Programme Note

Lament was written for Jennifer Johnston and Alisdair Hogarth to perform during an interview (Eastern Invocation, a project to create a new song cycle for East Anglia, reached the final four applications for the East Anglian contribution to the Cultural Olympiad in 2012).

For Jennifer Johnson and Alisdair Hogarth, Lament (September 2009), to a poem by the former Poet Laureate, Sir Andrew Motion, 'was written for the Cultural Olympiad “Artists Taking the Lead” project - which we didn't get'. 'Then we shall walk out together as before/Hand in hand through the streets and the parks/Where birds sing when the rain passes away'.

© Ates Orga

Media

Discography

Echo

Echo
  • Label
    BIS
  • Catalogue Number
    BIS2568
  • Soloist
    Ruby Hughes, soprano; Huw Watkins, piano
  • Released
    2022

Magic Lantern Tales

Magic Lantern Tales
  • Label
    Champs Hill Records
  • Catalogue Number
    CHRCD146
  • Conductor
    George Jackson
  • Soloist
    Nicky Spence, tenor; Sholto Kynoch, piano; Verity Wingate, soprano; Sinead O'Kelly, mezzo-soprano; Collin Shay, counter-tenor; Philip Smith, baritone; Beth Higham-Edwards, vibraphone; Anna Menzies, cello; Anna Huntley, mezzo-soprano; Alisdair Hogarth, piano; Sophie Daneman, soprano; Mark Stone, piano; Edward Nieland, treble; Natalie Raybould, soprano
  • Released
    11th February 2018