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2021-11-28 14:41:10
Southwark Cathedral, LondonTenor William Morgan was the soloist in Cheryl Frances-Hoad’s powerful song cycle based on the work of the teenage nature writer Last year, Dara McAnulty’s Diary of a Young Naturalist revealed a compelling new teenage voice in nature writing and conservation. Scenes from the Wild is an 80-minute song cycle with music by Cheryl Frances-Hoad, setting words by Amanda Holden that distil the essence of McAnulty’s book into 26 succinct poems. It was Holden’s last completed project before her sudden death in early September and, as performed by the tenor William Morgan and the City of London Sinfonia in this premiere conducted by Geoffrey Paterson, it’s a captivating work, marrying insightful words to gently powerful music. It begins with a recording of a blackbird’s song, lingering long enough so that we really listen to its detail. There are a few lines of speech from the tenor soloist, in character […]
2021-11-26 10:14:23
A tremendous achievement: premiere of Cheryl Frances-Hoad's 'Scenes from the Wild' as part of City of London Sinfonia's 50th birthday celebrations
Frances-Hoad: Scenes from the Wild - William Morgan, City of London Sinfonia, Geoffrey Paterson at Southwark Cathedral (Photo Nick Rutter for Apple and Biscuit Recordings) Frances-Hoad Scenes from the Wild; William Morgan, City of London Sinfonia, Geoffrey Paterson; Southwark Cathedral Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 25 November 2021 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) A humungous achievement for all concerned; Frances-Hoad's remarkable 80-minute song cycle celebrating the orchestra's birthday, the natural world and the thoughts of a remarkable young manCity of London Sinfonia is celebrating its 50th birthday with a season of concerts, Origin, at Southwark Cathedral. For the third concert in the series on Thursday 25 November 2021, Geoffrey Paterson conducted City of London Sinfonia and tenor William Morgan in the premiere of Cheryl Frances-Hoad's Scenes from the Wild with a libretto by Amanda Holden based on Dara McAnulty's book Diary of a Young Naturalist. A conservationist […]
2021-07-17 07:55:59
She loves writing whatever she is writing at the time: I chat to composer Cheryl Frances-Hoad about being associate-composer of the Oxford Lieder Festival
[…] is a large-scale work lasting around 70 minutes and is intended to reflect the orchestra's community work in the areas of dementia and adolescent mental health. She searched for two years to find a suitable subject but kept getting rejected when it came to getting permission as the books had been snapped up for film or theatre, or no-one knew who owned the rights. The work is based on Diary of a Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty [see the review in The Guardian], a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week which was written by a 14-year-old autistic boy who had been told that he would never write a paragraph. Cheryl calls it a positive uplifting book and its theme of appreciating nature resonated with her during Lockdown. Amanda Holden has arranged the author's words in a fabulously creative way and the result will feature 27 songs.Other works in the […]
2021-02-10 22:30:35
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Starring Kathleen Battle, Rockwell Blake, Leo Nucci, Enzo Dara, and Ferruccio Furlanetto, conducted by Ralf Weikert. Production by John Cox. From December 3, 1988.
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