The day Seamus Heaney died (30th August 2013), we were playing at the BBC Proms Plus in the Elgar Room at The Royal Albert Hall. As a tribute to the great poet, we decided to perform an improvisation based on his poem Valediction.

Valediction
By Seamus Heaney

Lady with the frilled blouse 
And simple tartan skirt, 
Since you have left the house 
Its emptiness has hurt 
All thought. In your presence                 
Time rode easy, anchored 
On a smile; but absence 
Rocked love's balance, unmoored 
The days. They buck and bound 
Across the calendar                               
Pitched from the quiet sound 
Of your flower-tender 
Voice. Need breaks on my strand; 
You've gone, I am at sea. 
Until you resume command                   
Self is in mutiny.

Valediction (Live at Royal Albert Hall Elgar Room for BBC Proms)

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