Commissions 2022

We have got our commission winners!

Warm thanks from the AltPitch Festival to all artists who submitted their work and to all the audience who rated these works between 1-31 March. 

The AltPitch is presenting the commissioned works for the period March-December 2022. 

 

S.O.E

By CLAIR / OBSCUR

The WW2 Special Operations Executive is tasked with espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance. As a wireless operator, life expectancy is just 6 weeks. “Madeleine” is the codename for one such agent – Noor Inayat Khan. 

Mother Sister Daughter

By MUSICA SECRETA

Mother, Sister, Daughter celebrates women’s spiritual relationships and the stories they tell, with music honouring the Blessed Virgin Mary and communities of sisters in early modern Europe, and a new work by Joanna Marsh on a poem by Norfolk poet, Esther Morgan.

Strata

By ESME FISHER

Strata is a research and development project by ceramicist Esme Fisher. It is exploring the circular process of taking clay from the soil only to return it to the earth as handmade objects, becoming artefacts of human history.

The Destined Knot

By FIERI CONSORT

R&D

Together with award-winning artist Eleanor Meredith, Fieri present this animated film following the courtship between two lovers, Amarilli and Mirtillo. This epic tale of lovers tossed by fate and fortune was once famous throughout Europe, inspiring hundreds of composers like Luca Marenzio.