DESCRIPTION:
Part nine: "Rain on Glass"
Soloists: Richard Wigley / Mick Foster, Freddie Gavita / Rob Buckland, Neil Yates

Surroundings was commissioned by Manchester Jazz Festival 2010 with funds from ACE, Foyle Foundation, Granada Foundation and PRS for Music Foundation. The suite for full jazz orchestra was composed to be "antiphonal" - musicians playing from different locations around the audience to create a "surround-sound" effect. Each movement has a different physical configuration and each paints a soundscape depicting a specific place or environment. This premier performance was in St Ann's Church in Manchester. Unfortunately it was only possible to erect a single static camera at the back of the church. Best listened to in headphones.

Composer, Trumpet / Flugelhorn : Neil Yates
Conductor : Matt Andrews
Saxes : James Knight, Rob Buckland, Tori Freestone, Jim Hunt, Mick Foster
Trumpets : Freddie Gavita, Percy Pursglove, Robbie Robson, Sam Wooster
Trombones : Fayyaz Virgi, Richard Wigley, Jeremy Price, Sarah Williams
Piano : Les Chisnal
Guitar : Zsolt Bende
Bass : Pete Turner
Drums / Vibraphone : Eryl Roberts
Drums / Vibraphone : Rob Turner
Audio recorded by : Paul Allen at Bass Line Audio