keep them well and stop them ending up on the streets.
AND /OR
What is the most enjoyable part of your work? Seeing the people we support move into their own homes is fantastic. I also enjoy talking to groups about the work of St Martins.
I am also delighted to be collaborating with Emma Louise Lane who led St Mungo's Creative Writing and her group for our London event.
Egon Wellesz was detained as an illegal alien on the Isle of Man during World War II where his mental health suffered greatly. As a refugee he was helped by Ralph Vaughan Williams and was offered a teaching position at Oxford University.
His Sonata no.2 for violin solo is said to resemble Edvard Munch's painting "The Scream" due to its atonal intervals. This is an excerpt from the 3rd movement.
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Another interview, this time from a homeless woman's perspective.
