Reactions to the Liverpool performance
Reactions to the Liverpool performance
“It was such a moving event – and with such scale and wide impact in Liverpool and across the world. I think you have contributed something significant to the Liverpool legend. ”
“ Performed on the bells it is transformed into something quite melancholy, it creates a new sound space in a different time frame, grand but unpretentious, a statement of being ‘civic’ as opposed to individual.”
“ My mum and dad who are in their 80’s and have lived in Liverpool all their lives went to the cathedral just to hear it…they thought it was wonderful.”
“Being there in front of the great cathedral with a crowd of people listening intently was quite an experience. It sounded quite melancholic and moving.”
“The campanologists did a grand job.”
“An excellent piece of sound art”
“One of the world’s largest sandstone Anglican cathedrals chiming out Imagine. . . Beautiful. When my grandad was a chimney sweep, he cleaned the chimneys and the boilers of this gargantuan building.’’
“I thought the whole concept was magic with the actual performances being very moving. The haunting music in my head kept me awake at night! ”
“It created a ‘contemporary twist to a musical technology thousands of years old.”
“The interpretation was ‘moving as it became a statement of being civic as opposed to individual.”
“It sounded absolutely fantastic”
‘’This sounded amazing from outside LIPA (the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts) on Hope Street!’’
‘’As a ringer it’s not very often you hear of bells being used like this and I think this showed how amazing it is when they are.’’