Thomas Stearn: ‘Where Light is a Thought’ Song Cycle Premiere

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The premiere of Thomas Stearn’s ‘Where Light is a Thought’, also featuring composition by Anna Appleby. There will also be a free Rush Hour concert in the Upper Chapel earlier in the day performed by Classical Student Ensembles. Doors 5:10pm, start time 5:30pm. In this Song Cycle premiere of Thomas Stearn’s ‘Where Light is a Thought’, five poems by Katharine Towers tell the story of a lone figure who walks from darkness into light. She leaves her home during the night and walks through woods and then onward into fields, encountering a holly tree and a robin. As dawn arrives the world slowly appears, each of its details acquiring colour and shape and, in some way, becoming real. The musical settings of the poems immerse the listener in the journey of the lone figure as she walks, stopping at various points to observe, listen and think. Programme Tom Stearn – Where light is a thought – Song Cycle Premiere with Teresa McKendrick (Mezzo-soprano), Iris Rea (Cello) and Alley Bridge-York (Harp) Plus performances from: Alley Bridge-York (Harp) & Charlie Hardwick (Cello) Anna Appleby – From the River – Song Cycle performed by Teresa McKendrick (Mezzo-soprano) & Yang Guo (Piano) From the River is a short song cycle woven from three poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning: A Musical Instrument How Do I Love Thee?

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