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Echoes of Invention: Ageing

by Bladder & String

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How We Live 03:51
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2.
Overcoming 05:16
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3.
What Will Be 03:06
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4.
Anthem 03:53
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about

A modern reimagining of Delia Derbyshire's renowned 'Inventions for Radio' as part of Coventry’s year as City of Culture. The collaboration with Barry Bermnge, which began in 1964, brought a diverse range of voices from across the country together into one of Delia’s most loved pieces. Giving a platform to under-heard voices on the radio, 'Inventions for Radio' was pioneering in showcasing the thoughts and lives of ordinary people and extraordinary subject matter.

'Echoes of Invention' explores Delia and Barry’s original work through the lives of people living in Derbyshire’s home city of Coventry today. In 'Afterlife' we hear from a range of perspectives as they describe their feelings and thoughts on ageing. Composed collaboratively by Caro C, Charles Craggs and Indira Lakshmi the music is inspired by Delian techniques. Limited to the voices of singer Wes Finch, who improvised around the note of E, and the interviewees, the composers used modern music technology to build the soundscape; keeping the piece fundamentally rooted in the human voice.

Ageing is broken down into four movements:

How We Live
- The ways in which we live with the reality of ageing

Overcoming
- Things we must deal with as we age, new challenges we face

What Will Be
- Anxieties and predictions of what the future may hold for us

Anthem
- A celebration of ageing

credits

released April 22, 2022

We would like to thank Arts Council England, Coventry City Council, Coventry University, Theatre Absolute, Open Theatre, The RSC, Erica Whyman, Jen Davis, Delia Derbyshire Day, Cath Cullinane, Phillipa Cross, Joshua Patel, the Patel family, Brian Hodgson and David Butler for supporting the project.

We would also like to give special thanks to all of the featured participants who so kindly took the time to share with us and who trusted us with their words.


Project Director: Connor Alexander

Composed by: Caro C, Charles Craggs & Indira Lakshmi

Vocal Performance: Wes Finch

Audio mastering: Blacklisted Mastering

Artwork: Andrew Moore

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