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A Forest in Full Flower (1984)
ob, pno, perc, vcl
Duration: 8 minutes
An extract from the theatre / performance piece Punishment by Roses based on the life of Japanese writer and activist Yukio Mishima. A Forest in Full Flower includes video by Mike Stubbs reconstructing Mishima’s own photoshoot re-enactment of the Martyrdom of St Sebastian painted in 1616 by Italian artist Guido Reni.
Revised version first performed by the New Arts Consort at Chapter Theatre, Cardiff on 4 May 1984
with Jeffery Wilson (soprano sax), Lucy Wilson (piano), Dominic Hackett (percussion), Glyn Perrin (cello)
Performances
| 04.05.84 | CARDIFF | Chapter Theatre |
| 05.05.84 | CARDIFF | Chapter Theatre |
| 15.05.84 | COVENTRY | Warwick University Arts Centre |
| 16.05.84 | HEANOR | South East Derbyshire College |
| 17.05.84 | BLACKBURN | School of Art |
| 18.05.84 | STOCKTON | Dovecot Arts Centre |
| 20.05.84 | DURHAM | Trevelyan College |
| 21.05.84 | HULL | Spring Street Theatre |
| 22.05.84 | BARNSLEY | Northern College |
| 23.05.84 | NOTTINGHAM | Midland Group |
| 24.05.84 | OXFORD | Museum of Modern Art |
| 25.05.84 | BRISTOL | Arnolfini |
| 26.05.84 | LONDON | Air Gallery |
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