<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><?xml-stylesheet href="https://feeds.captivate.fm/style.xsl" type="text/xsl"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:podcast="https://podcastindex.org/namespace/1.0"><channel><atom:link href="https://feeds.captivate.fm/walking-home/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title><![CDATA[Walking Home]]></title><lastBuildDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2023 12:24:59 +0000</lastBuildDate><generator>Captivate.fm</generator><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2023 Opera North]]></copyright><managingEditor>Opera North</managingEditor><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Opera North's commission for BBC Arts and Arts Council England’s Culture in Quarantine programme is a series of five new works specifically to be listened to whilst walking.

Crossing folk, jazz, Middle Eastern and African traditions, classical and contemporary music, with a tendency to experiment and to break the confines of genre, the contributors are cellist and composer Abel Selaocoe; qanun virtuoso Maya Youssef; oud player and composer Khyam Allami, vocalist, violinist and songwriter Alice Zawadzki; and accordionist and experimentalist Martin Green of the folk trio Lau.

Made by musicians under lockdown for audiences in the same predicament, Walking Home is a vibrant cross-section of music-making in Britain today. The series engages with our new context for walking and solitary activity, and each 15-minute piece offers an opportunity to renew our imaginative connections with our environment.]]></itunes:summary><image><url>https://artwork.captivate.fm/e95d8910-2e0e-4b27-839d-dba7a66c2313/8vS7GREaiJ21qekrr5hqIJoE.jpg</url><title>Walking Home</title><link><![CDATA[https://walking-home.captivate.fm]]></link></image><itunes:image href="https://artwork.captivate.fm/e95d8910-2e0e-4b27-839d-dba7a66c2313/8vS7GREaiJ21qekrr5hqIJoE.jpg"/><itunes:owner><itunes:name>Opera North</itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author>Opera North</itunes:author><description>Opera North&apos;s commission for BBC Arts and Arts Council England’s Culture in Quarantine programme is a series of five new works specifically to be listened to whilst walking.

Crossing folk, jazz, Middle Eastern and African traditions, classical and contemporary music, with a tendency to experiment and to break the confines of genre, the contributors are cellist and composer Abel Selaocoe; qanun virtuoso Maya Youssef; oud player and composer Khyam Allami, vocalist, violinist and songwriter Alice Zawadzki; and accordionist and experimentalist Martin Green of the folk trio Lau.

Made by musicians under lockdown for audiences in the same predicament, Walking Home is a vibrant cross-section of music-making in Britain today. The series engages with our new context for walking and solitary activity, and each 15-minute piece offers an opportunity to renew our imaginative connections with our environment.</description><link>https://walking-home.captivate.fm</link><atom:link href="https://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" rel="hub"/><itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Sound Journeys from Lockdown]]></itunes:subtitle><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type><itunes:category text="Music"></itunes:category><itunes:category text="Arts"><itunes:category text="Performing Arts"/></itunes:category><itunes:category text="Health &amp; Fitness"></itunes:category><item><title>Abel Selaocoe: Ulibambe</title><itunes:title>Abel Selaocoe: Ulibambe</itunes:title><description><![CDATA[<p>The South African cellist and composer’s lockdown base in the Peak District inspired this work, which is intended to accompany a walk at the day’s end. </p><p>“The title comes from a Zulu saying meaning ‘Hold the sun, so it may not set’”, he explains. “In this piece of music the phrase takes on a new meaning and becomes a way to soothe your worries towards the end of the day: we often over-fill our day and feel overwhelmed, but instead we can live and work by embracing our instincts and knowing when we have done enough, or when there is a need for change.”</p><p><em>Walking Home</em> is a series of sound journeys created to be listened to on headphones whilst walking. The five works were composed and recorded during lockdown for BBC Arts and Arts Council England’s Culture in Quarantine programme.</p><p><span class="ql-size-small">Composed and performed by Abel Selaocoe. Poem: </span><em class="ql-size-small">Duende’s Nature Dance</em><span class="ql-size-small"> (for Abel Selaocoe) by Eugene Skeef. Mixing and mastering by Calum Malcolm.</span></p>]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The South African cellist and composer’s lockdown base in the Peak District inspired this work, which is intended to accompany a walk at the day’s end. </p><p>“The title comes from a Zulu saying meaning ‘Hold the sun, so it may not set’”, he explains. “In this piece of music the phrase takes on a new meaning and becomes a way to soothe your worries towards the end of the day: we often over-fill our day and feel overwhelmed, but instead we can live and work by embracing our instincts and knowing when we have done enough, or when there is a need for change.”</p><p><em>Walking Home</em> is a series of sound journeys created to be listened to on headphones whilst walking. The five works were composed and recorded during lockdown for BBC Arts and Arts Council England’s Culture in Quarantine programme.</p><p><span class="ql-size-small">Composed and performed by Abel Selaocoe. Poem: </span><em class="ql-size-small">Duende’s Nature Dance</em><span class="ql-size-small"> (for Abel Selaocoe) by Eugene Skeef. Mixing and mastering by Calum Malcolm.</span></p>]]></content:encoded><link><![CDATA[https://walking-home.captivate.fm]]></link><guid isPermaLink="false">45956208-770a-42a6-917b-87b75438ce74</guid><itunes:image href="https://artwork.captivate.fm/0381508b-8eee-48cb-85d0-c8119ec37bb4/w6mw5fPy5x6xp6uNdz98EFdz.jpg"/><dc:creator><![CDATA[Opera North]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2023 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate><enclosure url="https://podcasts.captivate.fm/media/983f4a51-8882-4998-a3ec-b79331e5e1a8/abel-selacoe-ulibambe.mp3" length="18845205" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:duration>13:06</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><itunes:author>Opera North</itunes:author></item><item><title>Khyam Allami: Al-Mayasan</title><itunes:title>Khyam Allami: Al-Mayasan</itunes:title><description><![CDATA[<p>"I’ve spent the entirety of the lockdown alone in Berlin", says the Syrian-born Iraqi oud player and composer Khyam Allami.</p><p>"Through it I’ve learned that we tend to forget how much our day to day interactions with people allow us to have a different perspective on what we do and how we think”.</p><p>“I would like to encourage listeners to consider who you can see around you, and the environment that you’re experiencing, through the perspective of one of the other people that you have seen or encountered, on this short journey with me.”</p><p><em>Walking Home</em> is a series of sound journeys created to be listened to on headphones whilst walking. The five works were composed and recorded during lockdown for BBC Arts and Arts Council England’s Culture in Quarantine programme.</p><p><span class="ql-size-small">Composed, performed, produced and mixed by Khyam Allami. Mastered by Calum Malcolm. </span></p>]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>"I’ve spent the entirety of the lockdown alone in Berlin", says the Syrian-born Iraqi oud player and composer Khyam Allami.</p><p>"Through it I’ve learned that we tend to forget how much our day to day interactions with people allow us to have a different perspective on what we do and how we think”.</p><p>“I would like to encourage listeners to consider who you can see around you, and the environment that you’re experiencing, through the perspective of one of the other people that you have seen or encountered, on this short journey with me.”</p><p><em>Walking Home</em> is a series of sound journeys created to be listened to on headphones whilst walking. The five works were composed and recorded during lockdown for BBC Arts and Arts Council England’s Culture in Quarantine programme.</p><p><span class="ql-size-small">Composed, performed, produced and mixed by Khyam Allami. Mastered by Calum Malcolm. </span></p>]]></content:encoded><link><![CDATA[https://walking-home.captivate.fm]]></link><guid isPermaLink="false">32b6833e-7e98-4a2d-bd4f-b58eb1fb42de</guid><itunes:image href="https://artwork.captivate.fm/c2935f57-0598-4972-92b7-b1f072b2f4b5/cauf4fJ4PuZ-1fnGYvwS04gJ.jpg"/><dc:creator><![CDATA[Opera North]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2023 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate><enclosure url="https://podcasts.captivate.fm/media/4e22b96c-8457-42b9-937e-4439ed2f4530/khyam-allami-with-dialogue.mp3" length="23579614" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:duration>16:24</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><itunes:author>Opera North</itunes:author></item><item><title>Maya Youssef: Silver Lining</title><itunes:title>Maya Youssef: Silver Lining</itunes:title><description><![CDATA[<p>Born and raised in Damascus, Maya is a virtuoso of the qanun, the Arabic zither. “When I was approached to take part in&nbsp;<em>Walking Home</em>,” she says, “the first thing that came to my mind was walking in nature, and the different lines of thought and feelings that stream through me.</p><p>"Because of that, there are different voices in this piece, all of which the qanun performs. I know a lot of people are going through a lot of grief at the moment, and I wanted this music to give them a whisper of hope”.</p><p><em>Walking Home</em> is a series of sound journeys created during lockdown, to be listened to on headphones whilst walking, for BBC Arts and Arts Council England’s Culture in Quarantine programme.</p><p><span class="ql-size-small">Composed by Maya Youssef. Mixed and mastered by Calum Malcolm</span></p>]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Born and raised in Damascus, Maya is a virtuoso of the qanun, the Arabic zither. “When I was approached to take part in&nbsp;<em>Walking Home</em>,” she says, “the first thing that came to my mind was walking in nature, and the different lines of thought and feelings that stream through me.</p><p>"Because of that, there are different voices in this piece, all of which the qanun performs. I know a lot of people are going through a lot of grief at the moment, and I wanted this music to give them a whisper of hope”.</p><p><em>Walking Home</em> is a series of sound journeys created during lockdown, to be listened to on headphones whilst walking, for BBC Arts and Arts Council England’s Culture in Quarantine programme.</p><p><span class="ql-size-small">Composed by Maya Youssef. Mixed and mastered by Calum Malcolm</span></p>]]></content:encoded><link><![CDATA[https://walking-home.captivate.fm]]></link><guid isPermaLink="false">4b694616-58bd-4e83-a022-f7a70812ae8b</guid><itunes:image href="https://artwork.captivate.fm/5ef903de-e24c-4f4e-b79f-d49e658b4910/7roq_LwE4OlP1hL9vTRRfRC7.jpg"/><dc:creator><![CDATA[Opera North]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2023 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate><enclosure url="https://podcasts.captivate.fm/media/a08d3d7d-c2d6-4cac-9039-2df433ca9f20/maya-youssef-silver-lining.mp3" length="19014225" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:duration>13:13</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><itunes:author>Opera North</itunes:author></item><item><title>Martin Green: A Place of Crisps and Pianos</title><itunes:title>Martin Green: A Place of Crisps and Pianos</itunes:title><description><![CDATA[<p>In this sound walk, the accordionist, composer, and one-third of exploratory folk band Lau brings together field recordings, spoken word and the trumpet and tenor horn of Laura Jurd. </p><p>“I’d been getting up earlier and earlier and enjoying that special period when it feels like there are very few people awake", he says.</p><p>"I recorded a few walks at sunrise, one with my daughter, and the snippets of conversation that got caught became the starting point. I’d been yearning for ensemble music and I’d been very keen to find a project to do with Laura for a while – and the sound of the sun makes me think of brass”.</p><p>Walking Home is a series of sound journeys created during lockdown, to be listened to on headphones whilst walking, for BBC Arts and Arts Council England’s Culture in Quarantine programme.</p><p><span class="ql-size-small">Accordion, keyboards, words and ambient sound recordings by Martin Green. Trumpet and tenor horn, improvisation by Laura Jurd. Narration by Edie Green Mixed by Calum Malcolm. Additional engineering by Cameron Malcolm. Brass arrangements by Benjamin Woodgates.</span></p>]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In this sound walk, the accordionist, composer, and one-third of exploratory folk band Lau brings together field recordings, spoken word and the trumpet and tenor horn of Laura Jurd. </p><p>“I’d been getting up earlier and earlier and enjoying that special period when it feels like there are very few people awake", he says.</p><p>"I recorded a few walks at sunrise, one with my daughter, and the snippets of conversation that got caught became the starting point. I’d been yearning for ensemble music and I’d been very keen to find a project to do with Laura for a while – and the sound of the sun makes me think of brass”.</p><p>Walking Home is a series of sound journeys created during lockdown, to be listened to on headphones whilst walking, for BBC Arts and Arts Council England’s Culture in Quarantine programme.</p><p><span class="ql-size-small">Accordion, keyboards, words and ambient sound recordings by Martin Green. Trumpet and tenor horn, improvisation by Laura Jurd. Narration by Edie Green Mixed by Calum Malcolm. Additional engineering by Cameron Malcolm. Brass arrangements by Benjamin Woodgates.</span></p>]]></content:encoded><link><![CDATA[https://walking-home.captivate.fm]]></link><guid isPermaLink="false">084e5a5d-02e1-46f9-87a4-ef29b8b83b6c</guid><itunes:image href="https://artwork.captivate.fm/81993ed5-3ca8-46e2-99a0-aea0981f9af6/Ls3d3lKM0vB7XZGeITRgRORA.jpg"/><dc:creator><![CDATA[Opera North]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2023 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate><enclosure url="https://podcasts.captivate.fm/media/1e85c71b-dcfb-4c78-8937-e8afb29f8cf8/martin-green-dawn.mp3" length="35475522" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:duration>24:40</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><itunes:author>Opera North</itunes:author></item><item><title>Alice Zawadzki: My Boy of the Birds</title><itunes:title>Alice Zawadzki: My Boy of the Birds</itunes:title><description><![CDATA[<p>The London-based vocalist, violinist and pianist’s piece is written for “that very special time of day that’s neither nighttime or daytime: that strange liminal, luminous place where the birds are singing and we’re on the precipice of something new”, says Alice. “The piece reflects all of the changes that we navigate with people close to us.</p><p>There’s a tension between two keys, but there’s also a gentle pulsing all the way through which doesn’t change, and I suppose that’s the thing that you hold on to, a kind of rudder in these weird seas! I really hope that anybody listening to it will find beauty and consolation in it.”</p><p>Walking Home is a series of sound journeys created during lockdown to be listened to on headphones whilst walking, for BBC Arts and Arts Council England’s Culture in Quarantine programme.</p><p><span class="ql-size-small">Composed by Alice Zawadzki. Voice, violins, piano by Alice Zawadzki. Electric guitar and effects by Alex Roth. Bass Moog by Alex Killpartrick. Recorded, engineered and mixed by Alex Killpartrick. Mastered by Calum Malcolm. Produced by Alice Zawadzki with additional production by Alex Killpartrick.</span></p>]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The London-based vocalist, violinist and pianist’s piece is written for “that very special time of day that’s neither nighttime or daytime: that strange liminal, luminous place where the birds are singing and we’re on the precipice of something new”, says Alice. “The piece reflects all of the changes that we navigate with people close to us.</p><p>There’s a tension between two keys, but there’s also a gentle pulsing all the way through which doesn’t change, and I suppose that’s the thing that you hold on to, a kind of rudder in these weird seas! I really hope that anybody listening to it will find beauty and consolation in it.”</p><p>Walking Home is a series of sound journeys created during lockdown to be listened to on headphones whilst walking, for BBC Arts and Arts Council England’s Culture in Quarantine programme.</p><p><span class="ql-size-small">Composed by Alice Zawadzki. Voice, violins, piano by Alice Zawadzki. Electric guitar and effects by Alex Roth. Bass Moog by Alex Killpartrick. Recorded, engineered and mixed by Alex Killpartrick. Mastered by Calum Malcolm. Produced by Alice Zawadzki with additional production by Alex Killpartrick.</span></p>]]></content:encoded><link><![CDATA[https://walking-home.captivate.fm]]></link><guid isPermaLink="false">767a98db-1ed2-4997-ab72-d9a23abc3a07</guid><itunes:image href="https://artwork.captivate.fm/8134e003-bcf1-4ae2-a883-11c6412aa0a0/92bkQs0dG0ndNa35_ZZ0WMN7.jpg"/><dc:creator><![CDATA[Opera North]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2023 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate><enclosure url="https://podcasts.captivate.fm/media/b21fa107-01d9-4b65-9453-4480c54f7e16/my-boy-of-the-birds-1.mp3" length="21945783" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:duration>15:16</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><itunes:author>Opera North</itunes:author></item></channel></rss>