Conducting RSNO at Sonica

.tb-field[data-toolset-blocks-field="7d935ada78213c09d5473f37b293b4d7"] { text-align: left; } .tb-field[data-toolset-blocks-field="7d935ada78213c09d5473f37b293b4d7"] a { text-decoration: none; }  .tb-gallery ul{list-style:none;margin:0 0 1.5em 0;padding:0}.tb-gallery__cell{margin:0 !important;position:relative}.tb-gallery--grid{display:grid;grid-auto-rows:auto !important}.tb-gallery--grid:not(.tb-gallery--grid--nocrop) .tb-brick__content{height:100%;position:absolute;top:0}.tb-gallery--grid:not(.tb-gallery--grid--nocrop) .tb-gallery__cell{grid-row-end:unset !important;position:relative}.tb-gallery--grid:not(.tb-gallery--grid--nocrop) .tb-gallery__cell::before{content:"";display:inline-block;padding-bottom:100%}.tb-gallery--grid:not(.tb-gallery--grid--nocrop) .tb-gallery__cell::marker{content:""}.tb-gallery--grid:not(.tb-gallery--grid--nocrop) img{width:100%;height:100%;-o-object-fit:cover;object-fit:cover}.tb-gallery--grid--nocrop img{height:auto !important;width:auto !important}.tb-gallery--grid--nocrop .tb-gallery__cell{align-self:end}.tb-gallery--grid--nocrop .tb-brick__content{height:100%}.tb-gallery--collage{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(12, 1fr)}.tb-gallery--collage .tb-brick__content{height:100%}.tb-gallery--collage img{height:100% !important}.tb-gallery--masonry{display:grid;grid-row-gap:0;grid-auto-rows:1px;opacity:0}.tb-gallery--masonry .tb-brick__content{position:relative}.tb-gallery--masonry .tb-brick__content img,.tb-gallery--masonry .tb-brick__content iframe,.tb-gallery--masonry .tb-brick__content video{-o-object-fit:cover;object-fit:cover;width:100% !important;display:block}.tb-gallery__caption{position:absolute;bottom:0;width:100%;background:rgba(255,255,255,0.6);padding:5px 2px;text-align:center;color:#333}.tb-gallery__caption:empty{background:transparent !important}.tb-gallery .tb-brick__content figure{height:100%}.tb-gallery img{width:100%;height:100%;-o-object-fit:cover;object-fit:cover;vertical-align:bottom}#left-area ul.tb-gallery{list-style-type:none;padding:0} .tb-gallery[data-toolset-blocks-gallery="b89bc71806913d9f7e643aaca176dcef"] .tb-gallery__caption { font-family: Libre Baskerville;font-size: 11.5px;letter-spacing: 0px;background: rgba( 255, 255, 255, 1 );color: rgba( 17, 17, 17, 1 ); } .tb-gallery[data-toolset-blocks-gallery="b89bc71806913d9f7e643aaca176dcef"] .tb-gallery--grid { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr);grid-row-gap: 22px;grid-column-gap: 22px; } .tb-field[data-toolset-blocks-field="d746254c28d1f095d8d29553ad101720"] { font-size: 19.5px;text-align: left; } .tb-field[data-toolset-blocks-field="d746254c28d1f095d8d29553ad101720"] a { text-decoration: none; }  .tb-field[data-toolset-blocks-field="4b2df6e4059b9f04dcd77747afdf3492"] { font-weight: bold;text-align: left; } .tb-field[data-toolset-blocks-field="4b2df6e4059b9f04dcd77747afdf3492"] a { text-decoration: none; }  @media only screen and (max-width: 781px) { .tb-field[data-toolset-blocks-field="7d935ada78213c09d5473f37b293b4d7"] a { text-decoration: none; }  .tb-gallery ul{list-style:none;margin:0 0 1.5em 0;padding:0}.tb-gallery__cell{margin:0 !important;position:relative}.tb-gallery--grid{display:grid;grid-auto-rows:auto !important}.tb-gallery--grid:not(.tb-gallery--grid--nocrop) .tb-brick__content{height:100%;position:absolute;top:0}.tb-gallery--grid:not(.tb-gallery--grid--nocrop) .tb-gallery__cell{grid-row-end:unset !important;position:relative}.tb-gallery--grid:not(.tb-gallery--grid--nocrop) .tb-gallery__cell::before{content:"";display:inline-block;padding-bottom:100%}.tb-gallery--grid:not(.tb-gallery--grid--nocrop) .tb-gallery__cell::marker{content:""}.tb-gallery--grid:not(.tb-gallery--grid--nocrop) img{width:100%;height:100%;-o-object-fit:cover;object-fit:cover}.tb-gallery--grid--nocrop img{height:auto !important;width:auto !important}.tb-gallery--grid--nocrop .tb-gallery__cell{align-self:end}.tb-gallery--grid--nocrop .tb-brick__content{height:100%}.tb-gallery--collage{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(12, 1fr)}.tb-gallery--collage .tb-brick__content{height:100%}.tb-gallery--collage img{height:100% !important}.tb-gallery--masonry{display:grid;grid-row-gap:0;grid-auto-rows:1px;opacity:0}.tb-gallery--masonry .tb-brick__content{position:relative}.tb-gallery--masonry .tb-brick__content img,.tb-gallery--masonry .tb-brick__content iframe,.tb-gallery--masonry .tb-brick__content video{-o-object-fit:cover;object-fit:cover;width:100% !important;display:block}.tb-gallery__caption{position:absolute;bottom:0;width:100%;background:rgba(255,255,255,0.6);padding:5px 2px;text-align:center;color:#333}.tb-gallery__caption:empty{background:transparent !important}.tb-gallery .tb-brick__content figure{height:100%}.tb-gallery img{width:100%;height:100%;-o-object-fit:cover;object-fit:cover;vertical-align:bottom}#left-area ul.tb-gallery{list-style-type:none;padding:0} .tb-gallery[data-toolset-blocks-gallery="b89bc71806913d9f7e643aaca176dcef"] .tb-gallery--grid { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr);grid-row-gap: 22px;grid-column-gap: 22px; } .tb-field[data-toolset-blocks-field="d746254c28d1f095d8d29553ad101720"] a { text-decoration: none; }  .tb-field[data-toolset-blocks-field="4b2df6e4059b9f04dcd77747afdf3492"] a { text-decoration: none; }   } @media only screen and (max-width: 599px) { .tb-field[data-toolset-blocks-field="7d935ada78213c09d5473f37b293b4d7"] a { text-decoration: none; }  .tb-gallery ul{list-style:none;margin:0 0 1.5em 0;padding:0}.tb-gallery__cell{margin:0 !important;position:relative}.tb-gallery--grid{display:grid;grid-auto-rows:auto !important}.tb-gallery--grid:not(.tb-gallery--grid--nocrop) .tb-brick__content{height:100%;position:absolute;top:0}.tb-gallery--grid:not(.tb-gallery--grid--nocrop) .tb-gallery__cell{grid-row-end:unset !important;position:relative}.tb-gallery--grid:not(.tb-gallery--grid--nocrop) .tb-gallery__cell::before{content:"";display:inline-block;padding-bottom:100%}.tb-gallery--grid:not(.tb-gallery--grid--nocrop) .tb-gallery__cell::marker{content:""}.tb-gallery--grid:not(.tb-gallery--grid--nocrop) img{width:100%;height:100%;-o-object-fit:cover;object-fit:cover}.tb-gallery--grid--nocrop img{height:auto !important;width:auto !important}.tb-gallery--grid--nocrop .tb-gallery__cell{align-self:end}.tb-gallery--grid--nocrop .tb-brick__content{height:100%}.tb-gallery--collage{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(12, 1fr)}.tb-gallery--collage .tb-brick__content{height:100%}.tb-gallery--collage img{height:100% !important}.tb-gallery--masonry{display:grid;grid-row-gap:0;grid-auto-rows:1px;opacity:0}.tb-gallery--masonry .tb-brick__content{position:relative}.tb-gallery--masonry .tb-brick__content img,.tb-gallery--masonry .tb-brick__content iframe,.tb-gallery--masonry .tb-brick__content video{-o-object-fit:cover;object-fit:cover;width:100% !important;display:block}.tb-gallery__caption{position:absolute;bottom:0;width:100%;background:rgba(255,255,255,0.6);padding:5px 2px;text-align:center;color:#333}.tb-gallery__caption:empty{background:transparent !important}.tb-gallery .tb-brick__content figure{height:100%}.tb-gallery img{width:100%;height:100%;-o-object-fit:cover;object-fit:cover;vertical-align:bottom}#left-area ul.tb-gallery{list-style-type:none;padding:0} .tb-gallery[data-toolset-blocks-gallery="b89bc71806913d9f7e643aaca176dcef"] .tb-gallery--grid { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr);grid-row-gap: 22px;grid-column-gap: 22px; } .tb-field[data-toolset-blocks-field="d746254c28d1f095d8d29553ad101720"] a { text-decoration: none; }  .tb-field[data-toolset-blocks-field="4b2df6e4059b9f04dcd77747afdf3492"] a { text-decoration: none; }   } 

March 14, 2022

On March 12th I was to join forces with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra for a spectacular performance at Cryptic’s Sonica Glasgow 2022. There were three works: Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet, Arvo Pärt’s If Bach Had Been a Beekeeper and the UK premiere of my Viola Concerto (A Hut in Toyama) with Morgan Goff on viola. Morgan and I had given the world premiere of the concerto in June 2021 at Tasmania’s Dark Mofo Festival, which commissioned the work. See Journal entry of this web site: https://gavinbryars.com/journal_entry/dark-mofo-hobart/

I arrived in the evening of March 10, in time for the planned morning rehearsal on March 11. There is a rule that everyone has to take a test for covid each day before an orchestra rehearsal with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and so I took one just before I was to leave the hotel, but it turned out positive… Although I had had a minor cold for the previous week or two, I did not feel at all unwell, and it was no different from the kind of thing I might expect at this time of any year..

However, as I result I have had to isolate in a small hotel for several days and the RSNO provided a deputy conductor, Robert Baxter, who did a very good job. My performance was supposed to be one of the big events within Cryptic Theatre’s Sonica Festival, with live visual projections by Catalan artist Alba G Corral, but there was nothing that I could do about it. The event went ahead as planned, and Tramway was sold out with a packed audience. But I was hooked up to Zoom from my hotel room and did a live introduction with Cryptic’s director Cathie Boyd and conversations between the pieces with Cathy Graham (who I’ve know for many years – and we are both from East Yorkshire). Morgan played beautifully, and although there was a full house standing ovation at the end, I didn’t see it though I was able to hear the music, albeit through the speakers on my computer…

My isolation was not the same as the 14-day quarantine in Sydney prior to the Hobart premiere, where I’d known in advance, and had lots of books and work material. Here, I had just brought the scores that I needed for the performances, and though I did pack a couple of books to read on the train, that was it…