DVD Release -- Tim Kliphuis: Live at Iford Manor

A couple of weeks ago, we were excited to release our first recording of musical events in the cloister at Iford.  Iford Recordings will bring the finest artists to your home through the medium of DVD.

"Tim Kliphuis and Friends: Live at Iford Manor" was filmed in front of a live audience, on June 30th 2011.  The aim was to produce a DVD which would bring to the television screen the experience of attending an event at Iford, working with a spectacular artist in an inspirational venue.

Tim Kliphuis is a world class violinist, and an exponent of the immediacy of improvised music.  The understanding and response to the inputs from both audience and venue are what makes a great improviser and the eclectic styles at Iford proved great inspiration for Tim's music making.

A sample from the DVD can be found above.  Copies can be purchased at www.ifordrecordings.co.uk and would make a great Christmas present.  Copies should be with you by Christmas if ordered before Sunday 18th December.  This year, give someone the gift of great music at Iford.

The Turn of the Screw (not Britten)

It was with great excitement that, yesterday afternoon, we were able to witness the first turn of the screw.  Roger Hutton, of Potential Energy, proudly raised the main sluice gates and the turbine eased into action.  This was just a test of course, as the electricity board is still checking a few elements in the connection to the grid but we do expect to be contributing in a small, but nevertheless important, way to the sustainable output of the UK within a week.

All contracted plant is now off site as the civil work was completed on Monday, and it is now just testing, linking up the internet (so we can monitor performance) and work to get the telemetry settings right, all going on inside the 'shed of mystery' by the frightfully clever boffins who understand the wonders within.

So the heavy work is complete.  I will report once again when we begin the landscaping, fencing and aesthetic tidying work; but that will all have to wait until we are in a position to get machinery into the field, which would be impossible at present for the mud.