Par REID ELLEN. Tiresias, the Blind Prophet of Thebes, is on a walk, and along comes Orlando, the title character from Virginia Woolf's novel. Orlando, who is of noble birth, has only recently been changed - inexplicably - during seven mysterious days of unbroken sleep - from a man to a woman, and is crossing this plane heading from Constantinople back to England, his homeland. Tiresias assumes th…

Par FRANCES-HOAD CHERYL. Vocalise was written for The Purcell Composition Prize 1994 and first performed by Sheherazade - Verona Chard (soprano), Denise Dance (flute) and Fiona Clifton-Welker (harp) at the Purcell Room, London on 12 April 1994. Recorded by Korros Ensemble: Nick Ellis (clarinet), Camilla Pay (harp), Eliza Marshall (flute) and released in 2022 through Convivium Records CR071. / Date…

Par FRANCES-HOAD CHERYL. Commissioned by Fenella Humphreys with funding from The Marchus Trust First performed by Fenella Humphreys (violin), Ben Griffiths (double bass), Murray Grainger (accordion) and George Barton (percussion) at the Chiltern Arts Festival in September 2020. / Date parution : 2022-09-07/ Répertoire / Violon, Contrebasse, Accordéon et Percussion

Par THORVALDSDOTTIR ANNA. This work was commissioned by the New European Ensemble. The World Premiere took place on 7 March 2020 at Nieuwe Kerk, The Hague, The Netherlands. / Date parution : 2022-09-07/ Répertoire / Ensemble

Par FRANCES-HOAD CHERYL. For soprano and piano, commissioned by Carolyn Sampson. / Date parution : 2022-09-14/ Répertoire / Voix et Piano

Par FRANCES-HOAD CHERYL. Thinking I Hear Thee Call by Cheryl Frances-Hoad is inspired by the life of Florence Attridge, an Essex woman who, whilst working at the Marconi factory in Chelmsford during WWII, helped to make secret radio sets for spys. In this piece for soprano, speaker and electronics, we hear Florence recount her experiences, whilst, in another, secret location, in another time, a sp…

Par GRIME HELEN. Composed during the coronavirus lockdown of 2020 and scored for mezzo-soprano and pierrot ensemble, Prayer is a setting of Carol Ann Duffy’s poem describing the unexpected resonance that can be sparked by small, everyday moments. This idea is captured in the singer’s relationship with the ensemble, which at times describes external events (such as the passing of a train) and at ot…

Par FRANCES-HOAD CHERYL. The Sky Stretched Thin, a four-minute piece for baroque or modern violin, takes inspiration from a poem by Simon Armitage written during lockdown with the same title. The week that I read this newly published poem, I also swam in the (very cold!) saltwater of the River Crouch in Essex for the first time in the year. The view from the middle of the river of land, water and …

Par DAVIS OLIVER. 'For many years the violinist Kerenza Peacock and I have been discussing the concept of a piece about trees. One day I received in the post from her a book by Annie Davidson entitled, ‘How to be More Tree’. This brilliant book became the inspiration for the Arboretum Suite. The first tree I decided to write about was Aspen. I read that Aspen trees work together sharing water and …