Terry Day ha proposto molte volte le sue poesie in contesto musicale - spesso con la London Improvisers Orchestra - ma l'appuntamento di stasera al Cafe Oto londinese, dove la sua nuova raccolta Love, Sex & War verrà presentata in via ufficiale, assumerà tempi e modi per lui stesso inusuali. Dice: "To attempt the performance of eight lyrics plus conducting is a step into the unknown for me. Usually, I only perform one lyric with a large orchestra. Generally, the orchestra is given only the chorus of the lyric to briefly rehearse. The rest of the lyric is then improvised, with the orchestra usually hearing it for the first time during the performance. However, the orchestra is only given the title of a lyric with no defined chorus. As such that piece would be almost completely improvised. But this time each word, sentence, phrase and verse of the lyric has been deliberated upon and remains unaltered other than very minor changes. However, the structure, delivery, rhythm, tempo – all the musical aspects of the lyric are subject to improvisation, as is the dialogue and exchange between the orchestra and myself". Dell'orchestra guidata da Day faranno parte Neil Charles, Hannah Mashall, Rachel Musson, Charlotte Keeffe, Benedict Taylor, Iris Colomb, Adrian Northover, Daniel Blumberg, Peter Urpeth, Blanca Regina, Dave Fowler e Dave Tucker.
https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/segue-to-another-book-launch
https://unpredictableseries.bandcamp.com/love-sex-and-war
https://vimeo.com/862378917