The 20 instruments that originate from Indonesia are made of bronze and are built and tuned to be played together as an orchestra.
They produce a unique rhythmical vibrating sound, allowing a variety of music to be played, ranging from louder, flamboyant and dramatic pieces to quieter, contemplative arrangements. Plymouth University students and staff developed their music skills during their visit to Bali.
Live jazz performed by the ArtDeco Band Steve Chisolm, band leader
Led by vocalist Steve Chisolm, for many years resident ‘crooner’ at the famous Burgh Island Hotel, ArtDeco recreates the authentic sounds of the jazz and ‘hot’ jazz bands of the 1920s.
Join in, show off your Charleston and enjoy afternoon tea in the elegant Duke of Cornwall Ballroom. Period 1920s costumes invited, but not essential.
Tickets £17.50 (including afternoon tea)
Part of the 2017 Words and Music Festival including: Film: Some Like It Hot (1959) Talk: Dr Jody Patterson - Rhapsodies...
Peninsula Arts Sinfonietta is joined by internationally praised star soprano, Alwyn Mellor, for this celebration of 1920s’ British and American music.
Great songs and English pastoral classics make up this concert, celebrating the innovation, free spirit and sheer fun of the decade. The programme will include show songs by George Gerswin, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, Jerome Kern and Fats Waller including With a song in my heart, Can’t help lovin dat man, Ain’t Misbehavin and Let’s do it, Let’s fall in love.
Cabaret duo Kit Hesketh-Harvey and James McConnel pay homage to 'The Master’, performing many of Coward’s enduring songs, as well as some lesser-known gems.
Peppered with anecdotes and chat, plus one or two offerings of their own, join them for an evening of wit and sophistication.
Tickets £10/£7
Part of the 2017 Words and Music Festival including:
Film: Some Like It Hot (1959) Talk: Dr Jody Patterson - Rhapsodies In Paint: Modern Art And The Jazz Age Talk: Chris Robinson - Plymouth In The Roaring Twenties Music: The Roaring Twenties Tea Dance
Artist, author and broadcaster, Chris Robinson, has been writing about Plymouth for 40 years. He has produced dozens of books about the City including Plymouth in the Twenties and Thirties.
His lavishly illustrated talk will look at the music, theatre, sport, entertainment and politics of Plymouth in the Roaring Twenties.
£6/£4.20/Friends free. Discounts available via the Artory App and free to Plymouth University students via SPiA
Art and music have long engaged in cultural dialogue and exchange. This talk by Jody Patterson, Associate Professor and Programme Leader for Art History, Plymouth University, will address the impact of jazz music and the dynamics of improvisation on the development of modern art.
From Kandinsky’s early abstractions to Matisse’s vibrant paper 'cut-out’ collages, the new rhythms of jazz inspired artists to fuse European tradition with African American expression, pushing the conventional boundaries of painting.
£6/£4.20/Friends free. Discounts available via the Artory...
Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon Running time: 116 mins Cert: 12
Set in 1929, this cinema classic sees Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis play musicians Gerry and Joe, witnesses to a Chicago mob murder (inspired by the St Valentine’s Day Massacre), who flee to Miami Beach Florida with an all-girl jazz band disguised as Daphne and Josephine.
They meet Sugar (Marilyn Monroe) a down-on-her-luck ukulele player with her heart set on marrying a millionaire. Wilder prioritised story and script over cinematic flourishes, and the simplicity of his direction...
Simon Ible, conductor Anita Watson,soprano Samantha Price, mezzo-soprano Ross Scanlon, tenor Timothy Dickinson, bass
Haydn Nelson Mass
“Arguably Haydn’s greatest single composition”, as declared by his chief biographer, H.C. Robbins Landon, Haydn composed this highly dramatic and exciting work in 1798. Titled Missa in Angustiis (Mass for troubled times), it was later nicknamed Nelson Mass following a performance attended by Admiral Nelson in 1800.
Award-winning artists, Frances Scott and Bryony Gillard, showcase their original pieces for the first time. Using archive footage from the South West Film and Television Archive (SWFTA), Frances and Bryony have created two new works exploring the theme of ‘Visions of History’.
A prelude of visual highlights from SWFTA’s rich and diverse archive is included, introduced by Stacey Anderson, Archive Director, SWFTA.
£6/£4.20/Friends free. Discounts available via the Artory App and free to Plymouth University students via SPiA
Raising funds to support music and musicians in Plymouth
Mayflower Trio Pete Twyman B.E.M and Douglas Clarkson, clarinets Mila Collier, piano
Mendelssohn: Concertpiece No.1 for two clarinets and piano in F minor Op.113 Ponchielli: Il Convegno (The Meeting), Divertimento for two clarinets and piano Op.86 Tausche: Double Clarinet Concerto No.2 Op.26
Plymouth Music Accord is a registered charity supporting the appreciation and performance of music around Plymouth for the benefit of all and particularly young people.
