Byron Wallen’s Hurricane Bells — live event
Doors 7.45 PM, Music 8.30 PM - 2 sets of music Line-up Byron Wallen - Trumpet Jonny Mansfield - Vibraphone Daniel Kempshell - Guitar Menelick Claffey - Bass Zoe Pascal - Drums About Back in 2019 Filthy Lucre commissioned Byron Wallen to write music for 8 musicians responding to Peter Shenai’s "Hurricane Bells". Peter is a contemporary artist who has cast 5 bells, whose shapes are modeled on the structure of Hurricane Katrina - the storm that devastated New Orleans in 2005. These cyclonic, irregularly shaped bells produce a tonally complex web of sounds reminiscent of Chinese bells and gongs. Gong instruments in general, have this amazing political and communicative power: they memorialize, they mark celebrations, they sound alarms, they call communities to gather around important issues.These bells based on the structure of Hurricane Katrina carry a powerful message and set of meanings with them. This piece is an exploration of the socio-political economic climate where their …
Starts: 2026-05-09T19:45:00Z
Ends: 2026-05-09T21:45:00Z
Where: 11 Gillett Square, England, United Kingdom
Price: $0.0