Music/theatre production for three voices (sop, mezzo and tenor), piano, el. guitar and percussion. Libretto by David Gale. Music by Jeremy Peyton Jones with additional material by Charles Hayward and members of the ensemble.

• Peyton Jones, Jeremy. 2007. Against Oblivion (Part 1). [Composition]
• Peyton Jones, Jeremy. 2009. Against Oblivion (Part 1). In: "Against Oblivion (Part 1)", Toynbee Studios Theatre, London, United Kingdom, 29/3/07 - 30/3/07. [Performance]
• Peyton Jones, Jeremy. 2002. Against Oblivion Sketches 1 & 2. [Composition]
• Peyton Jones, Jeremy; Gale, David and Hayward, Charles. 2009. Against Oblivion (Part 2), Tete a Tete Opera Festival: Regular Music II. In: "Tete a Tete Opera Festival: Against Oblivion (Part 2)", Riverside Studios, London, United Kingdom, 30/7/09 - 31/7/09. [Performance]
• Peyton Jones, Jeremy. 2014. Against Oblivion Part 3. [Composition]
• Peyton Jones, Jeremy. 2014. Against Oblivion Part 3. In: "Against Oblivion Part 3", Teatro Garibaldi, Palermo, Italy, 3 April 2014 - 4 April 2014. [Performance]
• Peyton Jones, Jeremy. 2015. 'Hierarchies of creative interaction – the political aspects of collaboration between composer and improvising musicians in Against Oblivion, Part 3'. In: COMPOSITIONAL AESTHETICS AND THE POLITICAL. Goldsmiths, University of London, United Kingdom 20-22 Feb 2015. [Conference or Workshop Item]

First performances by Regular Music II at Tete a Tete Opera Festival, Riverside Studios, London 30 and 31 July 2009

Against Oblivion Part 2 is the second part of an ongoing series of music theatre works by composer Jeremy Peyton Jones exploring the importance of memory in the face of the extremes of human experience. Part 1, which was premiered in 2007, concerns the legacy of violence and conflict whereas Part 2 concerns a more personal contemplation of our individual legacies with references to celebrity culture with its empty and vacuous extremes alongside allusions to the genuinely creative and pioneering. The work is devised in collaboration with the writer David Gale and the performers and includes original material by drummer Charles Hayward.

Synopsis –
What do we think when we look back on our lives? What is the mark we have left? Will we be remembered, and for what? Why are some obsessed with fame and celebrity? Are our lives empty or full? Three singers from very different vocal traditions (church choral, soul/gospel and contemporary) consider their own life stories and try to make sense of their legacies. An extraordinary theatrical sound collage follows.

press comment
"With sly irony, a bodybuilder-turned-politician, an aid worker and an actress all described the odd compromises of their lives. The music started austerely and seriously, with distorted guitar noise and electronic rumbles. The tragicomic characterizations were then a great surprise." Bloomberg.com

https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/3474