“I’ve long nurtured a dream to get out and finally explore what it was about the forests and seas of Laulasmaa, ‘the land of song’, in Estonia that inspired Arvo Pärt and so many musicians.”

Join Dash’s Artistic Director, Josephine Burton as she travels to the Arvo Pärt Centre in Laulasmaa, Estonia to investigate the mystical musical relationship between nature and the people of Estonia

From the Arvo Pärt Centre Josephine wanders the forest, swims in the sea and explores Helikula, ‘the village of sound’, where musicians from the Union of Composers were given summer houses during Soviet Times.

We started collaborating in October 2020 during the pandemic with a widely celebrated online event with the Arvo Pärt Centre combining a pre-recorded concert and a conversation with musicians Andres Kaljuste, Sophia Rahman and Arvo’s son Michael Pärt. You can hear this previous episode here.

For more on the trip you can read Josephine’s blog and see more photographs of the incredible Estonian landscape on the Dash Arts website.

In the podcast, we hear from:

Josephine Burton - Artistic Director, Dash Arts

Michael Pärt - Music Editor and Chairman of the Arvo Pärt Centre

Sophia Rahman - Pianist

Andres Kaljuste - Violinist

Rein Lang - Former Minister of Culture of Estonia

Liisa Hirsch - Composer

Kristina Norman - Artist

Title music by Fakiiritanssi by Marouf Majidi

Compositions by Arvo Pärt played by Sophia Rahman and Andres Kaljuste:

Fratres

Für Alina

Spiegel im Spiegel

With thanks to the Estonian Ministry of Culture and Estonian Cultural Counsellor in London for enabling Josephine’s trip.

Artwork: A PHOTO JOSEPHINE’S TRIP

Reference to the previous episode (Jan 2021) - https://open.spotify.com/episode/7pN6oLyNmgxVEqjNjZW8Dg?si=34666bcd1c984ba6

Blog link - https://www.dasharts.org.uk/blog/arvo-prts-inspiration-discovering-the-magic-of-estonias-forests-and-sounds

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On 4th July millions of UK voters will take to the polls. Candidates are vying for our attention through speeches and debates. In this special episode Artistic Director, Josephine Burton, catches up with four former speech-making workshop participants across the country on how they are experiencing the election campaign, and analyses our political candidates and the quality of their speechmaking with Alan Finlayson, Professor of Political and Social Theory at the University of East Anglia, and collaborator on our national workshops.

To find out more about our plans for the theatre production go to www.dasharts.org.uk/our-public-house

Our Public House is funded by Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Arts Council England, National Theatre’s Generate Programme, Three Monkies Trust, The Thistle Trust, and individual giving.

In the podcast we’re grateful to hear from:

Kate, Max, Devika and Jonathan - Workshop Participants

Josephine Burton - Artistic Director, Dash Arts

Professor Alan Finlayson - Professor of Political and Social Theory at the University of East Anglia

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Whilst the country builds up to a general election, we’re in the midst of creating Our Public House, Dash Arts’ state-of-the-nation theatre production.

Hear from Artistic Director Josephine Burton and playwright Barney Norris on how our play weaves together the ideas and speeches of over 150 voices from across England and the ever shifting political landscape. Plus catch us in the rehearsal room at Theatre Royal Stratford East, performing some of the draft script and songs on stage at HOME in Manchester and in a speech-making workshop with Manchester Deaf Centre as we reflect on the long research and development process behind a Dash Arts production.

Our Public House is funded by Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Arts Council England, The Thistle Trust, Three Monkies Trust, and individual giving.

In the podcast we’re grateful to hear from:

Josephine Burton - Artistic Director, Dash Arts

Barney Norris - Writer, Our Public House

Professor Alan Finlayson - Professor of Political and Social Theory at the University of East Anglia

Cristina Catalina - Senior Producer, Dash Arts

Jonathan Walton - composer and musician

Nick Pynn - composer and musician

Mina Anwar - actor & singer

Matt Hill - composer and musician

And the participants from the speech-making workshops around the country.

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