“Percussionist extraordinaire Joby Burgess” performs his new album A Percussionist’s Songbook - a collection of specially commissioned ‘songs without words’ from John Metcalfe, Tunde Jegede, Dario Marianelli, Yazz Ahmed, Graham Fitkin, Dobrinka Tabakova and Gabriel Prokofiev.
Scored for an arsenal of pitched percussion and electronics the songbook is inspired by texts ranging from the poetry of Robert Graves and Birago Diop to novels by Michael Ondaatje and Isaac Asimov; American philosopher Michael Sandel, songwriter Peter Gabriel, United Nation population growth statistics and Saudi Arabian folk tales.
PROGRAMME
JOHN METCALFE - LOVE WITHOUT HOPE
TUNDE JEGEDE - THE ANCESTORS ARE WITHIN
DARIO MARIANELLI - UNEQUAL
YAZZ AHMED - THROW YOUR PUMPKIN (& PICK ME UP)
JOBY BURGESS - COME SWEET DEATH
GRAHAM FITKIN - SPECIES
DOBRINKA TABAKOVA - DESERT SWIMMERS
GABRIEL PROKOFIEV - DR CALVIN REMEMBERS
JOBY BURGESS - TAKE ME HOME
SUPPORT
A Percussionist’s Songbook is generously supported with funds from Arts Council England, Cambridge Music Festival, PRS Foundation’s The Open Fund, The Marchus Trust and the RVW Trust.