Accordionists descend on Huddersfield’s Byram Arcade for improvised musical installation - watch a short video of it here
Nov 23 2010 by Nick Lavigueur, Huddersfield Daily Examiner
Accordionists descend on Huddersfield’s Byram Arcade for improvised musical installation
FASCINATED shoppers and music fans witnessed a unique musical performance in Huddersfield last night.
Dozens of music fans gathered in the historic Byram Arcade to see an experimental installation by a team of quickly assembled accordion players.
The half-hour long performance dubbed Big Squeeze, Long Stretch was part of the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.
Directed by leading experimental composer Alvin Curran, the performance featured the accordionists positioned around the arcade playing a composition designed to mimic the sound of breathing.
The 10-strong band then moved to the second floor of the arcade for a choreographed movement to reflect the motion of waves.
Mr Curran, said he was very pleased with how the accordionists, young and old, had worked together.
He said: “I thought it was terrific considering this was almost an ad-hoc band of people who had never played together.
