Spirit of Cornwall
Duration
12mins
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Premiere Production
17th May 2018, Chelsea Flower Show
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Garden Designer
Stuart Towner
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Architects
Studio Evans Lane
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Sculptor
Shelia Volmer
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Composer & Librettist
Leo Geyer
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Choreographer
Sarah-Louise Kristiansen
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Costume Designer
Sebestian Freeburn ​
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Premiere Performers ​
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Solo Dancer
Alice Oakley-Jones
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Musicians
Conductor - Leo Geyer
Mezzo-soprano - Rachel Maby
Harp - Olivia Jageurs
Violin - Philippa Mo
Viola - Joshua Hayward
Cello - Michael Newman
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Awarded Silver-Gilt Medal
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"a unique creative collaboration"
The Telegraph
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"just divine"
Joanna Lumley, BBC 2
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Sited on Chelsea’s Main Avenue ‘Spirit of Cornwall’ is a multi-sensory experience: inspired by the work of renowned British sculptor Barbara Hepworth; and music composed by Leo Geyer, specially commissioned by the Hepworth Estate and Tate St Ives to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Hepworth’s garden