rehearsal recording for the FALLEN film project

We Are Fallen 2

Taken from Berio's Folksong Cycle and full of strange soundscapes despite a very simple melody. 

I Wonder As I Wander Bergamo Ensemble

A song for mezzo and alto flute inspired by the imaginary city of Isidora depicted in Italo Calvino's architectural novel - Invisible Cities. Composed by Aleksandr Brusentsev. 

It was commissioned by the Davy Jones' Locker project. Premiered in Feb 2015 at the Beaney House of Art and Knowledge by Tania Holland Williams and Heledd Francis Wright who are the performers on this recording. 

There is an associated podcast that discusses the detail of the piece with the composer and performers. 
Produced by Liz Hayward. 


The Riddle Of Isidora

A royal welcome to Davy Jones' Locker with tongue placed very firmly in cheek. 
Thanks to Liz Hayward for saving this bit of soundcheck on a long day of recording. 

Contemporary Music Welcome

A recording made by Tania Holland Williams, sound editor Liz Hayward of Secret Wishes, from the song cycle Troubairitz by Tansy Davies. 

This is a raw and powerful song cycle for voice and percussion based on the writings and poetry of 12th Century female French troubadours. 

Secret Wishes

In Mourning traverses the landscape of grieving in all it's complexity, raging, bewildered and raw. 

It is composed by Aleksandr Brusentsev, performed by Heledd Francis Wright and recorded by Liz Hayward. 

The piece has been a staple work in the Davy Jones' Locker Living Room series and sparked a huge number of conversations and responses. 

In Mourning

Marguerita's Harp

This Sonic Journey was created by 4 members of RiverVoice Community Choir as part of the Reflect project - a sound and music project that explores our relationship between living by water, our mental health and the sounds we hear. 

This piece responds to sound worlds heard while moving through LV21 - a LightShip moored along the banks of the River Thames Estuary at Gravesend. 

REFLECT is a partnership project led by Sound UK, Exeter University and LV21.

Lv21 Fantasia

States of Immersion was commissioned by SoundUK to be experienced as an installation on the Light Ship - LV21. 

It was conceived as an intimate observation of water. 
A constant companion to our everyday lives signalling ambiguity, comfort and change. 

The piece considers three meteorological states in the light of their respective physical, metaphorical and emotional attributes.

MIST - full of light and air, dreamy and uncertain

RAIN - intimate and present, an invitation to step into the puddle

FLOOD - abundant, bloated, overwhelming and transforming

Music and Libretto by Tania Holland Williams
Sound Design by Simon Foster

States of Immersion - MIST

States of Immersion was commissioned by SoundUK to be experienced as an installation on the Light Ship - LV21.

It was conceived as an intimate observation of water. 
A constant companion to our everyday lives signalling ambiguity, comfort and change.

The piece considers three meteorological states in the light of their respective physical, metaphorical and emotional attributes.

MIST - full of light and air, dreamy and uncertain

RAIN - intimate and present, an invitation to step into the puddle

FLOOD - abundant, bloated, overwhelming and transforming

Music and Libretto by Tania Holland Williams
Guitar by Gavin Alexander
Sound Design by Simon Foster