Michiko Gibbs and Anthony Poon, violins
Michael Schofield, viola
Simon Trentham, cello

Julian Sander, sound
16.10.21 All Saints', Isleworth

track image: Beauty (1993) by Olafur Eliasson

Misterium (2020 rev. ‘21)

This shadow,
intangible, ethereal, ephemeral
in unfluctuating symmetry

A shimmer of the sea
the glistening abyss
an eerie sunrise

A wingless bird
taking Flight

Taking flight explores identity, with subtle semitone and microtonal dissonances creating a sense of unease and insecurity. The shadow represents an inescapable reflection of oneself, always in unfluctuating and inescapable symmetry. There is a greater extent of improvisation for the performers as the piece progresses, expressing the freedom of a wingless bird taking flight.

Isabelle Freeman - Soprano
Hannah Dienes-Williams - Soprano
Megan Robinson - Flute
Mika Curson - Recorder
Sameer Aiyar-Majeed - Violin I
Lizzy Martin - Violin I
Sarah Bradley - Violin II
Siân Ellis - Violin II
Robert Jones - Viola
Julius Kiln - Viola
Max Todes - Cello
Hannah Wilkie - Cello
James Kiln - Double Bass
Greg May - Double Bass
Edwin Tang - Percussion

Conducted by Mary Offer
Text and Music © Mary Offer 2022

Taking Flight

Lauridsen, O magnum mysterium

Poet: Mary Elizabeth Frye, 1932

Carvetii Trio (carvetiitrio.co.uk)

In the autumn of 2014, within three months of each other, I lost both my unborn son, Marvellous, and my grandmother, Vita "Nanny" Pinto. This piece is written and sung with the utmost love.

Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep (2014)

The Choir of Christ and St. Luke's Church, Norfolk Virginia
Live recordings from their 2016 Choir Tour to Norwich and Gloucester Cathedrals

MacMillan - A New Song

The Advent Choir, Mark Dwyer, conductor, Ross Wood, organist

Seek him that maketh the seven stars 		Jonathan Dove (born 1959)

Seek him that maketh the seven stars, and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning. Alleluia, yea, the darkness shineth as the day, the night is light about me. Amen. (from Amos 5:8 and Psalm 139)

New Year's Eve Lessons & Carols 12-31-11

Dove-Seek him that maketh the seven stars / The Advent Choir

Heavenly Fire

Choir of Worcester College Oxford: Jonathan Dove: Seek Him That Maketh The Seven Stars

Contemporary Classical Composer 
University of Cambridge | Royal Academy of Music
Seeking to promote contemporary classical instrumental, choral and electronic music.

Taking Flight

Mary Offer

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