Philip Venables

Tag: Village Underground

  • The Revenge of Miguel Cotto (video)

    The Revenge of Miguel Cotto (video)

    A performance piece about a true story of revenge and honour between boxers Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito.

    Music: Philip Venables

    Text: Stephen J. Fowler

    Performed by: the London Sinfonietta

    Location: Village Underground

    Date: May 2012

  • The Revenge of Miguel Cotto preview

    The Revenge of Miguel Cotto preview

    The preview version of The Revenge of Miguel Cotto was premiered on 16th May at Village Underground in Shoreditch, London.  What a great evening!  The London Sinfonietta were performing, conducted by Richard Baker, with vocalists Leigh Melrose and Alexander Robin Baker.  I’ll post a video of the performance shortly.

    The Revenge of Miguel Cotto is a piece I have been working on with poet Steven J Fowler about boxing.  We were really interested in the ritual, signs, symbols, discipline of something which is, at its core, deeply brutal and tragic.  The formalisation of sanctioned violence, if you like.

    The complete piece will be about 45-minutes long, combining poetry and music, This was a 15-minute preview, with a slightly smaller ensemble than the full piece.   We are currently looking for promoters to co-produce the full piece, so please get in touch if you’re a promoter and you’re interested.