By popular demand Morris Pert and James Mather Lament For Red Ian
Once again our friend Mark Spalding performes Morris Pert music.
CUL MOR (from the Mountain Suite) mp3
performed by Mark Spalding organ - Haworth Hodgkinson percussion
live at St Stephen's Old Kirk Inverness 21st March 2015
MORRIS AND ROY this is the last version of this collaboration between Morris and Roy the Poet from Scourie. mp3 Soundcloud
Roy if you see this please get in touch, I'd like to get the details correct, not just what I half remember.
this is from Balcrick 1994 ? , all music & arrangement Morris all words Roy 19 min 17 sec :-) it's huge, but free again.
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A recording I made earlier this year of "Cul Mor", the final movement from the "Mountains" suite completed in 2007. The six pieces in "Mountains" are musical depictions of places near his home in North West Scotland.
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A recent post from my newish blog on Morris' piano music: there will be more to follow.
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Marks previous promotion of Morris Perts work.
The recital of piano music by Scottish composers is on Thursday 13th June at 1pm
and is in Dundee University Chaplaincy, Cross Row.
Music by Chisholm, Scott, Stevenson, Ian Matheson and Morris' Stones Suite.
Admission �5. The event is part of Dundee WestFest.
May 2 /13
Chromosphere available for download !
Anthem For The Cruthin awaiting clearance
April 2013 activity !
CD release for CHROMOSPHERE at last.
by end of May I will have in hand, copies of Chromosphere. more to come ...
August 2012 news update
Mark Spalding our pianist friend and Morris fan was taken poorly earlier in the year and had to cancle his London dates, there is a new date below along with announcment of a performance of Voyage in Space in Aberdeen.
We wish Mark a quick return to full health and more power to his elbow.
There will be a chance to hear a recital of Morris' piano music on the evening of
11th October in Schott's Music Shop, Great Marlborough Street, London. 7.00 pm
The programme for the London recital will include music from the 70s written in London and stuff from the 21st century written in NW Scotland. There will also be new pieces based on a theme from "The Drosten Stone" written by Geoff Hannan and Ian Mathieson, and probably something by Takemitsu to commemorate Morris' collaboration with Stomu Yamashta.
ALSO
Playing Voyage in Space in St Andrew's Episcopal Cathedral, King St, Aberdeen. 8th September 12.00 noon
There is a dvd in the works of Marks presentation on the music of Morris Pert, more on this as we get it.
9th February 2012 Date for Morris music by Mark Spalding in Dundee
I'll be repeating my Fringe program of Morris' piano music at Dundee University Chaplaincy Centre at 7.30 pm Thursday 9th February 2012. Hoping to get it filmed this time.
Mark Spalding continues to plan more performances of Morris's music, 2012
may be a busy year for Voyage in Space. I'm working on clips from a DVD I received from Mark
of his talk / performance in Arbroath, stunning stuff on it's way.
A new video of Voyage in Space, the 13th and 16th movt. 2 pieces performed by Helen Hung
In the video section under MEDIA . Lovely stuff.
Well I'm back, still a few pages to upload but enough to be going on with, if you still see problems in a month or so let me know,
I have video to put up and some other unreleased tracks to mp3. I'm not sure what will happen with chromosphere but it will unfold.
If you can add to the discography with anything missed, like T Rex Dandy in the Underworld dho! please mail me.
Once again thanks for your support over the years.
Do your friends a favour, buy them all a Morris Pert CD for Christmas :-)
Ian