Beyond Silence — Saxophone & Piano, Played at the Same Time
Beyond Silence — Saxophone & Piano, Played at the Same Time
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One musician. Two instruments. At the same time.
Beyond Silence is Denis Patrickson's original project: music written for saxophone and piano, and performed by one person on both instruments at once.
WATCH THE VIDEO — see how it works:
The music blends cinematic, classical, new age and a touch of pop into something closer to a film score than a recital — meditative, lyrical, and unmistakably his own. Many of these pieces were written and recorded inside a one-of-a-kind motorhome that Denis built himself, with a piano fitted inside it — a travelling studio where changing landscapes and quiet mornings became part of the music.
THE INSTRUMENT
He built it, too — not the mechanism, the body. A grand piano case, shaped by hand in a home workshop over a few weeks, built to give the instrument the weight and presence of a grand on stage. It is why this piano goes where an acoustic grand cannot: into a lavender field, into a camper van, down a narrow staircase into a basement in Farringdon.
THE EVENING
One set of about an hour, played straight through, with Denis talking about the music between pieces. Music from the Beyond Silence album, recent singles including The Dawn's Tale, and new pieces performed live for the first time. The bar is open before and after, and Denis stays to talk afterwards.
THE VENUE
PIANO Smithfield, 14 Long Lane, London EC1A 9PN. An intimate basement room with a gold grand piano and a licensed bar — two minutes from Barbican, five from Farringdon (Elizabeth line, Thameslink, Circle, Metropolitan).
Doors 18:30 · Music 19:00 · About an hour
Tickets £15. Seating is unreserved, so arriving early gets you a better seat.
More photographs and video: denispatrickson.com/beyond-silence-21-oct.html
Location
PIANO Smithfield, EC1A 9PN