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Our ProjectsThe Canterbury Tales Ballet - 2006In 2005 - 06 we collaborated with Independent Ballet Wales, creating a dance score from our extensive repertoire of early music for their original ballet version of The Canterbury Tales, and playing the music for the dancers. We accompanied the ballet company on part of their UK tour, playing live at many major theatrical venues, including Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, Buxton Opera House, The Grand Theatre, Swansea, The Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, The Riverfront Theatre, Newport. From this collaboration came our third CD, Dancing to Canterbury, which contains many of the pieces used for the ballet.
The Canterbury Tales – Music and Readings – 2006-2007Capitalising on this experience we put together a programme using some of the music from the ballet with selected readings from Chaucer’s masterpiece, including extracts from The Miller’s Tale, The Pardoner’s Tale, and The Wife of Bath’s Tale. We performed the programme with considerable success at various venues in Cardiff, including Chapter Arts’ Centre and The Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff.
Click here to view the programme. If Music and Sweet Poetrie Agree ... – A Programme of Renaissance Music and Readings - 2007Following the successful format of our Canterbury Tales, in 2007 we created a programme of Renaissance music (including instrumental and vocal music by composers such as John Dowland, Antony Holborne, William Byrd), alongside poetry, prose and drama of the period (by Ben Jonson, Shakespeare, Queen Elizabeth, etc). Again, we took this show to various South Wales venues. Click here to view the programme. Historical Sites – from 2007From Christmas 2007 to summer 2008 we were booked by CADW to play medieval music outdoors at weekends at various historical sites in Wales, including Caerphilly Castle, Tintern Abbey, Valle Crucis Abbey at Llangollen, The Bishop’s Palace at St David’s and Tretower Court. We really enjoyed the opportunity of performing at these magical venues, and of playing our outdoor instruments, like the shawm and the rauschpfeif. This project is continuing through 2009. Although the weather was not always as kind as it might have been, our live music added an exciting dimension to the experience of visitors to these beautiful and atmospheric sites, and our music was highly praised by members of the public and by CADW.
In the words of one of the visitors – a Tintern Abbey tour guide of several years’ experience – “Pavane’s music brought the site to life.”
Christmas CDWe have, over the years, built up a huge repertoire of early Christmas music and over the years we have often discussed the possibility of recording a CD of the more interesting and unusual pieces.
We have now completed our Christmas CD at The Atrium, the University of Glamorgan’s state-of-the-art media centre in Cardiff, This project allowed undergraduates of the University to gain experience in the recording studio control room (under the supervision of their Tutor), and it allowed Pavane to make use of the most up-to-date recording facilities available.
Woyzeck – November 2008
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In collaboration with Everyman Theatre Company, Cardiff, one of South Wales’ most prestigious amateur drama groups, we provided the music for their production of Georg Buchner’s nineteenth century play, Woyzeck.