Caroline Shaw: Plan & Elevation | Manchester Collective

Space and proportion. Plan and elevation. It was these essential architectural ideas and two fundamental ways of drawing them that composer Caroline Shaw ruminated on in 2014, back when she was commissioned to write music inspired by Dumbarton Oaks.

The beautiful grounds of this country-house estate in Washington D.C. are a layered and geometric landscape of pathways, trimmed vegetation, formal gardens and striking trees. By wandering these spaces, reflecting on personal spots within the garden and even referencing her previous work in the music, Shaw places her own voice in these places and reminds us that life’s endeavours aren’t always as simple as they seem on paper.

“The actual journey and results are quite different (and perhaps more elevated) than the original plan” – Caroline Shaw

0:00-4:28 – I. The Ellipse
4:28-7:32 – II. The Cutting Garden
7:32-11:05 – III. The Herbaceous Border
11:05-13:09 – IV. The Orangery
13:09-15:59 – V. The Beech Tree

LINE-UP

Music Director, Violin – Rakhi Singh
Violin – Zoë Beyers, Sini Simonen, Simmy Singh, Magdalena Riedl, Jonathan Martindale, Donald Grant, Lily Whitehurst, Anna Tulchinskaya, Julia Sandros-Alper
Viola – Ruth Gibson, Lucy Nolan, Christine Anderson
Cello – Christian Elliott, Peggy Nolan, Rebecca Knight, Clara Hope Simpson
Double Bass – Hugh Kluger

Film – Broaden
Audio recording and mix – Brendan Williams

Performed at The Holbeck, Leeds in December 2022
Supported by the British Council’s International Collaboration Grants and the RVW Trust

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