A live performance of Mike Stephenson's Lullaby in D for J and A. Performed live by the Ireland Trio
Ellie Blackshaw violin, Peter Copley cello, Adam Swayne piano..
28 June 2013 St Luke's Church Brighton.

Lullaby in D for J and A Mike Stephenson

A live performance of Trio No 2 by Ric Graebner. Performed live by the Ireland Trio
Ellie Blackshaw violin, Peter Copley cello, Adam Swayne piano..
28 June 2013 St Luke's Church Brighton.

Trio No 2 Ric Graebner

A live performance of Terence Allbright's Trio. Performed live by the Ireland Trio
 Ellie Blackshaw violin, Peter Copley cello, Adam Swayne piano..
28 June 2013 St Luke's Church Brighton.



Trio Terence Allbright

A live performance of MId-Winter by Georgina Bowden. Performed live by the Ireland Trio
Ellie Blackshaw violin, Peter Copley cello, Adam Swayne piano..
28 June 2013 St Luke's Church Brighton.

Mid-Winter Georgina Bowden

A live performance of Palimpsest on a Theme of John Ireland – Lento molto – misterioso (second movement) by Phil; Baker. Performed live by the Ireland Trio
Ellie Blackshaw violin, Peter Copley cello, Adam Swayne piano..
28 June 2013 St Luke's Church Brighton.

Phil Baker: Palimpsest on a Theme of John Ireland – Lento molto – misterioso (second movement)

Strata by Jonathan Clark was performed at 2 concerts by Talkestra
23 January 2010 St Gabriel's, Pimlico, London
25 April 2010 Friends' Meeting House, Brighton
performed by Talkestra, directed by Steve Dummer
Anna Cashel Violin
Johnny Gee Double Bass
David Campbell Clarinet
Tom Oxley Bassoon
John MacDomnic Trumpet
Dave Whitson Trombone
Dan Gresson Percussion


Strata Jonathan Clark

Written for the New Music Brighton multimedia concert in 2008
1 asusa
2 bahan
3 gagrom
4 ongaboy
Written &amp; performed by Roger Harmar with Sandhya Sanjana voice on ongaboy.



asusu Roger Harmar

The title 'Passing Bells' comes from the First World War poem by Wilfred Owen 
called 'Anthem for Doomed Youth', the opening line of which is - "What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?'

What I set out to portray in the music is not the horror of war but rather the happy 
memories of recent youth. In another of Owen's poems 'Strange Meeting', 
there is the line: "I went hunting wild after the wildest beauty in the world". 
This seems to me to be a remembrance of youth so I imagine here a young mud-soaked 
and bleeding soldier sitting in a bleak trench dreaming of his recently-past youth 
that was so full of life, joy and hope.


Passing Bells MIchael Stephenson

Great War Songs: Having previously composed, and had performed, settings for three poems by the First World War poet, Wilfred Owen, as well as the ensemble piece 'Passing Bells' (again, a reference from a Wilfred Owen poem) I began to think of all the traditional First World War or 'Great War' songs. Some of these were sung to hymn tunes - for instance, the poignant 'When This Lousy War Is Over' was sung to the tune of 'What A Friend We Have In Jesus' while 'Onward Christian Soldiers' provided the melody for 'Forward Joe Soap's Army'. Fourteen traditional war songs are featured here, interwoven with original music, sometimes buried under different music layers and sometimes ringing clear. The music tells its story in a timeline, starting off with recruitment, then farewells, then camaraderie and warfare, finally bitterness. At the very end however, a tender solo from the flute leads into an ensemble chorus of 'When This Lousy War Is Over', ending quietly and wistfully.

Great War Songs Michael Stephenson

DreamTravellin': this music was inspired by hearing an Indian ‘Raga’. The dreamlike, hypnotic quality of the music, set against a constant drone, stayed with me for days. I started to think about dreams, and the ability to travel in dreams, and that’s how this piece came about. It’s neither intended to be a pastiche of Indian music, nor indeed my own version of it. It’s simply how the raga that I heard influenced the music that I subsequently wrote.

Dream Travellin' Michael Stephenson

Pathways to the C… by Phil Baker performed by the Skeleton Ensemble on Saturday 2 March 2013 at The Friends Meeting House in Brighton. The Skeleton Ensemble are composer Phil Baker, Ric Graebner (piano), Patrick Harrex (viola), Roger Harmar (fretless bass), Tim Willsone (oboe/flute) and Helen Glavin (vocals).

Pathways to the C…

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