London Sinfonietta video of the Revenge of Miguel Cotto


Blue Touch Paper work-in-progress preview: The Revenge of Miguel Cotto

VIDEO(14:03),16 May 2012

London Sinfonietta's Blue Touch Paper programme nurtures and promotes the next generation of composers and inter-disciplinary collaborators. The Blue Touch Paper preview event on 16 May 2012 at Village Underground showcased the culmination of a year-long collaboration between 3 groups of composers and multi-disciplinary artists.
This film features a work in progress preview of The Revenge of Miguel Cotto by Steven J Fowler & Philip Venables exploring the violence, sanctioned by society, that is boxing, through music and poetry.

The Revenge of Miguel Cotto
Graham Lee trombone Tony Boorer trombone Simon Baker trombone Laurent Quenelle violin Joan Atherton violin *
Miranda Fulleylove violin Oliver Lowe percussion Serge Vuille percussion Ian Watson accordion
Richard Baker conductor Leigh Melrose vocalist Alexander Robin Baker vocalist Sound Intermedia sound projection ** London Sinfonietta Principal player
Video produced by De Novo Arts.
Blue Touch Paper is delivered in partnership with the Jerwood Charitable Foundation with support from the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.