Eleventh Hour
Studio album by Fred Frith
Released	2005
Recorded	Germany, 2003–2004 United States, 2004
Genre	Chamber music Experimental music
Length	1:41:00
Label	Winter & Winter (Germany)
Producer	Fred Frith Carlos Albrecht Stefan Winter
Professional reviews
All About Jazz link
Fred Frith chronology
Eye to Ear II (2004) Eleventh Hour (2005) Impur (2006)

Eleventh Hour is a double album by English guitarist, composer and improvisor Fred Frith. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist Fred Frith (born February 17, 1949) is an English Multi-instrumentalist, Composer and improvisor. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Chamber music is a form of Classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber Experimental music is a term introduced by composer John Cage in 1955 In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Winter & Winter is a Munich -based Record label that specializes in Jazz and Improvised music. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Fred Frith (born February 17, 1949) is an English Multi-instrumentalist, Composer and improvisor. Fred Frith (born February 17, 1949) is an English Multi-instrumentalist, Composer and improvisor. Eye to Ear II is a Studio album by English Guitarist, Composer and improvisor Fred Frith. Impur is an Album by English Guitarist, Composer and improvisor Fred Frith. A double album is an audio Album which spans two units of the primary medium in which it is sold (especially records and Compact Discs. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A guitarist is a Musician who plays the Guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance Improvisation (also called extemporization) is the practice of acting singing talking and reacting of making and creating in the moment and in response to the stimulus of Fred Frith (born February 17, 1949) is an English Multi-instrumentalist, Composer and improvisor. It comprises five long pieces composed by Frith between 1990 and 2001, and was performed by the Arditti Quartet (strings) with Uwe Dierksen (trombone), William Winant (electric guitars) and Frith (electric guitars), in Germany and the United States in 2003 and 2004. The Arditti Quartet is an internationally acclaimed String quartet founded in 1974. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Frith only plays on the second CD of this album.

A review in All About Jazz said this of the album: "Eleventh Hour documents Frith’s continued growth as a composer in the new music arena, and for all its juxtaposition of light and dark, it remains totally compelling and strangely beautiful. " ^[1]

Contents 1 Description 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Sound 5 References 6 External links

Description

With the exception of "Stick Figures", the Arditti Quartet, under the direction of Frith, performed on all the pieces, and were recorded at Il Bagno in Steinfurt, Germany in June 2003. The Arditti Quartet is an internationally acclaimed String quartet founded in 1974. Steinfurt is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Steinfurt. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.

"Lelekovice", for a string quartet, also called "String Quartet #1", was written in 1990 for Iva Bittová, Lelekovice being the name of the village near Brno in the Czech Republic where Bittová lives. A string quartet is a Musical ensemble of four String instruments &mdash usually two Violins a Viola and Cello &mdash or a piece Iva Bittová (born July 22, 1958) is a Czech Avant-garde violinist singer and composer of Romani ethnicity Brno ( IPA:; Brünn is the second-largest City in the Czech Republic. The Czech Republic ( ˈt͡ʃɛskaː ˈrɛpuˌblɪka short form in Česko ˈt͡ʃɛskɔ also called Czechia, It was first performed in July 1991 by the Edison Quartet at the Nieuwe Musiek Festival, in Middelburg, the Netherlands, and was used by the United States choreographer Amanda Miller in her dance piece, My Father's Vertigo in 1991. This is about the city in the Netherlands For other uses see Middelburg (disambiguation. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands The United States of America —commonly referred to as the See also, Choreography (literally "dance-writing" from the Greek words "χορεία" (circular dance see chorea) and "γραφή" A recording was made in December 1992 by the Violet Wires String Quartet in London, which was released on Frith's 1994 album, Quartets. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Quartets is a 1994 Studio album by English Guitarist, Composer and improvisor Fred Frith. The recording on this album was made by the Arditti Quartet in 2003.

"Tense Serenity", for a string trio and trombone, was written in 1997 and was performed here by the Arditti Quartet as a trio (without Graeme Jennings on violin) and Uwe Dierksen on trombone. A string trio is a group of three String instruments or a piece written for such a group Graeme Jennings, born in 1968 in Australia studied at the Queensland Conservatorium where he completed his Bachelor’s Degree in 1989 and later on at the San Francisco Conservatory

"Allegory" and "Fell", both for string quartet and electric guitar, were composed in 2001, and were performed here by the Arditti Quartet in June 2003 in Germany. Frith's electric guitar was recorded later in March 2004 in Germany and added to the mix. Audio mixing is the process by which a multitude of sound sources are combined into one or more channels

"Stick Figures", for six guitars and two players, was composed in 1990 and performed by Frith and William Winant in the United States in May 2004. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the They multi-tracked prepared electric guitars to create layers of guitar sounds. Multitrack recording ('multitracking' or just 'tracking' for short is a method of Sound recording that allows for the separate recording of multiple sound sources to create A prepared guitar is a Guitar which has had its Timbre altered by placing various objects on or between the instrument's strings including other Extended

Track listing

Disc 1

1. "Lelekovice (String Quartet #1, for Iva Bittová)" (Frith)
   • "Part I" – 1:48
   • "Part II" – 4:42
   • "Part III" – 0:49
   • "Part IV" – 3:18
   • "Part V" – 2:07
   • "Part VI" – 4:45
   • "Part VII" – 5:44
   • "Part VIII" – 1:04
   • "Part XI" – 4:02
2. "Tense Serenity (string trio and trombone)" (Frith)
   • "Part I" – 11:23
   • "Part II" – 9:00
   • "Part III" – 4:58
   • "Part VI" – 3:58
   • "Part V" – 2:13

Disc 2

1. "Allegory (string quartet and electric guitar, for Irvine Arditti)" (Frith)
   • "Part I" – 3:51
   • "Part II" – 7:00
   • "Part III" – 4:03
2. "Stick Figures (6 guitars and 2 players)" (Frith) – 17:28
3. "Fell (string quartet and electric guitar)" (Frith) – 11:55

Personnel

• Arditti Quartet (disc 1, track 1; disc 2, tracks 1,3)
  • Irvine Arditti – violin
  • Graeme Jennings – violin
  • Ralf Ehlers – viola
  • Rohan de Saram – cello
• Arditti Trio (disc 1, track 2)
  • Irvine Arditti – violin
  • Ralf Ehlers – viola
  • Rohan de Saram – cello
• Uwe Dierksen – trombone (disc 1, track 2)
• William Winant – electric guitars (disc 2, track 2)
• Fred Frith – electric guitars (disc 2, tracks 1-3)

Sound

• Disc 1, tracks 1,2 and disc 2, tracks 1,3 recorded at Il Bagno, Steinfurt, Germany, June 2003
• Disc 2, tracks 1,3, guitar recorded at Erich Thienhaus Institut Hochschule fur Musik, Detmold, Germany, March 2004
• Disc 2, track 2 recorded at Guerrilla Recordings, Oakland, United States, May 2004
• Engineered by Christoph Terbuyken, Marcel Babazadeh and Myles Boisen

References

External links

• Eleventh Hour at Allmusic
• Fred Frith discography

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