- Eleventh Hour (Fred Frith album)
Infobox Album
Name = Eleventh Hour
Type =Studio album
Artist =Fred Frith
Background = orange
Released = 2005
Recorded =Germany , 2003–2004United States , 2004
Genre =Chamber music Experimental music
Length = 1:41:00
Label =Winter & Winter (Germany )
Producer =Fred Frith Carlos Albrecht Stefan Winter
Reviews =
*" [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/ All About Jazz] " [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=17544 link]
Last album = "Eye to Ear II "
(2004)
This album = "Eleventh Hour"
(2005)
Next album = "Impur"
(2006)"Eleventh Hour" is a
double album by Englishguitarist ,composer and improvisorFred Frith . It comprises five long pieces composed by Frith between 1990 and 2001, and was performed by theArditti Quartet (strings) withUwe Dierksen (trombone), William Winant (electric guitars) and Frith (electric guitars), inGermany and theUnited States in 2003 and 2004. Frith only plays on the second CD of this album.A review in "All About Jazz" said this of the album: "Eleventh Hour" documents Frith’s continued growth as a composer in the new music arena, and for all its juxtaposition of light and dark, it remains totally compelling and strangely beautiful." [ cite web |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=17580 |title="Eleventh Hour" |work=All About Jazz |first=John |last=Kelman |accessdate=2007-03-06 ]
Description
With the exception of "Stick Figures", the
Arditti Quartet , under the direction of Frith, performed on all the pieces, and were recorded at Il Bagno inSteinfurt ,Germany in June 2003."Lelekovice", for a
string quartet , also called "String Quartet #1", was written in 1990 forIva Bittová , Lelekovice being the name of the village nearBrno in theCzech Republic where Bittová lives. It was first performed in July 1991 by theEdison Quartet at the Nieuwe Musiek Festival, inMiddelburg , theNetherlands , and was used by theUnited States choreographerAmanda Miller in her dance piece, "My Father's Vertigo" in 1991. A recording was made in December 1992 by theViolet Wires String Quartet inLondon , which was released on Frith's 1994 album, "Quartets". The recording on this album was made by the Arditti Quartet in 2003."Tense Serenity", for a
string trio and trombone, was written in 1997 and was performed here by the Arditti Quartet as a trio (withoutGraeme Jennings on violin) andUwe Dierksen on trombone."Allegory" and "Fell", both for string quartet and electric guitar, were composed in 2001, and were performed here by the Arditti Quartet in June 2003 in Germany. Frith's electric guitar was recorded later in March 2004 in Germany and added to the mix.
"Stick Figures", for six guitars and two players, was composed in 1990 and performed by Frith and William Winant in the
United States in May 2004. They multi-tracked prepared electric guitars to create layers of guitar sounds.Track listing
;Disc 1
#"Lelekovice (String Quartet #1, for Iva Bittová)" (Frith)
#*"Part I" – 1:48
#*"Part II" – 4:42
#*"Part III" – 0:49
#*"Part IV" – 3:18
#*"Part V" – 2:07
#*"Part VI" – 4:45
#*"Part VII" – 5:44
#*"Part VIII" – 1:04
#*"Part XI" – 4:02
#"Tense Serenity (string trio and trombone)" (Frith)
#*"Part I" – 11:23
#*"Part II" – 9:00
#*"Part III" – 4:58
#*"Part VI" – 3:58
#*"Part V" – 2:13;Disc 2
#"Allegory (string quartet and electric guitar, for Irvine Arditti)" (Frith)
#*"Part I" – 3:51
#*"Part II" – 7:00
#*"Part III" – 4:03
#"Stick Figures (6 guitars and 2 players)" (Frith) – 17:28
#"Fell (string quartet and electric guitar)" (Frith) – 11:55Personnel
*
Arditti Quartet (disc 1, track 1; disc 2, tracks 1,3)
**Irvine Arditti – violin
**Graeme Jennings – violin
**Ralf Ehlers – viola
**Rohan de Saram – cello
*Arditti Trio (disc 1, track 2)
**Irvine Arditti – violin
**Ralf Ehlers – viola
**Rohan de Saram – cello
*Uwe Dierksen – trombone (disc 1, track 2)
*William Winant – electric guitars (disc 2, track 2)
*Fred Frith – electric guitars (disc 2, tracks 1-3)ound
*Disc 1, tracks 1,2 and disc 2, tracks 1,3 recorded at Il Bagno,
Steinfurt ,Germany , June 2003
*Disc 2, tracks 1,3, guitar recorded at Erich Thienhaus Institut Hochschule fur Musik,Detmold ,Germany , March 2004
*Disc 2, track 2 recorded at Guerrilla Recordings, Oakland,United States , May 2004
*Engineered byChristoph Terbuyken ,Marcel Babazadeh andMyles Boisen References
External links
*amg | id = 10:3raqoayaeijd | label = Eleventh Hour
* [http://home.arcor.de/nyds-exp-discogs/frith.htm Fred Frith discography]
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