Liquid History

"Liquid History for solo violin and electronics" is a piece created by the english composer Jasmine Morris. 

 

"The mud is able to preserve any object that falls in there and some of the artefacts that wash up on shore are so well kept that they appear as if they were only thrown into the river a couple of days ago. At low tide, the Thames becomes the largest open air archeological site in London. I am fascinated by how these artefacts from different centuries are submerged together. Mudlarkers have found pieces of Roman pottery or coins, prehistoric remains and skulls as well as a Mesolithic handaxe, all morphing into the liquid history of the Thames."

 

This piece, listenable here, was commissioned by Nick Luscombe, a British Radio DJ who has presented for the likes of XFM and BBC 6. Liquid History will be part of his project, Musicity which is a leading global agency for music and architecture.

 

 

 

 

Jasmine Morris is a BBC Young Composer awarded and gained a full BAME Scholarship at the Royal College of Music under tutelage of Simon Holt. Another of her works is titled  "Melanesia for solo violin" . It was part of the HeadOn photography Festival, in Australia, with the context of collaborations between composers and photographers. 

Jasmine choose Aline Smithson.

 

  

 

 

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Aline Smithson pic

 

& an excerpt of "Astrophilia", her amazing last album featuring performances from the Tippett Quartet, vocalist Mieko Shimizu and Swedish folk musician and ethnographer Per Runberg:

 

"Hel"

 

 

 

 

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