Robert Mitchell will be releasing his next release ‘The Glimpse’ with us in Feb of 2013. Here is his latest newsletter which includes a plethora of concert dates, his brand new Leftitude Festival and much more!
ROBERT MITCHELL MUSIC
Newsletter Dec 2012
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A few wonderful things for the December newsletter!
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SOLO PIANO UK TOUR 2013
This will be my debut solo piano tour of the UK.
The tour is in support of a new solo piano album (The Glimpse: see below). The full details (inc addresses, price, booking details etc ) will be up on http://www.robertmitchellmusic.com/ + www.whirlwindrecordings.com/ but here is a summary (with more tbc):
18 Jan Royal Festival Hall – Central Bar 1pm LONDON
25 Jan Respond Academy 5pm wkshp/ 7pm ST LEONARDS ON SEA
31 Jan St Georges In The East 8pm, LONDON (E1)
1 Feb Pound Arts Centre 7.30pm Corsham WILTSHIRE
8 Feb RWCMD 1.15m gig /2.20pm wkshp CARDIFF
8 Torfaen Jazz 8pm, Griffithstown, Pontypool TORFAEN
12 Voicebox Arts Centre 7.30pm DERBY
13 The Lit And Phil (+Corey Mwamba solo) 8pm NEWCASTLE
16 The Verdict Solo+Robert Mitchell’s Panacea: 3pm wkshp/8pm gig BRIGHTON
2 Mar LIVERPOOL International Jazz Fest Capstone Theatre 2pm
7 Mar Trinity Laban Conservatoire Of Music&Drama 4.30pm LONDON
15 Mar Turner Sims 7.30pm Solo + Robert Mitchell’s Panacea + Chorus Project@ SOUTHAMPTON Uni
21 Mar LEFTITUDE FESTIVAL + ALBUM LAUNCH 7pm interview w. Nicholas McCarthy* /7.45pm show The Forge LONDON
4 Apr Free Range 9pm CANTERBURY
5 Apr Embrace Arts 3pm wkshp/ 8.30pm gig LEICESTER
19 Apr Anglia Ruskin Uni 1.10pm show/3pm wkshp CAMBRIDGE
20 Apr Jazz Co-op – Workshop 11am CAMBRIDGE
2 May St Georges Bloomsbury 7.30pm One World Music (Jazz Warriors International) LONDON
22 May Dempseys 9pm CARDIFF
Oct – Whirlwind Recordings Festival Kings Place LONDON (tba)
*Nicholas McCarthy interviews me on 20th Mar 7pm, and Clare Hammond on 21st Mar 7pm (all onstage).
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ROBERT MITCHELL – NEW ALBUM:
THE GLIMPSE (18.2.2013)
The album was the first to be recorded on the great Steinway D piano, at the Capstone Theatre, Liverpool, UK. The recording was produced by Pat Thomas (a leading light of the European Improv scene), and also recorded and mastered by the brilliant engineer Roland Clarke.
There will be some photo and video posts from this.
Many thanks to Neil Campbell for all his help and running one of the best new venues in the UK. The Capstone is one of a very few UK Steinway Schools. They therefore have a number of great Steinway pianos, both grand and upright, for these lucky students to use.
There will also be a special pre-release announcement soon, and a special preview on the album itself. Please join twitter for this (see the last note on this newsletter below)
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LEFTITUDE 2013 – A VERY SPECIAL UPDATE
A brand new first. A festival of solo piano – performed by the left hand only! The brilliant venue – The Forge (Camden, London) – is where it will happen on 20+21March 2013. This also uniquely features performers from both the Jazz and Classical worlds : Clare Hammond, Ivo De Greef, Pat Thomas, and Robert Mitchell (Creator/ Curator/ Co-Artistic Director). There will be some interviews to begin the evening at 7pm, with the music starting at 7.45pm.
We are fantastically pleased to announce that the brilliant young pianist and recent media star Nicholas McCarthy (recently seen on Channel 4, Paralympic Games Closing Ceremony, BBC Piano Season Gala Concert) – will be hosting each night. He will also interview some of the artists onstage, and will be co-artistic director for subsequent editions of Leftitude. A performance in the second edition is also being planned! As the only graduate of the Royal College Of Music in its history – for left hand only piano repertoire – its a huge honour for us.
The new website is now live !!! leftitudefestival.com/
To register, please signup there – and be the first to receive info and special offers. The new twitter link for the festival is here: twitter.com/leftitudefest
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ROBERT MITCHELL’S PANACEA@
LONDON JAZZ FEST 2012 – ON THE BBC
Robert Mitchell’s Panacea took part in the London Jazz Festival 2012.
Both at Charlie Wrights, and the Clore Ballroom (Royal Festival Hall)
The second of these will be broadcast on BBC radio (after having been beamed across Europe first).This is on the programme: Jazz Line Up (2nd Dec 11.15pm ) : www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01p2q2h
The show is presented by Kevin Le Gendre – a brilliant lecturer, journalist, reviewer and historian. (My very first radio interview was given on his sadly missed programme – Nows The Time – on BBC Radio London). A huge thanks to him and Keith Loxam. There will be an opportunity to catch this again on iplayer thereafter as well.
The line up for all this: RM (piano), Deborah Jordan (Vocals), Tom Mason (Bass), Laurie Lowe (Drums).
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SOWETO KINCH – Hitchcock’s The Ring – Performance in India
On 7 Dec – I play with this fantastic band who have previously premiered and recorded a version of Soweto Kinch’s music for Alfred Hitchcock’s silent classic – The Ring (1927). This performance is in India. It is part of an international film festival , in the capital of beautiful Kerala – Thiruvananthapurum (in the south). The Website is here www.iffk.in/
I will be posting stuff on this for sure! Stay tuned…
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INTERVIEWS
Forthcoming interviews include: Jazz UK (with a special bonus), London Jazz Blog, Brighton Jazz School, Respond Academy… __________________________________________________________
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News on the start of the tour, the new album artwork, a tv appearance, a unique new project for Panacea, and a special campaign.
