Around the time of the 2016 referendum, I discovered Rousham, this magical masterpiece of English landscape gardening by William Kent. This most beautiful of gardens performed a consoling trick, poetically telling me stories, explaining about boundary, property, control, capital, representation, empire and loss of empire. I took photos during my many walks there. These are […]
A short piece for cello and analogue ring modulator (mixed for hifi speakers or headphones, not laptops!)
We’re opening our house and Aline’s new studio for Artweeks. Please come and join us and see what we’ve been doing! Ceramics, paintings, prints, photos, sounds OPENING TIMES: SATURDAY 4 MAY 11am to 6pm SUNDAY 5 MAY 11am to 6pm MONDAY 6 MAY 11am to 6pm THURSDAY 9 MAY 3pm to 10pm SATURDAY 11 MAY […]
H I V E R N A L E S Sunday 17th February 2019 3:00 pm Késia Decoté Piano Gemma McGregor Flute, Piano Bruno Guastalla Cello The programme is framed by French music and its influences, and interwoven with works by UK-based composers (including premieres by two Oxford composers, and Gemma’s own beautiful music), as […]
Creative Workshop: Marking the Moment, Music and Mark Making CANCELLED: WE WILL RESCHEDULE IT FOR SOMETIME IN THE SPRING OF 2019 Sun 25 November, 2018 10:30 am – 4:00 pm Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaelogy Feeling creative and enjoy the wonders of the Ashmolean? Explore sonic musical responses to the visual art and artifacts […]
The picture above shows part of a tally: how many nights of shelter at Iffley Open House. Each stick figure: one person one night. A project born of a desire, of an idea, of a need, of the coldest night of the year. I took a small part in it, volunteering there one morning a […]
(click on any photo to open each set) Garden Folly Winter
Really Actually Windy / R.A.W. Vol.1 A very nicely put-together event which Macarena and myself were delighted to take part in, curated by Mirei Yazawa and Anita Konarska Below: a set of photos of our piece taken by Paul Hughes, and below them the text of the announcement for the performance. .(click on one pic […]
compositions and arrangement © 2015 Bruno Guastalla Liz Woolley, an Oxford based historian asked me if I would write some music for a short documentary film currently being made in South Oxford . It is part of a community project, looking at the lives of 66 men who were living in the area known […]
