| Biography Horses Brawl have been causing quite a stir with their cutting-edge take on early and traditional music. With a live broadcast on BBC Radio 3's Early Music show to their credit, and a recent one-page feature in the international folk and roots magazine fRoots, the duo have performed widely throughout the UK and received much acclaim for their second album 'Dindirin' (released summer 07). Formed in 2003, performances have included: ,Tate Britain, Brighton Early Music Festival, Beverley & East Riding Early Music Festival, SOAS, Rural tours in Norfolk and Cambridgeshire, The National Portrait Gallery, Guildford International Music Festival, Oxford Folk Festival The Spitz, and a live broadcast on BBC Radio 3’s Early Music Show, plus a special recording and broadcast for Radio 3's Late Junction. Previous releases have received highly acclaimed reviews in Songlines and The Recorder Magazine, and their performances have been editor’s picks in The Guardian Guide and The Independent.With roots firmly in traditional English and early music from Europe, the two performers experiment with their instruments to create contemporary compositions on guitar, bowed guitar, double - barrelled recorders, crumhorn and fiddle. Taking fragments of early and traditional folk music, the duo create entirely new pieces, often cinematic and dramatic, the music can be darkly emotional and strangley uplifting. Horses Brawl are making their mark by being one of the only early music groups who perform in both concert and gig settings – from Queen Elizabeth Hall supporting the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment to Norwich Pop Underground Convention. Performing from memory their virtuosity and originality draws in even the most unsuspecting audience members and they have been hailed by BBC Radio 3 as “an early music group to keep an eye on...". New Collaboration with leading early music performer Philip Thorby Horses Brawl are joined in a new collaboration by the internationally renowned performer, teacher and director of baroque and renaissance music Philip Thorby (viol & recorders). Philip is Senior Fellow of Early Music at Trinity College of Music and is the founder member of the acclaimed Musica Antiqua of London. Horses Brawl and Philip Thorby have recently been selected onto ‘Escalator’, a scheme supported by the Arts Council of England which encourages the development of innovative and original music groups. Horses Brawl’s 3rd album is planned for release in early spring 2009 |
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