{"id":479,"date":"2018-02-19T16:35:16","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T15:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgehollowaycomposer.com\/?p=479"},"modified":"2023-08-25T21:55:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T20:55:22","slug":"a-spark-lights-the-void-within-2009-for-soprano-and-string-orchestra-or-piano-and-double-bass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgehollowaycomposer.com\/?p=479","title":{"rendered":"A Spark Lights the Void Within (2009) for soprano and string orchestra (or piano and double bass)"},"content":{"rendered":"

This song cycle was written for, and premiered by soprano Ruth Hopkins.<\/p>\n

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A Spark Lights the Void Within\u00a0<\/em>was written\u00a0in memory of Lydia Press.\u00a0 I wrote the texts of the three recitatives in the wake of Lydia’s passing away, and later chose the Cavafy and Shelley poems to accompany my own.\u00a0 Southampton University Strings premiered the work, and I later performed the version with double bass and piano at National Taiwan University in Taipei, and at St Michael’s Church Southampton, while the version with string orchestra was revived for a performance in Birmingham Cathedral.\u00a0 The links below are to the latter two versions, first the Birmingham performance with string ensemble (I’m conducting), then the Southampton version with piano and double bass (I’m playing the piano).<\/p>\n

Bandcamp links:<\/p>\n

Version with string orchestra:<\/p>\n

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