"At The Doorway" (Sean Bell)

Piano and vocals - Sean Bell
Vibraphone/glockenspiel - Nora Sjøgren
Tenor-sax - Erik André Jakobsen
Tuba - Halvard Sutterud
Bass Trombone - Iselin Isungset
Flygelhorn - Anna Hartmann

At The Doorway

Standing In The Green Room Again

Medley - At The Doorway

Demo of new song, recorded may 2015.
Music and lyrics: Sean Bell

Keys, vokal, electronics - Sean Bell
Bass - Karl Erik Eilertsen
Prep-guitar - Andreas Andersen
Drums - Andreas Lunde Grindstein

Gaze Away The Day

Live recording from a solo concert 4. october 2016
Drum machine - Eskil Myrvoll
Keys and vocal - Sean Bell

Diving Into Darkness - solo

Live recording from a solo concert 4. october 2016

Somewhere:Gaze Away The Day

One Charming Night - Henry Purcell
from the mask «The Fairy Queen» (1692)

Sean Bell - voice, synth and mix
Harald Jordal - programming

The idea for this arrangement came from the music hall/cabaret vibe in this baroque song. There is a direct beauty in the simplicity of this piece, that I feel strengthens the wonder and magic it communicates. To me, The Fairy Queen is a fabulous, playful and imaginative show, that can be bent and turned in any direction, style or shape. Some time back I had the idea to use arpeggiator synths to mimic a sort of music box, and connect this with an opera aria. I wanted to underline the universal elements of stage music, from opera and masks to cabaret and theatre – even to the avant garde. The idea was to glue these topics and styles together with a clear synthesizer sound, and bringing this old aria to life through it. When I thought of One charming night, I knew it was the right song for this exploration. Not only does it bring with it the perfect themes; magic, night, secrecy, love, lust and wonder, it also has a musical movement that invites the arpeggios play with it.
- Sean Bell

Photo credit:
© Bob Richel, Object Number R/6/902 MWM

One Charming Night

Sean Bell is a young countertenor from Oslo. He works mainly with re-interpretations of the classical song repertoire, from the 14th century till today. Bell also works with contemporary music and has premiered several pieces for countertenor in the last years. Bell works with a variety of ensembles. He has a bachelor’s degree from the Norwegian Academy of Music, and is currently studying at the Royal Conservatoire, The Hague. Bell is an active improviser, and have done several productions on the border line between classical music and performance art.

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