Promoting Peace and Understanding through Music
updated February 2015 - but please note this is an archived website from Phase 1 of the project!
Phase 2 currently in planning stage! (2015/2016)
Phase 2 currently in planning stage! (2015/2016)
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Road to Jericho (R2J) is an international cross-cultural music project that promotes co-operation and collaboration between musicians and artists from different cultures.
Through a shared creative process, participating musicians become acquainted and influenced with artists from other countries, learning from each other, discovering similarities, and celebrating differences. The output of the project takes the form of public performances and multimedia productions Phase 1 of Road to Jericho took place in 2010-2011, and featured performances at the Spitalfields Festival preceded by a development period at Aldeburgh Music. With the support of Deutsche Bank, a group of Palestinian musicians led by Ramzi Aburedwan were brought to London, to collaborate with the musicians of Fifth Quadrant, a British-based music collective led by violinist Simon Hewitt Jones, who is now producer and artistic director of the project. Phase 2 of Road to Jericho will see an expansion of the project to incorporate a wider range of collaborative artists from around the world, and the project will seek more broadly to promote the importance of cross-cultural understanding and the positive impact that the arts, especially music, can have in society at large. Further project updates are available on Simon Hewitt Jones http://www.simonhewittjones.com/project/road-to-jericho/ |
Original project video (2011)Recordings:
The project's first recording is now available from iTunes - download it today!
Neighbours? is a haunting duo for violin (Simon Hewitt Jones) and viola (Drew Balch) with narration (Raphael Pitts) from Antony Pitts's new work for Fifth Quadrant and Dal'Ouna: Who is my neighbour? "My first impulse on hearing this disc was to commend it unreservedly to each and every man, woman, and child on the planet..." Fanfare, USA" Antony Pitts, together with John Rutter and Taverner is perhaps one of the most sought-after British composers of contemporary choral works..." Classical.net |
Introducing the Road to Jericho project...
ARCHIVE LIVE DATES (2011) --
10th June - 5Q’s Road to Jericho @ London Spitalfields with Aldeburgh Young Musicians Book Tickets >>
Please note this concert will not now be webcast, however it is being recorded and videoed, and concert highlights will be available online soon!
14-18th June - 5Q’s Road to Jericho in Palestine with Peter Sulski. As part of ‘Music Days’ festival of Al Kamandjati >> or watch online at http://www.roadtojericho.com/
Please note this concert will not now be webcast, however it is being recorded and videoed, and concert highlights will be available online soon!
14-18th June - 5Q’s Road to Jericho in Palestine with Peter Sulski. As part of ‘Music Days’ festival of Al Kamandjati >> or watch online at http://www.roadtojericho.com/
Jerusalem. Aldeburgh. Ramallah. Bethlehem. London. Jenin. Gaza.
29 May - 20 June 2011
Road to Jericho is a groundbreaking concert tour and feature film, taking place in the UK and Palestinian Territories during June 2011.
British group Fifth Quadrant, led by Drew Balch and Simon Hewitt Jones, and Palestinian group Dal'Ouna, led by Ramzi Aburedwan, will perform a concert tour of Eastern and Western Classical music. The programme includes a new commission by British composer Antony Pitts - a new setting of the 'Good Samaritan' story that encapsulates the colours and gestures of both Eastern and Western musical languages, and asks the question: 'Who is my neighbour?'. Read more about it here or download the trailer EP from iTunes.
A documentary crew will follow the musicians through the UK and the Palestinian West Bank as they bring together contrasting elements of Palestinian and European musical heritage to create an entirely new musical collaboration that draws on the best of both musical cultures.
British group Fifth Quadrant, led by Drew Balch and Simon Hewitt Jones, and Palestinian group Dal'Ouna, led by Ramzi Aburedwan, will perform a concert tour of Eastern and Western Classical music. The programme includes a new commission by British composer Antony Pitts - a new setting of the 'Good Samaritan' story that encapsulates the colours and gestures of both Eastern and Western musical languages, and asks the question: 'Who is my neighbour?'. Read more about it here or download the trailer EP from iTunes.
A documentary crew will follow the musicians through the UK and the Palestinian West Bank as they bring together contrasting elements of Palestinian and European musical heritage to create an entirely new musical collaboration that draws on the best of both musical cultures.
On The Road To Jericho
Photographer Ian Dingle came out to the Palestinian Territories with us in December 2010. See his stunning photographs of our recent tour: Click here to view the picture gallery.
Drew and Simon on the Road to Jericho, December 2010. Photograph: Ian Dingle
Road to Jericho is an independently-funded production by Fifth Quadrant, which has no political or religious affiliation. We welcome all donations and are always keen to hear from potential partners and sponsors.
Photos used under Creative Commons from David Blackwell., the bbp, Mrs Logic
