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- Cheryl Frances-Hoad
Odysseus Weeps (2022)
- Chester Music Ltd (World)
This work was commissioned by the Little Missenden Festival with support from the Friends of the Festival. First performed by Sara Trickey, violin and Ivana Gavric, piano on 13th October 2022 at Little Missenden Church, Buckinghamshire as part of the 2022 Little Missenden Festival
Programme Note
Odysseus weeps, a five minute work for violin and piano, was written very instinctively in reaction to Book 8 of the Odyssey, where Odysseus is brought to tears by the tales of the blind bard Demodocus, specifically his recounting of the quarrel between Odysseus and Achilles at Troy. I wanted to depict in music the various emotions that Odysseus experiences in response to bard's recitations, and the subtle ways that the protagonist's weeping alters the relationship between Odysseus and his host, King Alcinous.
Cheryl Frances-Hoad
Reviews
Cheryl Frances-Hoad’s Odysseus Weeps, for violin and piano (2022) offered a series of subtle variants on the tender opening motifs. Mathilde Milwidsky relished the eloquent immediacy of her violin lines, while Ivana Gavrić provided impeccably alert and responsive accompaniment
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