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Concert:
Dr Kelcey Swain
21 November
1.15pm
Lindsay Studio,
Keele University
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Major Arcana (Kelcey Swain)
Tarot cards were not originally
used for their current occult
function, but as playing cards.
It is through the evocative
imagery of each card that they
have gained their esoteric
purpose, which in turn
enhanced the descriptions
of each card as meaningful
symbols. The Major Arcana
(greater secrets), the 22 trump
cards do not belong to any suit
but are sometimes described
as telling a journey through
life. Each card has a distinctive
image and carry a wealth
of symbolism, regardless of
whether you think they have
a deeper power, or they are a
nonsense game. This piece
reinterprets the image of each
card as sound and music lasting
approximately three and a half
minutes, lasting around 80
minutes in total. The “cards”
will be played in the order in
which they are drawn.
Keele Concerts
Songs of Roma
21 November
7.30pm
Westminster Theatre,
Keele University
Entry £16 | £5 Student
Free Entry for Keele Music
Students and 16 and Under
Songs of Roma is a new Romani
musical journey full of spiritual
intensity, catharsis and joy by
one of the UK’s most expansive
musical figures, Simon Thacker
(classical guitar), with the much
admired Polish cellist Justyna
Jablonska and leading Roma
exponent, Lublin based singer/
violinist Masha Natanson.
Building on one of the world’s
great song traditions as well as
his own pioneering experiences
across the world, Thacker
draws on and extends European
and Balkan Roma influences,
and of course flamenco, in a
vivid re-imagining of powerful
songs in Romani, Romanian,
Serbian and Russian and
wonderfully inventive new
instrumental music.