Symphony For Cycle Bells

111 CYCLISTS PERFORM 90 SECOND ‘SYMPHONY FOR CYCLE BELLS’ TO LAUNCH EAST FESTIVAL******
Date: Thursday 5 March 9.30 am[
Location: Lamb’s Street, Spitalfields, London E1 6EA***

Details***:
111 cyclists will present a rare performance Maurizio Kagel’s 90 second symphony for cycle bells, Eine Brise (A Breeze) in Lamb’s Street, Spitalfields to launch EAST, the Mayor of London’s annual festival championing the vibrant cultural life of East London on ***Thursday 5 March at 9.30 am

*** Amateur cyclists from all over London have signed up to be part of the cycling orchestra with music direction by members of the London Chamber Orchestra, who will rehearse earlier that morning. Kagel described the work as a “Fleeting action for 111 cyclists: a musically enriched sport event in the open”.

** EAST 2009** will feature hundreds of events over six days from Thursday 5 to Tuesday 10 March showcasing the unique creativity of the East London through music, visual arts, theatre, literature, cinema, history and fashion in venues across East London. www.findeast.co.uk

I bet they've all got 2 brakes................

bump in case anybody is local.

It's gonna be total fucking Mexico!

get a photo if anyone is going, I'd like to see it, but out of town

in the morning!! does anything happen in the morning? What sort of festival is this

To be done all over again during East End Film Festival..

More info(e-mail received by my GF who`s a volunteer at the festival):
Calling all volunteers who haveBIKES, BELLS & THUMBS! We need your help to film The Cycle Symphony VIRAL!

WHEN: 10am Wednesday, 6 April & Thursday, 7 April
WHERE: Spitalfields (under the canopy) on Wednesday & London Fields on Thursday
WHAT: We'll be filming close-up shots of you "tuning" up your bike.
BRING: Your BIKE, your BELL, and DRESS THE PART (Neon, Lycra, Fancy Dress, Vintage... be creative!)
CONTACT: EMILIANO LEON for more information ASAP. emileon11@gmail.com 07815441188

Description of the event copy/paste from East End Film Festival Homepage
Location / venue: Spitalfields Market
Description:
Join us in Spitalfields Market on May Day for the World Premiere of our unforgettable interactive musical experience ‘Cycle Symphony’. This is a truly unique audio-visual performance and there is a part in it just for you!
Allow us to transport you on a sonic, cinematic and sensory journey around the East End of London through a pedal-powered film created by local artist Mila Lipowicz and a specially commissioned live orchestral and choral soundtrack composed and conducted by Amelia Robinson.
A Ring Cycle for the 21st Century, we invite you to bring along your bicycles and join the percussion as you sound your voice through the striking of a bicycle bell!
The Cycle Symphony is a FREE event for cyclists, East End lovers and for the entire family. Walk or ride, play your part in the chorus of bells!
The audience will be conducted by Robinson as part of the orchestra for a truly immersive experience. Here, she talks about her inspiration for the event:
“This is what it’s like to discover London for the first time.. as a child… as an immigrant… as a young entrepreneur in search of a dream. Riding on bikes, we cycle into the chaos of the city stopping momentarily to appreciate the serenity of the Serpentine, but quickly moving into the magical East End. As our pedals part the puddles that mirror faces of long ago we uncover the past and experience what it must have been like to endure a war from the perspective of a poverty-stricken immigrant community. We unite with their strength and too maintain an unyielding will to survive and overcome. The stories that lie in cracks of cobblestones reflect our own. We are here to give our respect to those who endured a hard life and show them what they have helped the East End to become – a hub of creativity and a scaffold for dreams. Our bells are the voices of today and we ring them as individuals within a larger community as we come together to honour the past, the present and look towards the future.”

Tickets:
this event is FREE!

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QUICK UPDATE if you are in London

The Cycle Symphony is here! On Bank Holiday Monday 2 May, 2011 hundreds of Londoners will rally in Spitalfields Market to celebrate Film, Music & the Community by playing their bells as part of our orchestra! You can be one of them! IT'S FREE!!
Brrring your bell & your bike, or walk and skip (!) to play your part in this sonic, cinematic and sensory journey through the East End like you've never seen it before! Costumes, neon, and hi-visibility lycra are strongly encouraged.
(The composer and conductor, Amelia Robinson, friend of a friend of Simon Gosling who will be there with 2 of his Fireflea children).

hopefully i can drag my teenage mutant ninja daughters out too. A xx

I really want to commision this for Birmingham!!!!

Hope I can make the 2nd but not looking likely.

Is there a facebook page for this? Lame I know but it tells me when things are about to happen thusly saving me from having to use my (mostly redundant) brain..

http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=203815539651942
for those vaguely interested.. see you there

might come along. might terrorise the shop i work at.

Any forumengers present for this? We managed to get down there in time but unfortunately sans bell.

what a great idea.

I went along. Very enjoyable. good pictures here

http://www.richardsarson.com/

some great pictures there, i'm in pic 04 (white TR jersey) with Simon bathed in sunlight.. it was a wonderful event. Amelia and Mila did something really special..

Al

some more http://www.facebook.com/#!/media/set/fbx/?set=a.214151175280901.65279.205361602826525

Part 1 live recording..
YouTube - The Cycle Symphony (Part 1)