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Monthly Archive: 2020
Nothing (Intet) in Copenhagen
Posted on Monday, November 16, 2020
Due to lockdown and general Corona restrictions I'm desperately sad not to be able to attend the premiere of the new production of my opera Nothing in Copenhagen's Royal Danish Opera. There is some talk of a stream which I will post details of on my twitter feed, so follow me there! https://www.twitter.com/davidbruce
The production shots look amazing:
The Art of the Mandolin
Posted on Friday, November 13, 2020
Avi Avital's new album 'The Art of the Mandolin' features my three movement work 'Death is a Friend of Ours' written for the amazing combination of mandolin, guitar, harp, harpsichord and theorbo. As the comments and reviews have so far have never failed to mention - 'despite its title', it's a rather joyful and uplifting work. The piece really evokes a joy of living and for me you can only truly sense this joy if you are aware of how short-lived it is. Death isn't something we should be scared of or hide from, it's simply a part of life.
Listen to the album on your favourite service here
You can also watch the vlog I made in Hamburg of the premiere of this piece
New Fanfarron video
Posted on Saturday, March 14, 2020
As part of my recent video collaboration with Jeremy Blake from Red Means Recording I was lucky enough to get a performance of my short concert opener Fanfarron by Orchestra of the Swan, conducted by Jason Lai. Please enjoy.
