Jocelyn Pook’s Hearing Voices was commissioned by BBC3 for the BBC Concert Orchestra who gave the first performance at the Queen Elizabeth Hall London on 3 December 2012 with Melanie Pappenheim mezzosoprano conducted by Charles Hazlewood.The text for Hearing Voices was written by Emma Bernard. It also uses the words of artists Bobby Baker and Julie McNamara Jocelyn's relatives PhyllisWilliams and Mary Pook and the seamstress Agnes Richter inmate in a German asylum in the 1890s who covered her straightjacket with densely embroidered text. Instrumentation:2 Flutes (I/Alto II/Piccolo)2 Oboes (II/Cor Anglais)2 Clarinets (II/Bass Clarinet)2 Bassoons (II/Contrabassoon)4 Horns2 Trumpets3 TrombonesTubaTimpaniPercussion (2 players):Hi-Hat Cymbals Splash Cymbal Sleigh Bells Side Drum Bass Drum Temple Blocks Crotales Glockenspiel Vibraphone Xylophone Tubular BellsHarpSampler (recorded voices)StringsSolo mezzo-sopranoDuration: circa 35 minutes
