Aspidistra Island
In May 1972, for Christian Aid Week, a musical revue based was presented in Bristol, based on parts of the Book of Job. This song was written to accompany a dance expressing an aspect of that man’s brokenness.
Category: Voice and Piano
LOVE
I composed this song at Lee Abbey in 1975 to be the postlude following an improvised conversation over a staged meal for four, ‘Table Talk’. The accompaniment, first composed in 2013, was completely re-written in 2019.
Soul’s Serenity
This is the third of my settings of three poems by Peter Glew. Soul’s SerenityOak green serenityMeadow green greennessFlight bobbing GoldfinchWren flitting sparrows.Air swooning swallowsStreakingSky coloured prism inThe early evening sun.Glory burst: illuminatingshadow cast giants.Night’s anticipation.Soul’s serenity.
Grey Skies
The second of three poems by Peter Glew I set for voice and piano in 2018.
Awakening
This is the first of three settings of poems by a dear friend, the late Peter Glew, after he was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease. My God how you greet me this morning Jewelled frost at my feet Clear sky Read More …
How it is (Patterns)
Another song inspired by project work at Northam School in Southampton .
A Song for Sarai and Elizabeth
Ninety-years old Sarai was the wife of one hundred-years old Abram when, according to the story in Genesis 21.1-7, she gave birth to Isaac, whose name means ‘God has laughed’. The Gospel of Luke 1.57 tells of the birth of Read More …
Two songs: Anticipation, Quadrant
Professional painter and tenor Andrew Douglas-Forbes commissioned these songs to be part of a song recital coinciding with open an exhibition of his paintings at Aberglasney House, Llandeilo, June 2017. Anticipation Quadrant
A Fresh Receiving of Psalm 40
I had been accompanying contralto Eileen Wetherell for some years, during which time she was accepted for ordination training. Following the General Synod vote in November 1992 to accept women as priests in the Church of England, and after Eileen’s Read More …