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Greg Stephens - Horn
Hobart Chamber Orchestra, conductor Gary Wain.

Recorded live in Hobart May 2017.

Copyright Jim Coyle 2016. All rights reserved.

I was Greg Stephens’ music teacher when he was in high school in Sydney. We lost touch for some years, only to meet again at a TSO composers’ week. As a result of that week, I was asked by Tim Jones for a major tuba piece (the result was Deep – premiered at MONA last year) and by Greg for a large-scale work for French horn.

The horn is a wonderful instrument with so many associations; the battlefield, the sylvian glade and the depths of space are all its natural territory. Its main association for me is with the heroic. I decided to write Greg a piece about my heroes. High on the list of my personal heroes are close friends of mine who have struggled with addiction to drugs and alcohol. These are struggles of great pain and difficulty and are all the harder because most of the battles are fought on the inside. The Golden Thread of the title refers to that unalterable part of the self that retains its integrity even in the darkest bouts of addictive illness.

The Golden Thread is in five episodes (Jig, Elegy, Dance, Meditation and Finale) which are played without a break. They are linked by solo passages for the horn. There is darkness and light in the work, terror and joy too, but the heroism of the horn shines throughout.

Jim Coyle The Golden Thread

Jim Coyle is a composer and educator based in Sydney, Australia. His work includes music for the stage, orchestra, choral and solo instrumental works; as well as compositions for younger musicians.

Jim Coyle The Golden Thread

Jim Coyle - Composer

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