And Who Shall Go to the Ball? And What Shall Go to the Ball?

by Scott Walker

And Who Shall Go to the Ball? And What Shall Go to the Ball? cover art
  • Type: EP
  • Released: 1 October 2007
  • Label: 4AD
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 24:39
  • Community rating: 3.03/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Commissioned by the CandoCo Dance Company for a contemporary dance performance, this purely instrumental release is intensely abstract and foreboding. Walker entirely abandons his signature vocals, arranging highly dissonant, scraping strings and terrifying percussion into a deeply challenging piece of avant-garde minimalism.

Genres

Descriptors: Soundtrack, scary, avant-garde, acoustic, complex

Tracklist

  1. And Who Shall Go To The Ball? And What Shall Go To The Ball? (Part 1) (6:36)
  2. And Who Shall Go To The Ball? And What Shall Go To The Ball? (Part 2) (5:29)
  3. And Who Shall Go To The Ball? And What Shall Go To The Ball? (Part 3) (6:24)
  4. And Who Shall Go To The Ball? And What Shall Go To The Ball? (Part 4) (6:10)

Credits

  • Bradley Grant - alto saxophone, flute
  • Adrian Philpott - artwork [original letter art]
  • Philip Sheppard - cello, soloist
  • Stine Nilsen - choreography [choreographer's assistant]
  • The South Bank Centre - commissioned by
  • Alasdair Malloy - percussion
  • Andrew Findon - soprano saxophone, flute

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