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Here is video shot in rehearsal week for the World Premiere. They don't attempt to explain the process but to show the collaboration and play in the rehearsals. The videos are 320X240 pixels in size and file sizes are shown with each link. The videos require QuickTime 7 which can be downloaded for free here.

Doh Yateh chorale; Translating the Fish & Chips; Hanging out the washing in the garden. 1.59 mins in length.
Sunday, 4.1Mb


Writing part of the wedding song for Act 4, incorporating tunes from the rest of the Opera. Wind Band plays Fish & Chips melody. 2.04 mins in length.
Tuesday, 4.5Mb


Arima and Naoko experiment and discover the 'Secret Language of Jamaican Cows'. Community company rehearses the Electric Wedding for Act 4. Pete and Keishi as a two-man, one-man-band. 2.21 mins in length.
Wednesday, 5.29Mb

An archeological shogi performance. Using a shogi score from Act One in 2004, Arima, Hugh, Naoko, Carol, Nomura & Pete play the dream for the end of Whaletone Opera. This video is made by layering five individually filmed solos. 2.21 mins in length.
Wednesday Shogi, 6.9Mb Pete with his 'Storm' one-man-band. Electric Wedding II for Act 4. Wind band II. 2.02 mins in length.
Thursday, 4.46Mb

Work on Act 3. Ayako's baroque lament narration for Tonosama's (Lord of the Samurai) illness. Arima performs an electrical remedy. Yamakawa's throat singing advising Hippo's return to Japan. 2.20 mins in length.
Friday, 5.13Mb

From Act 3. This is the first play thro' Carol's experimental solo, a remedy for reviving Tonosama (Lord of the Samurai). She is supported by Hugh on piano and Yamakawa on throat. Nomura plays Tonosama and ends the piece with a Kelman Solo (sort of). 2.07 mins in length.
Friday, 4.67Mb