BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5239@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190914T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190914T180000 DTSTAMP:20190911T114314Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/bluecoat-heritage-weekends-2019- a-day-in-liverpool-film-screening/ SUMMARY:Bluecoat: Bluecoat: Heritage Weekends 2019: A Day in Liverpool Film Screening DESCRIPTION:Book here\n\nJoin us for a special screening of the 1929 film  A Day in Liverpool with a live score performed by composer and songwriter  Aidan Smith with accompaniment.\n\nThis special event sees a dormant cl assic revived with a brand new soundtrack\, composed and recorded especial ly for its 90 th birthday. A Day in Liverpool (1929) is one of the earli est examples ofthe city symphony genre of documentary art in which the cit y plays the central role. The film is avisually captivating silent classic by Anson Dyer\, “a major figure in British animation for over thirty ye ars\, from the First World War to the aftermath of the Second.” (BFI)\n\ nThe film captures many aspects of Liverpool in 1929\, from the thriving i ndustry of the docks\, the overhead railway and tram systems\, to the ston e masons working on the construction of the Anglican Cathedral. Aidan Smit h will be performing his score with a live band\, bringing this beautiful film to life with a composition that evokes the city’s global outlook as well as the director’s playful eye for detail.\n\nThe event will also i nclude a performance of Tracks\, a new work for string ensemble by compo ser Luke Moore. The piece is a musical recollection of the Liverpool Over head Railway\, which served the city’s waterfront from 1893 until its cl osure in 1956.  The performance features a CGI rendering of the railway i n operation by 3D artist Steven Wheeler\, footage by the Lumière Brother s shot from the railway in 1897\, and newly filmed material.  Tracks ha s been composed especially for this event and will be performed by music a nd arts collaboration collective Operation Lightfoot.\n\nTickets: £7\n\n\ n\nAbout Aidan Smith\n\nAfter teenage training in Salfordian swing and bra ss bands\, at 23 Aidan Smith signed to Manchester’s Twisted Nerve Record s and recorded for the label several well received\, self-recorded and min i-albums of idiosyncratic indie pop. He has since recorded full-length alb ums for three other independent labels whilst touring the U.K. and in Euro pe. He has also scored a number of short films including ‘It’s Nick’ s Birthday’\, an eccentric lo-fi super-8 musical. As a multi-instrumenta list he has also performed live in bands whose genres and influences range from live rap to ragtime. His recent new score for A Day in Liverpool ( 1929) is his longest soundtrack venture to date.\n\nAbout Luke Moore\n\nLu ke Moore is a professional composer\, arranger &\; multi-instrumentalis t based in Liverpool.  Recent work includes Above Us Only Stars\, a multi disciplinary performance piece commissioned for the European Week of Astro nomy &\; Space Science\, and an original soundtrack to George Méliès seminal science-fiction film\, A Trip to the Moon.  In 2013\, Luke founde d Operation Lightfoot as a platform for collaborations with guest singer-s ongwriters\, musicians &\; producers.  The project has since expanded to incorporate elements of visual art\, dance\, film\, poetry &\; theat re for larger scale performances.  Operation Lightfoot recently released Trans-Siberian\, their latest single written in collaboration with Berlin born electronic artist Dorothy Bird. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2019/09/Liverbirdeyeview_MED.png LOCATION:Bluecoat\, School Lane\, Liverpool\, L1 3BX\, Liverpool\, United K ingdom GEO:53.404542;-2.984173 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=School Lane\, Liverpool\, L 1 3BX\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Bluecoat:geo :53.404542,-2.984173 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20190331T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR