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The Capstone Theatre
Liverpool’s International
Arts Venue
Spring Season
January - June
2015
Events Calendar
5 Thursday 7.30pm CONTEMPORARY PIANO SERIES
January - Visual Piano: Francesco di Fiore
14 Wednesday 7.30pm CONTEMPORARY PIANO SERIES 11 Wednesday 7.30pm
- Joanna MacGregor 12 Thursday 7.30pm Merseyside Dance Initiative presents
29 Thursday 6.30pm CAPSTONE CLASSICS: Gandhi 18 Wednesday 7.30pm Leap into The Capstone 2015
31 Saturday 1.00pm Milapfest presents Rajeeb Chakraborty 17 Thursday 7.30pm Chicken Pox Fox presents Donna Disco
& Kousic Sen 19 Thursday 6.30pm CAPSTONE CLASSICS:
February Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
9 Monday 7.30pm Joan Laage: Strand and Stations 28 Saturday 1.00pm Milapfest presents
19 Thursday 6.30pm CAPSTONE CLASSICS: Casablanca Pravin Godkhindi & Kousic Sen
20 Friday 7.30pm CONTEMPORARY PIANO SERIES April
- Re: Sono - Music for Two Pianos
9 Thursday 7.30pm The Ciggie Run
24 Tuesday 7.30pm Deborah Light: HIDE 10 Friday 7.30pm The Ciggie Run
11 Saturday 7.30pm The Ciggie Run
LIVERPOOL INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL 2015 17 Friday 7.30pm SPRING JAZZ SERIES - Marius Nesets
22 Wednesday 7.30pm CONTEMPORARY PIANO SERIES
26 Thursday 8.00pm GoGo Penguin
- Gwilym Simcock (Solo)
27 Friday 7.30pm Troyka
23 Thursday 6.30pm CAPSTONE CLASSICS: Psycho
27 Friday 10.00pm Marley Chingus Jazz Collective
24 Friday 7.30pm SPRING JAZZ SERIES - Vein
28 Saturday 1.00pm Milapfest presents Svara Kanti
25 Saturday 1.00pm Milapfest presents Yuva Ratna Award Showcase
28 Saturday 3.00pm Foyer Concerts: Jazz Worriers
4.00pm Foyer Concerts: Nicola Farnon Trio May
5.00pm Foyer Concerts: John Ellis Trio 1 Friday 7.30pm SPRING JAZZ SERIES - Max Luthert Sextet
6.00pm Foyer Concerts: Slowlight Quartet 8 Friday 7.30pm SPRING JAZZ SERIES - Stretch Trio
28 Saturday 7.30pm Liverpooljazz presents 9 Saturday 7.30pm Juan Martín presents Dos Guitarras Malagueñas:
Dennis Rollins Velocity Trio Juan Martín with Chaparro de Málaga
March 15 Friday 7.30pm SPRING JAZZ SERIES - The Weave
1 Sunday 10.00pm Jazz Singing Workshop – Sense of Sound 21 Thursday 6.30pm CAPSTONE CLASSICS: Love Aaj Kal
1 Sunday 11.00pm Saxophone Workshop – Brandon Allen 22 Friday 7.30pm SPRING JAZZ SERIES - Ant Law Quintet
1 Sunday 11.00pm Workshop Demonstration – 30 Saturday 1.00pm Milapfest presents Beyond Roots
Mike Walker & Stuart McCallum
1 Sunday 1.00pm Jazz North and Liverpooljazz present June
North West Jazz Showcase 13 Saturday 7.30pm Peggy Seeger with Neill MacColl and
Jam Experiment Calum MacColl
White Canvas 18 Thursday 6.30pm CAPSTONE CLASSICS: Mandela: Long Walk
Blind Monk Trio to Freedom
1 Sunday 8.00pm The Capstone Theatre and The Kazimier 27 Saturday 1.00pm Milapfest presents Tarun Bhattacharaya &
present James Taylor Quartet Kousic Sen
Contemporary Piano Series 3 Joanna MacGregor Wednesday 14th January, 7.30pm £11.50 (£6.50 concessions) Joanna MacGregor - piano Vanessa Williamson - mezzo-soprano (Socrate) Stephen Pratt - narrator (Sports et Divertissements) Satie - Gymnopédies Nos 1 & 2 Pièces froides Sports et Divertissements Arvo Pärt - Für Alina; Für Anna Maria Stravinsky - Sonata for piano Satie - Music for Entr’acte (dir. René Clair) (film screening + live performance) Cage - Cheap Imitation I Satie - Mort de Socrate (Part III from Socrate) Gymnopédie No. 3 Joanna MacGregor presents an evening devoted to the eccentric genius of Erik Satie, godfather of Minimalism and the inventor of ‘furniture music.’ From the elegantly mysterious Gymnopédies to the tender vocal monologue describing the death of Socrates, Joanna MacGregor explores Satie’s profound impact on the twentieth century. The programme also features John Cage’s Cheap Imitation, the mirror-image of Socrate, the crystalline beauty and silences of Arvo Pärt’s tintinnabuli style, and in Stravinsky’s jazz-inflected Sonata. The pianist is joined by Stephen Pratt whose narration brings life to the shrewd social satire of Sports et Divertissments, and the mezzo-soprano Vanessa Williamson in Mort de Socrate. Joanna MacGregor also plays live to Satie’s seminal (and very funny) film collaboration with surrealist René Clair, Entr’acte.
4 Capstone Classics
Capstone Classics is a series of classic and international films screened monthly,
usually on the third Thursday of every month, at The Capstone Theatre. The series
is presented by Milapfest and The Capstone Theatre. To coincide with many of the
screenings there will be special introductions and Q&A sessions. All screenings
take place at 6.30pm and for each individual screening tickets can be purchased at
the door at a cost of £5 (£3.50 concessions). A season ticket is also available from
TicketQuarter priced £15. We hope you can join us for the latest cinematic experience
in town at Liverpool's International Arts Venue. Milapfest presents
Rajeeb Chakraborty
CAPSTONE CLASSICS In tribute to the late Richard Attenborough, & Kousic Sen
Milapfest and The Capstone Theatre present
Gandhi one of his greatest works and Academy Saturday 31st January, 1pm
Award winning film, Gandhi. The film Admission Free
Thursday 29th January, 6.30pm charts the life of Mohandas K. Gandhi, a (Please book at www.milapfest.com)
£5 (£3.50 concessions) door only. lawyer who became the famed leader of the
revolutionary non-violence movement for World renowned sarod maestro Rajeeb
Season ticket for all six screenings: independence from Great Britain’s rule of Chakraborty performs a programme of beautiful
£15. India during the 20th century. north Indian ragas, accompanied by Kousic Sen
on tabla. The sarod, one of the most popular
Directed by Richard Attenborough There will be a post-film Q&A with stringed instruments of North India, resonates
Starring: Ben Kingsley Mira Kaushik, a member of the Gandhi with a deep rich tone that can relax and energise
film crew, sharing her insight into the in equal measure. Rajeeb Chakraborty is a
making of this epic. versatile musician and composer renowned for
the deeply expressive nature of his performances.
Please note this film has an interval. Trained in both Indian and Western Classical
music, he travels extensively around the world
to compose, collaborate and perform. He is
accompanied by highly admired tabla maestro,
Kousic Sen.
Joan Laage: Strand and Stations Stations [2014] 5
Choreographed & performed by Joan Laage (Kogut Butoh)
Monday 9th February, 7.30pm Music by utsusemi (David Noble & Dmitry Artamonov)
£12.50 (£9.50 concessions) Costume by Joan Laage
After studying with butoh masters Kazuo Ohno and Yoko Stations is a new solo created from material from the Suitcases Project. Stations
Ashikawa in Tokyo in the late 80s and performing with is the latest in a body of work inspired by the WWII period and years following
Ashikawa’s group Gnome, Joan Laage settled in Seattle and the war, a time full of fragmentation of families and hardships, loss and
founded Dappin’ Butoh in 1990. She has performed at the New dislocation for vast numbers of people. Throughout history, a train journey
York, Chicago, Portland, Boulder, Seattle and Paris butoh festivals has led to encampment and death, as well as provided escape, freedom, and
and holds a PhD in Dance & Related Arts from Texas Woman’s opportunity.
University. Laage is featured in Sondra Fraleigh’s books Dancing
into Darkness: Butoh, Zen, and Japan and Butoh: Metamorphic
Dance and Global Alchemy. She frequently creates site-specific
work for the Seattle Japanese Garden where she is a docent.
Strand [2014]
Choreographed & performed by Joan Laage (Kogut Butoh)
Music by Dmitry Artamonov
Costume by Sarah Damm
Strand is inspired by the culture of hair and by the choreographer’s
personal journey from waist length hair to shaven head and how
hairstyle became an integral part of her performance. Control
of one’s hairstyle is a source either of autonomy or degradation.
Given hairstyle’s link with an individual’s identity, what might be
the significance of a single remaining strand of hair, both to the
performer and the viewer? Strand premiered in Seattle in December
2014 and was created especially for K.R.O.P.P., a performance series
in Uppsala, Sweden.
6 CAPSTONE CLASSICS Contemporary Piano Series
Casablanca Re: Sono - Music for Two Pianos
Thursday 19th February, 6.30pm The Great Hall (Liverpool Hope University Creative Campus)
£5 (£3.50 concessions) door only. Friday 20th February, 7.30pm
£11.50 (£6.50 concessions)
Season ticket for all six screenings:
£15. Lauryna Sableviciute - piano
Directed by Michael Curtiz Nicholas Ashton - piano
Starring: Humphrey Bogart,
Britten - Introduction and Rondo alla Burkeska
Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid
Drew Hammond - "Watershed"
Scriabin - Fantasy (op posth)
Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama
anti-Nazi propaganda film directed by Michael Poulenc - Sonata for Piano duet
Curtiz and based on Murray Burnett and Joan Stravinsky- Sonata for Two Pianos
Alison's unproduced stage play Everybody Comes New Works by Liverpool Hope University composers
to Rick's. Set during World War II, Casablanca Jane Stanley - "Pentimenti"
focuses on a man torn between love and virtue. Lutoslawski - Paganini Variations
He must choose between his love for a woman
and helping her husband, a Czech Resistance A programme of contemporary music for two pianos, taking place in the Great Hall
leader, escape Casablanca to continue his fight at Liverpool Hope University’s Creative Campus
against the Nazis.
Lauryna Sableviciute and Nicholas Ashton first met when they were asked to perform
together at a Contemporary Music Festival at Glasgow University in 2008. Noticing that
there were not many piano duos working within this area, they decided to form a duo,
Re: Sono, with the aim of blending programmes of new works with less wellknown
repertoire from the Classical and Romantic periods and to ask composers to write for
them. They have since performed together at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and
the Universities of Edinburgh, Salford, Glasgow, Edinburgh Napier, premiering works by
composers teaching at these institutions.
The programme of works for two pianos presented at this concert includes works composed
by staff and students of Liverpool Hope University.
Deborah Light: HIDE 7 Tuesday 24th February, 7.30pm £12.50 (£9.50 concessions) Choreographed by Deborah Light Sound by Sion Orgon Design by Neil Davies Hide¹ vb to keep out of sight; conceal from view. n a shelter for watching wildlife. Hide² n the skin of an animal. Deborah Light, one of Wales’ most distinctive choreographers, brings together a cast of three remarkable female performers. Blurring autobiography with fiction Jo Fong (Rosas, DV8), Eddie Ladd (Brith Gof) and Rosalind Hâf Brooks (Earthfall) reveal and re-invent themselves. They form, transform and reform. We watch. Are they showing themselves? Do we see them? HIDE delves under the skin of its creators and audience. It uses layers of movement, image, sound and text to question notions of (dis)appearance and (in)visibility.
8 GoGo Penguin
Thursday 26th February, 8pm
The Kazimier, 4-5 Wolstenholme Square,
Liverpool, Merseyside L1 4JJ.
Liverpool International Jazz Festival 2015 £11.50 (+booking fee)
(please visit www.thekazimier.co.uk
2014 Barclaycard Mercury Prize Album of the Year winners GoGo Penguin,
jazz rock super-trio Troyka, Dennis Rollins’ Velocity Trio and the James
or call 0151 324 1723 for Box Office)
Taylor Quartet are set to headline this year’s Liverpool International Jazz
Festival. The third Liverpool International Jazz Festival (LIJF) will take place
Chris Illingworth - piano
from Thursday 26th February to Sunday 1st March 2015 with a packed Nick Blacka - bass
programme of both free and ticketed concerts, and a programme of Sunday Rob Turner - drums
workshops.
GoGo Penguin’s skittering break-beats, telepathic interplay
LIJF was established in 2013 by Liverpool Hope University. Based at the and a penchant for anthemic melody all contribute to a sound
University’s Capstone Theatre at its Creative Campus (17 Shaw Street,
Liverpool L6 1HP) previous years have seen performances from Courtney
that’s wholly their own. Pianist Chris Illingworth’s yearning
Pine, Denys Baptiste, Roller Trio, Get the Blessing, Impossible Gentlemen, classical influenced melodies are filtered through the dance music
Kit Downes, Led Bib and Jason Rebello, alongside a plethora of amazing energy of bassist Nick Blacka and drummer Rob Turner. Their
local artists. instrumentation might be the archetypal piano trio but while the
melodic, harmonic and structural ideas are influenced by both
The musical emphasis of LIJF is on cutting edge jazz, creativity and classical and jazz the rhythms are drawn from left field electronica
innovation in music-making but also on widening accessibility of jazz
related music to general music audiences. The forthcoming
and it’s this meeting of opposites that makes their unique acoustic-
2015 Festival is no exception to this ethos. electronica sound so exciting and creates such an interesting and
emotionally rich palate for the listener - as drawing on a heady
For LIJF 2015 the Capstone Theatre will be working in collaboration with The brew of influences from Brian Eno, John Cage and Squarepusher
Kazimier, a popular and forward-thinking venue in Liverpool City Centre (4-5 to Manchester’s grey rain-streaked urban streets they create a
Wolstenholme Square, Liverpool L1 4JJ) for the two performances which open brave new sound all their own.
and close the Festival.
For full details of performances and workshops please visit www.hope.ac.uk/lijf
‘‘ Jazz, techno, hip-hop and dubstep are glimpsed here, but
for all the looping motifs and dance floor vibes, this is the
work of three sure-footed improvisers with deep jazz roots. ‘‘
The Guardian
Troyka Marley Chingus 9
Jazz Collective
liverpool International jazz festival
Friday 27th February, 7.30pm
£11.50 Friday 27th February, 10pm
Kit Downes - hammond organ/synths The Caledonia, 22 Caledonia St,
Chris Montague - guitars/loops Liverpool, Merseyside L7 7DX
Josh Blackmore - drums
Free Admission
Troyka is an experimental British trio who make rich and enthralling instrumental music.
The Marley Chingus Jazz Collective is
Featuring Kit Downes (once Mercury nominated in his own right) on hammond/synths,
Liverpool's fortnightly progressive jazz
Chris Montague on guitar/loops and Josh Blackmore on drums, Troyka is far more than the
session, featuring some of the most in
sum of its parts and is definitely not your usual Hammond organ trio.
demand Liverpool and North West players.
Marley Chingus celebrates its seventh year
Ornithophobia is the London three-piece’s third studio album - their first for Naim - and truly
in 2015 and regularly showcases guest
marks the fruition of five years' worth of musical experimentation. Influenced by the likes
players such as Anthony Ormesher, Kyran
of Tim Berne, Aphex Twin, Deerhoof, Albert King and Flying Lotus, their music is intense,
Matthews, Sam Draper, Misha Gray,
ambitious and iconoclastic.
Hugo Harrison, Tilo Pirnbaum, Martin
Smith, Johnny Hunter, Nat Birchall, Luke
Flowers, Bob Whittaker, Eric Animan,
Benn Clatworthy, Andy Hulme, Adam
Fairhall, Danny Ward and many more
top North West players. Expect a lively
party atmosphere and two sets of hot
modern jazz.
The Caledonia is Liverpool's award
winning real ale and live music pub
Photo credit: Tom Barnes
with live jazz on every Friday. For a
full program of Jazz, Blues, Americana,
Bluegrass, Folk music and more see
www.thecaledonialiverpool.com
10 Foyer Concerts
liverpool International jazz festival
Saturday 28th February
Admission Free
Jazz Worriers (3pm) John Ellis Trio (5pm)
Dean Masser - tenor saxophone John Ellis - piano
Neil Yates - trumpet Pete Turner - double bass
Milapfest presents Svara Kanti Dan Whieldon - piano Rob Turner - drums
Ed Harrison - double bass
Saturday 28th February, 1pm Marek Dorcik - drums Manchester’s much-admired
Admission Free musical polymath takes
(Please book at www.milapfest.com) Delving into jazz history and improvisatory twists and turns
combining new compositions and through township, soulful songs
Simon Thacker - guitar arrangements with assured ensemble and local folk heritage.
Japjit Kaur - voice playing and burning solos, the Jazz
Worriors have created a show that
Justyna Jablonska - cello is musically exciting and wittily
Sarvar Sabri - tabla Slowlight Quartet (6pm)
presented.
Ian Paterson - double bass /
Indian/Western quartet Simon Thacker's Svara-Kanti has been bass guitar
acclaimed across the world for redefining the limits of intercultural Tom Quilliam - soprano
collaboration. They perform Simon’s stunning new music uniting
Nicola Farnon Trio (4pm) & tenor sax
the immense expressive possibilities of ragas with jazz harmonic Nicola Farnon - double bass, voice Paul Lorraine - keyboards
explorations, explore jazz and Indian improvisation, reimagine folk Piero Tucci - piano, tenor sax Jonathan Marriott - drums
styles and extend traditions, combine the complex rhythmic systems Phil Johnson - drums
of India with the boundless searching of Western jazz and classical Combining a love of great melo-
as well as draw inspiration from sources as diverse as Flamenco, A close-knit, swinging outfit playing dies, catchy chords and exciting
Blues, Indonesian music and Jimi Hendrix. jazz and Latin standards, and making rhythms, this Newcastle band has
optimum use of their combined an open approach to embracing a
instrumental skills with integrity myriad of contemporary jazz styles.
and joy.Liverpooljazz presents A previous winner of the 2006 BBC Jazz 'Best Band' Award in 2006, the Parliamentary
Jazz 'Education' Award; Ronnie Scott's 'Best Trombone' Award and others, Rollins’
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Dennis Rollins Velocity Trio latest project is the Velocity Trio, a brilliant marriage of refined contemporary jazz
liverpool International jazz festival
arrangements with simmering grooves that appeals to multiple generations of jazz, funk
Saturday 28th February, 7.30pm and world music fans.
£11.50
Featuring Hammond organ virtuoso Ross Stanley and fiery drummer Pedro Segundo,
their unique trombone-Hammond organ-drums line-up honours the jazz tradition while
Dennis Rollins - trombone pushing it forward at the same time. The 'electric' energy of the group also covers a wide
Pedro Segundo - drums area, ranging from atmospheric ethereal melodies from Rollins' harmonised horn to terra
Ross Stanley - organ firma straight-ahead jazz and groove. It’s clear that this is one of Rollins’ strongest musical
statements yet, all embracing in approach but crystallised into a multi-faceted whole that
For 25 years trombonist Dennis Rollins has played far outweighs the sum of its parts.
at the forefront of the UK jazz, funk and pop as an
‘‘ Rarely
‘impossibly virtuosic’ sideman to such stars such
as Maceo Parker, Courtney Pine, The Brand New can an instrumental trio
Heavies, Blur, Tom Jones and as an award-winning have produced such a rich and ‘‘
leader in his own right. varied tonal range.
London Evening Standard12 Jazz Singing Workshop Saxophone Workshop
– Sense of Sound – Brandon Allen
liverpool International jazz festival
Sunday 1st March, 10am - 12.30pm Sunday 1st March, 11am - 12.30pm
The Cornerstone Building (Grace Room - COR 114), Free Admission (advance booking required)
Liverpool Hope University Creative Campus, Brandon Allen was born in Perth, Western Australia and started playing
17 Shaw Street, Liverpool L6 1HP the piano at the age of 10, then played classical guitar for one year before
taking up the saxophone at age 13. After graduating from Corpus Christi
£10 (£7 concessions) College he was accepted into the Western Australian Conservatorium of
advance booking required – see details below Music, studying for a bachelor degree, majoring in jazz performance.
The land of Jazz is vast. Perri Alleyne-Hughes invites you to explore a Since arriving in the UK, he has worked with many varied artists
little of that terrain with her, in a workshop on jazz-singing. and groups/ensembles and performing in all sorts of musical genres
including jazz, funk, R&B, hip hop, soul, big band, classical and pop and
A highly accomplished singer/songwriter, teacher and choral arranger, performing with high profile artists including Eric Clapton, Mica Paris,
Perri is also a Musical Director for the Liverpool-based a cappella Jools Holland, Paloma Faith, Neil Diamond, Stan Tracey and Darius
ensemble, Sense of Sound Singers. She also co-writes and sings in the Brubeck. He also works as a session musician, composer and arranger for
Perri and Neil Quartet whose style rolls up jazz with streaks of folk, commercial music and films. He hosts the Jazz Jam Late Late Show at
classical and rock. Ronnie Scotts.
Please do not bring instruments.
Perri’s workshops are engaging, informative, fun and highly interactive.
She will look at jazz styles, harmony and rhythmic concepts; she will To book in at this event please email your
encourage you to explore your improvisational skills and she will teach name and phone number with Saxophone
you some repertoire. NB: this workshop will be best suited to those who Workshop in the subject field to capstone@
have at least a basic knowledge of singing and music theory. hope.ac.uk.
To book in at this event please email your name Brandon Allen is arguably the
and phone number with Jazz Singing Workshop most exciting tenor player in
in the subject field to Jennifer@senseofsound.net
or call 0151 702 7799. Britain today. His phrasing
Admission fee will be is unashamedly emotional,
taken on arrival. soaked in the blues tradition.
Tony Hall (Jazzwise)Workshop Demonstration Jazz North and Liverpooljazz present 13
– Mike Walker & Stuart McCallum North West Jazz Showcase
liverpool International jazz festival
Sunday 1st March, 11am - 12.30pm Sunday 1st March, 1pm
The Cornerstone Building (Cornerstone Theatre - Free Admission
COR 001), Liverpool Hope University Creative Campus, A triple-bill event supported by Jazz North and Liverpooljazz, featuring
17 Shaw Street, Liverpool L6 1HP sets from some of the best new bands emerging in the North West.
£5 (£3.50 concessions)
advance booking required – see details below Jam Experiment
Rory Ingham - trombone
Mike Walker and Stuart McCallum are both experienced guitarists and Alex Bone - saxophone
teachers. Walker was Professor of Guitar and Improvisation at Franz Toby Comeau - piano
Liszt Hochschule in Germany, and McCallum is Principal Lecturer in Felix Moseholm - bass
Guitar at Leeds College of Music. Through practical demonstrations in Jonathan Mansfield - drums
the workshop, the duo will talk about their working methods, how to
develop and sustain good practice routines, improvising skills and aural
awareness. There will also be time for questions from the audience. White Canvas
The workshop is open to players of all instruments and will not be Barry Dallman - piano
guitar specific. Andy Hulme - guitar
For this new duo they use four different acoustic guitars to re-imagine Grant Russell - bass
Adam Goldberg - drums
and re-sculpt their own original compositions and some well-known
jazz standards into fresh shapes. They admit to shared influences from
Pat Metheny to Bill Frisell, Bon Iver to Jerry Douglas and Gerald Finzi
to Kelly Joe Phelps, and by embracing each other’s musicality and Blind Monk Trio
wealth of experience they evoke a combination of chilled-out bliss and Bob Whittaker - tenor saxophone
sublimated yearning, creating music that is a balm for the soul. Hugo Harrison - double bass
Johnny Hunter - drums
Please do not bring instruments.
To book in at this event please email your name and phone number
with Guitar Workshop in the subject field to capstone@hope.ac.uk.
Admission fee will be taken on arrival.14 The Capstone Theatre James Taylor is the best Hammond player this side of the Atlantic.
Craig Charles BBC6 FUNK AND SOUL SHOW
and The Kazimier present
liverpool International jazz festival
James Taylor Quartet
Sunday 1st March, 8pm (doors)
The Kazimier, 4-5 Wolstenholme Square,
Liverpool, Merseyside L1 4JJ.
£16.50 (+booking fee)
(please visit www.thekazimier.co.uk
or call 0151 324 1723 for Box Office)
James Taylor, one of the great British instrumentalists of his
generation, has taken his trademark howling Hammond sound
to the masses for over 25 years; still famed for its upbeat,
energetic live shows... with no sign of slowing down. The
band’s relentlessly entertaining tunes take inspiration from the
rare-groove style funk, and boogaloo funk of the 60s and 70s James Taylor... one of the all-time great Hammond players.
and, the band is, without a doubt, one of the most important Nicky Wire from the Manic Street Preachers, NME
jazz-pop crossover outfits in British live musical history today.
After the collapse of mod legends The Prisoners in the 1980s, Skip forward 25 years and JTQ has evolved into one of the most exciting
and before moving to Sweden, James recorded some demos and well respected touring bands in the UK. With numerous albums to
with brother David on guitar, the bass player from The its name, the band’s recorded output is not to be scoffed at. 'Prolific' is
Prisoners, and a drummer from down the road... and thus The an understatement, with albums touching genres as diverse as jazz, funk,
James Taylor Quartet was born. From tiny acorns mighty oaks soul, rock, and even rap, not to mention a handful of library albums in
do indeed grow, and it wasn't long before the first single, Blow between. Each album is an absolute must for any Hammond fan: James'
Up, had been released, the band were in the studio rehearsing playing providing a solid and accomplished lead as always. Live, the band is
for the Mission Impossible EP, gigs were booked, and the late explosive, with a breathtaking, diverse, unmatched back catalogue.
great John Peel was offering a session.Contemporary Piano Series Alongside music for piano, his compositions include
chamber and orchestral music and film soundtracks. A
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Francesco Di Fiore: Visual Piano large segment of its production also consists of music for
the theatre, having composed more than 30 scores for
Thursday 5th March, 7.30pm theatre productions, both classical and contemporary. In
£11.50 (£6.50 concessions) 2011 he created an original and enormous project called
Miniature 2011 in which he composed a new piece each
Francesco Di Fiore - piano
week and presented it on the internet. The project yielded 53
Valeria Di Matteo - video artist compositions totalling around 210 minutes of new music.
Douwe Eisenga - Simon Songs
He has collaborated with musicians such as Giovanni
François Couperin - Les barricades mysterieuses
Sollima, Kim Sang-Fi, Damiano Binetti, Neil Campbell,
William Susman - 3 Prologues and Actions from Quiet Rhythms Mario Crispi, ZoFo Duet and GliArchiEnsemble. A winner
Baldassarre Galuppi - Sonata V of numerous international competitions, his music has
Matteo Sommacal - The Whale's Divertissement been performed internationally in Germany, Croatia,
Neil Campbell - Two Night Sketches Finland, Spain, France, Romania, Slovakia, UK,
Alessandro Scarlatti - Adagio and Ballet Netherlands, USA and China.
Marco Betta - Suite
Domenico Scarlatti - Sonata in E major
Francesco Di Fiore - 6 Miniatures
Visual Piano is a shape-shifting project where piano music and visuals meet and
interact. It is a captivating and enjoyable journey inside contemporary music
which includes original compositions by Francesco Di Fiore, alongside pieces by
Douwe Eisenga (Netherlands), William Susman (USA), Neil Campbell (UK),
Matteo Sommacal and Marco Betta (Italy). The programme presents these
contemporary compositions alongside music from the Baroque era composed by
composers such as Couperin, Galuppi and Domenico and Alessandro Scarlatti.
Francesco Di Fiore, pianist and composer, was born in Palermo in 1966. He
studied in Austria with Harald Ossberger, in the Czech Republic, at the National
Academy of Music, with Peter Toperczer and in Italy with Eliodoro Sollima and
Bruno Canino. In 1986 he started his concert career performing hundreds of
concerts worldwide. He appears regularly at international festivals presenting his
compositions and also music by other contemporary composers.16 Merseyside Dance Chicken Pox Fox For anyone who ever thought that being fourteen
was easy...
Initiative presents presents
Donna is fourteen, clumsy and fat. She’s bland,
Leap into The Capstone Donna Disco bespectacled and, if she’d ever heard of The Beautiful
South, she’d adore them. She also has a new school
Wednesday 11th March, 7.30pm Tuesday 17th March, 7.30pm project, to source a stranger’s story and present her
Thursday 12th March, 7.30pm £11.50 (£9.50 concessions) findings at the annual Christmas pageant. And so
Wednesday 18th March, 7.30pm Donna takes it upon herself to befriend the colourful
Written by Lee Mattinson cross-dressing butcher from downstairs.
£9 (£7 concessions)
Directed by Laura Lindow
But when her mother goes AWOL and an innocent
Featuring artists from The North, The Performed by Paula Penman crush on a local pretty boy goes hideously wrong,
South and Ireland for three evenings of Donna’s world begins to disband and the disco
Dance at The Capstone, MDI welcomes that plays in her heart is in danger of grinding to a
back the Liz Roche Dance Company from A tour de force of writing, glittering, gobsmacking halt.
Ireland, the company featured in the LEAP
Festival 2013 at The Capstone. This year acting and directing.
Originally commissioned by Live Theatre and
they will present their new work Interloper. Three Weeks supported using public finding by the National Lottery
Liz Aggiss presents The English Channel through Arts Council England & supported by The
bringing together her significant experience Empty Space and Dance City through This Way up.
and skills as a choreographer, dancer, It’ll have you laughing
writer and film-maker. Northern Dances from start to finish. Running time is approximately 60 minutes with
will feature works from dance makers from no interval.
across the North Three Weeks
For the full LEAP brochure contact
info@MDI.org.uk Nails the breathless mood of
being fourteen… like Carrie
re-written by Morrissey.
FestCAPSTONE CLASSICS The Ciggie Run 17
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara Thursday 9th April, 7.30pm
Friday 10th April, 7.30pm
Thursday 19th March, 6.30pm Saturday 11th April, 7.30pm
£5 (£3.50 concessions) door only. £10 (£8 concessions) (door only)
Season ticket for all six screenings: Looking to top up their coffers, the hapless trio of
£15. Chrissie, Franna and Lash take one of their regular
Directed by Zoya Akhtar jaunts to Spain to maximise their profits in the
Starring: Hrithik Roshan, Katrina Kaif, lucrative tobacco trade. All is going well until what
Farhan Akhtar, Abhay Deol should have been a routine flight is hilariously
Milapfest presents disrupted by Fernando, a homeward bound young
Cuban, on the run from a notorious and psychotic
Zindagi Milegi Na Dobara follows three friends Pravin Godkhindi & local gangster Fitzy, whose daughter the Latino
Arjun, Kabir, and Imraan as they head out on
the trip of a lifetime to celebrate the upcoming Kousic Sen Lothario has not only been deflowered, but given
cause to take a trip around Mothercare. Equally
marriage of Kabir. They make a once-in-a- Saturday 28th March, 1pm hapless, the gun-toting hijacker Fernando, on
lifetime trip to Spain where the challenges hearing of the rewards to be gained by importing
that they face give them a renewed sense of Admission Free (Please book at cigarettes, decides that he also wants to go on the
their relationships with each other, with others www.milapfest.com) ciggie run. Too late. The lads can soon smell the
they know, and with themselves. A feel good sweet, profitable aroma of illicit Cuban cigars. A
movie of self-discovery and romance with an This highly acclaimed flautist plays both
routine flight... this ain’t.
adventurous spirit. Please note this film has an northern and southern classical Indian
interval. music, fused with Western jazz and folk Please note that the play contains some strong
influences. He has played around the world language!
to huge acclaim for his incredible skill,
intricate rhythms and creative style. In this
concert Pravin is joined by tabla maestro
Kousic Sen to perform Hindustani music
from north India – land of mountains, tea
plantations and glittering palaces.18 SPRING JAZZ SERIES The most talented Norwegian saxophonist
since Jan Garbarek.
Marius Neset Dagbladet [Norway]
Friday 17th April, 7.30pm
In April 2011, Norwegian-born/Copenhagen-based saxophonist
£11.50 Marius Neset released his debut album Golden Xplosion which
led to the saxophonist and composer becoming one of the most
Marius Neset - sax talked about newcomers on the European jazz scene. Described
Magnus Hjorth - piano by Terje Mosnes (Dagbladet) as “the most talented Norwegian
Petter Eldh - bass saxophonist since Jan Garbarek,” he has continued to dazzle
Jim Hart - vibes audiences across Europe with his exemplary technique, energetic
Josh Blackmore - drums creativity, imagination and virtuosity on tenor and soprano
saxophones, as well as his brilliance as a composer of intricate,
compelling music.
His subsequent releases – Birds (2013) and a large-ensemble
project with the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra entitled Lion
(2014) - have proved that Neset is on his way to being one
of the biggest new draws on the circuit. With three years of
heavy touring behind him, including sold out shows at some
of Europe’s most prestigious festivals including North Sea Jazz,
Stuttgart Jazzopen and Kongsberg Jazz Festival, Marius prepares
to release his most anticipated album to date in early 2015.
The group will be featuring music from Marius’s newest album
Pinball, taking the listener on a journey and bringing together
his world of influences with remarkable energy, creativity and
most of all, his highly original sound.
Marius Neset is a marvel. He makes his instrument
dance like a gazelle and soar like an eagle.
Daily TelegraphContemporary Gwilym Simcock is one of the most gifted
pianists and imaginative composers on the
CAPSTONE CLASSICS 19
Piano Series British scene. Able to move effortlessly between Psycho
jazz and classical music he can, at times, inhabit
Gwilym Simcock (Solo) both worlds. Thursday 23rd April, 6.30pm
Wednesday 22nd April, 7.30pm £5 (£3.50 concessions) door only.
£11.50 (£6.50 concessions) Aside from his renowned solo piano work, Season ticket for all six screenings:
Simcock has worked extensively throughout
Europe with the cream of British and
£15.
international jazz artists including Dave Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Holland, Kenny Wheeler, Lee Konitz, Bill Starring: Antony Perkins, Vera Miles,
Bruford’s Earthworks, Bob Mintzer, Bobby John Gavin and Janet Leigh
McFerrin, Tim Garland, Steve Swallow and
Adam Nussbaum. His most recent solo album Psycho is a 1960 American horror-thriller film
Good Days at Schloss Elmau on the prestigious directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The film centres on
ACT label was nominated for the Barclaycard an encounter between a secretary, Marion Crane
Mercury Prize 2011. (Leigh), and disturbed motel manager, Norman
Bates (Perkins), after she finds herself at the motel
Winner of the Perrier Award, BBC Jazz Awards after embezzling money from her employer.
2005. British Jazz Awards 2005 Gwilym
Simcock was the first BBC Radio 3 New Ranked among the
Generation jazz Artist. He was voted “Jazz greatest films of
Musician of the Year” at the 2007 Parliamentary all time, Psycho is
Jazz Awards (and nominated again in 2010), considered one of
Gwilym’s an original. and nominated for the 2008 BBC Jazz Hitchcock's best
A creative genius Awards as Best Instrumentalist. His impressive films and is praised as
Chick Corea formal education includes Trinity College of a work of cinematic
Music (London), Chetham’s School of Music art by international
(Manchester) – where he studied classical film critics and film
piano, French horn and composition and the scholars.
Royal Academy of Music (London) where he
graduated from the jazz course with first class
honours and the coveted 'Principal's Prize' for
outstanding achievement. He teaches at the
Royal Academy of Music where he was recently
given the honour of ‘Associate’.20 SPRING JAZZ SERIES Milapfest presents
Vein It grooves, it's rubato, Yuva Ratna Award Showcase
it's subtle, it's fun, it's
ruminative, it's exultant; Saturday 25th April, 1pm
Friday 24th April, 7.30pm
above all, it's constantly Admission Free
£11.50
surprising. It's a treat. (Please book at www.milapfest.com)
Michael Arbenz - piano
London Jazz News 4.2014
Thomas Lähns - bass Nilanjana De - hindustani vocal
Florian Arbenz - drums Kousic Sen - tabla
Rekesh Chauhan - harmonium
While it can now be assumed that most jazz piano trios are deeply attached to
musical interplay, the pianist is still usually considered the dominant force, the leader. Launched for the first time in 2013, the Yuva Nritya Ratna
Swiss musicians, pianist Michael Arbenz, drummer Florian Arbenz and bassist and Yuva Sangeet Ratna Awards sought to find the best young
Thomas Lähns have devised their own idea of musical interplay. In fact, what they artists performing Indian music and dance in the UK through
aim to achieve with their music is nothing less than the greatest possible balance of an open competition process. In 2014 the winners were Uma
their three voices - starting with the way they work out their own compositions and Venkataraman, who won the Yuva Nritya Ratna Award for
arrangements, and going right through to the soloistic parts, fully assigned to all three dance, and Nilanjana De, winner of the Yuva Sangeet Ratna
of them. The result is a stupendous musical togetherness, packed with surprising award for music.
melodic, rhythmic and dynamic turns, played with highest precision even in the
most complex, distorted and twisted passages of their compositions, arrangements
and solos.SPRING JAZZ SERIES His debut album, Orbital (2014) features
enticing melodies, intricate harmony and
SPRING JAZZ SERIES 21
Max Luthert Sextet subtly complex rhythms and forms Stretch Trio
Friday 1st May, 7.30pm Friday 8th May, 7.30pm
£11.50 An impressively mature début from £11.50
Max Luthert - bass Luthert. A set of compositions that Andy French - sax / EWI
Gareth Lockrane - flutes are rich in colour and texture, the Tom Higham - drums / samples
Duncan Eagles - tenor saxophone sextet line up allowing for plenty of Calvin Travers - electric guitar
Séb Pipe - alto saxophone variation in terms of tone and timbre.
Matt Robinson - piano The Jazz Mann Stretch Trio was formed as an outlet for music
Dave Hamblett - drums written by EWI player and saxophonist,
Andy French. The original idea behind the
Regarded as one of the most in-demand compositions was to create a sound that was
musicians of his generation in the UK, bassist accessible to a wide audience, whilst remaining
Max Luthert is known for his distinctive sound rooted within the jazz idiom.
and approach to improvisation. In the last
The unusual line-up of sax, guitar and drums
couple of years he has been performing around
demanded some innovative approaches to
the UK and Europe with artists such as Zara
playing from each of the members, enabling
McFarlane, Partikel, Benet McLean, Duncan
Stretch Trio to quickly form their own
Eagles, Gareth Lockrane, Mark Mondesir,
distinctive sound.
Peter Edwards and Ollie Howell.
After the release of their debut album,
Luthert has featured on a number of albums
Antithesis in November 2014, Stretch Trio
as a co-leader and sideman and in 2010 he
have been performing across the UK, and their
featured on the debut, eponymous release of
performance at the Capstone Theatre is not
co-led trio Partikel. Since their first release,
one to be missed!
Partikel have gone on to release another album,
Cohesion (2012) where Luthert garnered his
reputation for "deeply resonant bass lines"
(The JazzMann) and "creative support"
(Mos Eisley Music) within the ensemble.
Definitely one to watch!
Dennis Rollins22 Juan Martín presents
Dos Guitarras Malagueñas: The leading flamenco guitarist of his generation
Juan Martín with Chaparro de Málaga The Guardian
Saturday 9th May, 7.30pm
£16.50
Melodic and explosive, their pieces composed or arranged by Juan Martín
Juan Martín - guitar evoke the visceral power of authentic flamenco in a musical dialogue
Chaparro de Málaga - guitar between two masters of this great and esoteric art. The programme will
transport you to the classic Spain of Málaga, Granada, Córdoba and Jerez
Juan Martín and and Chaparro de Málaga both come out of the Málaga on a journey through the diverse cultures of Andalucia from the Moorish
tradition of flamenco and bring the pure, powerful and poetic art of today laments to the sounds returning from South America.
to their duo. Martín is a world renowned guitarist who is considered to
be one of the top flamenco guitarists in the world. Chaparro is a prize As flamenco has inspired so many classical composers, Martín and de
winning guitarist from Málaga who has toured widely, accompanying Málaga will also perform arrangements of Lecuona's Malagueñas and
famous flamenco singers. other classic pieces.SPRING JAZZ SERIES The Weave is a collection of some of
Liverpool's best established Jazz musicians,
CAPSTONE CLASSICS 23
The Weave bringing together an extremely wide range Love Aaj Kal
of influences and musical experience to
create a repertoire of warm, melodic and Thursday 21st May, 6.30pm
Friday 15th May, 7.30pm
joyous homespun originals. £5 (£3.50 concessions) door only.
£11.50
Season ticket for all six screenings:
Martin Smith - trumpet/flugel horn Since forming in August 2012 when £15.
Anthony Peers - trumpet/flugel horn they recorded their debut album, The
Anthony Ormesher - guitar Weave won tour support from Jazz North Directed by Imtiaz Ali
Rob Stringer - piano on their Northern Line Ambassadors Starring: Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone,
scheme and have toured extensively in Rishi Kapoor
Hugo "Harry" Harrison - double bass England, bringing 2014 to a close with a
Tilo Pirnbaum - drums rave reviewed show at the EFG London Love Aaj Kal is a blockbuster love story told
International Jazz Festival. Their first through the memories of an old-fashioned
album received widespread critical acclaim romantic as he tells it to the film's hero Jai, a
both nationally and internationally with young man confused in love. Jai draws parallels
glowing reviews from top New York critics and inspiration from the stories and as the two
Mark Myers and Howard Mandel, and has tales intertwine, a modern and quirky love story
won radio support from the likes of Mark unfolds. Please note this film has an interval.
Radcliffe, Jazz FM, UK Jazz Radio.
This evening's concert is the official launch
of their widely anticipated second album.
Just beautiful! Great music in which the true
spirits of Jazz walk benignly and contentedly.
Digby Fairweather24 SPRING JAZZ SERIES Milapfest presents Beyond Roots
Ant Law Quintet Saturday 30th May, 1pm
Admission Free
Friday 22nd May, 7.30pm (Please book at www.milapfest.com)
£11.50
Rekesh Chauhan - piano
Ant Law - guitar Kousic Sen - tabla
Ivo Neame - piano
James Maddren - drums Rekesh Chauhan is a versatile multi-instrumentalist with both
Matt Ridley - bass Indian and Western classical training. As a solo pianist he has
Michael Chillingworth - reeds performed in some of the world’s most prestigious concert
halls and has shared the stage with many leading artistes
Described as “an innovator” by The Guardian, guitarist Ant Law was a scholar at including Ravindra Jain, Pt. Birju Maharaj and Mercury Prize
Edinburgh University and Berklee College of Music , moving to London in 2008. winner Talvin Singh. In this concert we celebrate the launch
Since then he has worked with Tim Garland, Jason Rebello, Mica Paris, Gwilym of his new solo piano album. Recorded by Milapfest in 2014,
Simcock, Leon Ware and Asaf Sirkis. and accompanied by tabla maestro Kousic Sen, Beyond Roots
continues to push barriers in contemporary world and Indian
He is a pioneer of a new “perfect fourths” tuning system for guitarists, and his book classical music.
3rd Millennium Guitar is available from Mel Bay.
After releasing his debut album
Entanglement (2013) he then
travelled to Brazil to complete a Lean, purposeful… Ambitious,
second volume of compositions, engrossing guitar jazz.
which became Zero Sum World. Guitarist Magazine
The band completed a second tour
(27 dates) and went straight into
the studio, tracking the album
for Michael Janisch's prestigous
Whirlwind Recordings. This new
album will be released in February
2015.Peggy Seeger with Neill MacColl 25
and Calum MacColl
Saturday 13th June, 7.30pm
£19.25
In her 80th year, Peggy Seeger – folk Remarkably, this is the first solo album
queen, feminist icon, political activist, on which she has worked with co-writers
eco-warrior, muse – releases her 24th and and recorded with a band. Produced
probably finest solo album. by her son, Calum MacColl (Ronan
Keating, Eddi Reader), the album features
Everything Changes is a perfect example of musicians Simon Edwards (Talk Talk,
what a singer-songwriter album should be: Kirsty MacColl), James Hallawell (The
songs with truths to tell, told sparely but Waterboys, David Gray), Martyn Barker
with a great chorus, delivered passionately (Shriekback, Goldfrapp) and Kate St John
with intelligence and humour and never (Dream Academy). Not that she is ever
outstaying its welcome. afraid to challenge herself, witness her
2012 ground-breaking collaboration with
As a songwriter and performer, Seeger
electro-dance producer Broadcaster which
positively relishes breaking taboos and
was shortlisted for an AIM Award.
going near the knuckle. Songs about life,
death, sex, drug addiction and tragedy Having found her voice at her mother’s
sit surprisingly comfortably alongside knee, she’s never sounded more assured
humour, irony and some lyrics discovered than she does here. Despite recently
on the back of a public toilet door. Despite suffering major health problems, Peggy
the fact (or perhaps because) she is an Seeger acknowledges that this album has
older woman in world that doesn’t like reinvigorated her.
its heroines to get old, she continues to
innovate and experiment, delivering a
supremely confident and contemporary
album that echoes back across the years. I felt like a bird in spring with the band putting wind
beneath my new wings. I’m flying on this album and I love it.
Peggy Seeger26 CAPSTONE CLASSICS Milapfest presents
Mandela: Long Walk to Tarun Bhattacharaya
Freedom & Kousic Sen
Thursday 18th June, 6.30pm Saturday 27th June, 1pm
£5 (£3.50 concessions) door only. Admission Free
(Please book at www.milapfest.com)
Season ticket for all six screenings:
£15. Pandit Tarun Bhattacharya is a highly
Directed by Justin Chadwick acclaimed Indian musician, credited
Starring: Idris Elba and Naomie Harris with redefining how the santoor, one
of India’s most beautiful instruments,
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom is a 2013 is played. Tarun has mesmerised
British-South African biographical film directed audiences globally with his soulful
by Justin Chadwick. The film is based on compositions and unique playing
Nelson Mandela’s 1995 autobiography Long technique, giving his listeners what is
Walk to Freedom which chronicles his early life, at once an exhilarating and tranquil
coming of age, education and 27 years in prison musical experience. The santoor is
before becoming President and working to accompanied beautifully by the tabla,
rebuild the country’s once segregated society. performed by the irrepressible Kousic
Sen. Pandit Tarun Bhattacharya will
present a contemporary Indian classical
music concert featuring specially
selected compositions.Venue Information How to Book Tickets 27
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The Capstone Theatre is fully accessible to wheelchair users. When most events at The Capstone Theatre, unless
booking tickets, please advise TicketQuarter staff of your requirements. otherwise stated in individual listings.
The Theatre has a number of accessible seats with space next to them to
accommodate wheelchair users. For each ticket booked for one of these Tickets can be purchased in advance by:
spaces, you will be offered a free ticket for an accompanying carer, if
required. 1 Visiting the Box Office
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evening performances. This is available on a first come first served basis minutes before the start of an event.
and a small fee is normally charged.
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Directions from the M62: At the end of the M62, follow
signs for City Centre, continuing straight ahead for about
2 miles. Turn right onto Low Hill (also signposted for City
Centre) continuing straight ahead at the traffic lights leading
onto Erskine Street. Turn right at the next traffic lights
[Staples store on right] onto Shaw Street. The Capstone
Theatre is almost immediately on the left.
Directions from the M56: From Junction 15 join the M53.
Continue to Liverpool via the Wallasey Tunnel (Kingsway).
Exit straight ahead toward Scotland Road/Byrom Street.
Keep in the left-hand lane and at the traffic lights follow to
left (signposted Warrington, Manchester and M62) on to
New Islington. Stay in the left-hand lane to the second set of
traffic lights and turn left on to Shaw Street. The Capstone
Theatre is almost immediately on the left.
By Public Transport
Bus: From Liverpool City Centre (Queen Square) the
Arriva and Stagecoach bus services travelling to the Creative
Campus are the 12, 13, 14, 14a, 14b, 17, 18 and 19 which The Capstone Theatre
stop on Brunswick Road (near to Staples). A two minute Liverpool Hope University Creative Campus
walk from Staples down Shaw Street will lead to the venue 17 Shaw Street, Liverpool L6 1HP
(on the left opposite the Collegiate). The 21 from Queen T: 0151 291 3578
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Rail: The Creative Campus is around ten minutes’ walk
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Lime Street. The main entrance to Liverpool Lime Street is
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