"The Pan Poems" performance extract "Pan at tipping point" Julia Desch and Emily Burridge

Описание: Performance extract of "The Pan Poems" by poet and artist Julia Desch accompanied by soundscape & cello composition by Emily Burridge.
“Pan at tipping point” This video is an extract of the first performance at Shaftesbury Fringe festival July 2025.

“The Pan Poems” is a beautiful and thought-provoking event. Musician magician meets extraordinary poet”.
“Julia and Emily are outstanding. Their performance thought provoking and very real. We left knowing that nature should be our teacher”

I love this production. Julia approached me having heard me perform and said I have a poem I would like you to accompany with your cello.
On inviting Julia to my recording facility I listened to the twenty-five minute poem and realised it is a seminal work and needs to be aired.
Between May and July 2025 I gathered recordings from the environment of my locality in Dorset at all times of day and night and set about creating a soundscape whereby the listener is taken on a sound adventure through the landscape and into the woods before the poem commences.
The poem is twenty -five minutes long and the cello score accompanies and responds to the words.
Seven poems titled with musical expressions.

To perform the cello score I am using looping pedals to multi track and create harmonies and rhythms as demonstrated in this video.
Some stanzas just have a solo call and response with the words.

This program celebrates our natural environment and appeals to the audiences sensibilities as to how we as individuals respond to the current signs from mother nature as our natural environment suffers in the wake of "progress" . This program is a wake up call.

We look forward to sharing this production widely both as a live performance and as a recorded production.

Notes on images included in the video. Art made from sheep wool is created by Julia.

For further information on her work please visit https://www.juliadesch.com

For correspondence and enquiries as regards booking this performance please write to admin(at)emilyburridge.com