EXAUDI

Cressida Sharp (soprano)
Jessica Gillingwater (mezzo)
Tom Williams (countertenor)
David de Winter (tenor)
Michael Hickman (baritone)
Simon Whiteley(bass)

James Weeks (conductor)

World premiere, live performance
Milton Court Concert Hall, London
22 May 2023

text:
haru (spring) yuki (snow)...

...the uncertainty was unbearable...
I felt only a strange sense of emptiness...
... and yet the trees were still bathed in bright summer sunlight...
... that intense sunlight in the trees...

words spoken by Yukio Mishima, NHK broadcast 1966

Spring Snow is the title of the first book in the final tetralogy written by Yukio Mishima before his death on Nov. 25th 1970.

Paul Newland: spring snow (2023)

Since its debut in 2002, EXAUDI has emerged as one of Britain’s leading contemporary music ensembles. Founded by James Weeks (director) and Juliet Fraser (soprano), EXAUDI is based in London and draws its singers from among the UK’s brightest vocal talents. EXAUDI’s special affinity is for the radical edges of contemporary music, at home equally with maximal complexity, microtonality and experimental aesthetics. EXAUDI celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2012 with major UK and international tours and new commissions from Matthew Shlomowitz, Joanna Bailie, Bryn Harrison and Aaron Cassidy, amongst others.

EXAUDI gratefully acknowledges support from the PRS for Music Foundation.