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A sequence of 19 experimental odes, written and read by Robert Hampson, offering a documentation of Covid-19 in the form of a fragmented, multi-perspectival 'public voice' poetry: "nothing lost here amidst the welter, nothing gained by strong arming it" (Jeanne Heuving).
The whole process of the recording was done in lockdown, over zoom calls. The poet, Robert Hampson, recited in his own living room. The cellist, Joanna Levi, recorded her compositions with a relatively simple desktop microphone in her study. This quality lends a rawness to the collaborative process – again, part of the new and altered day-to-day life that restricted us in Covid time.
This project allowed a consuming interest in Bach's music to fuse with this Hampson's inspirational poetry. Levi aims to depict the sense of monotony and anxiety engendered during this time with a wandering tonality, that takes Bach Suites as a spring board. This is music we know, but soon enters unchartered waters, and as such represents a distortion of our normal.
lyrics
Full transcripts and cd recordings can be bought in the form of the Covodes book (2021) from arteryeditions@yahoo.co.uk
There is also a signed limited Art edition of 20 copies with art by John Vernon Lord.
credits
released September 30, 2021
Poems, written and read by Robert Hampson
Cello, titled 'Suite 1 for Solo Cello', composed and performed by Joanna Levi
Recording and sound design by Cameron Macgregor
Compilation and Production by Patricia Hope Scanlan, Artery Editions, UK, 2021
