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Matthew Bourne Presents "Songs of a Lost Piano"
27 February: The Venue Leeds
01 March: Bush Hall London
03 March: De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill on Sea

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Matthew Bourne presents Songs of a Lost Piano

Calling on ghostly memories of hymns, music hall songs and pub sing-a-longs, the brilliantly maverick pianist Matthew Bourne breathes life back into some of Yorkshire's forgotten instruments. He brings with him discarded gems from his search, including the decaying elegance of a piano passed down from mother to daughter, a legless carcass from a Wesleyan Methodist chapel and the faded glamour of a white cocktail grand.

Joined by his band, Bourne becomes the ringmaster of his archaic orchestra, taking insoiration from their sonic peculiarities and eventful lives.

Songs from a Lost Piano - Matthew Bourne
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The idea behind the project is to acknowledge the piano's place in our lives, even though it's increasingly absent from those places it might have been found - in the pub or the music hall or the corner of a living room. A three month search for Yorkshire's most characterful keyboards produced six very different instruments; from a beloved family upright passed down the generations, to a legless grand hidden behind a motorbike in a Methodist Chapel. One of the pianos in this performance was sourced by Besbrode Pianos.

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