Walk With Me

A young man is called up to go to the Somme in 1914.  What will he take with him, and what will he leave behind?

Aftertouch

You'll Always Be With Me

A three year old refugee who has lost both parents, sees Europe and wants to enter, so that he can have a second chance of life.

Starman

Walk It

The story of a man whose baby doesn't know he exists.

When My Baby Knows My Name

Lyrics Steve Milward/Alan Jackson.  The walk home from Denise's house, finally arriving home.

All I Want Is You

First movement of 'Requiem Without Words', composed in 2009.

1 Requiem Aeternam

This piece expresses the concepts of 'Hopes And Fears' as not being fixed in time and space, but constantly moving. Also, not all 'fears' are necessarily negative, or 'hopes' achievable. They, in my experience, interact with each other in an unpredictable way. I don't have a list of hopes and/or fears, they just happen.

Hopes And Fears

For this to make sense to you, you need to know something about Peter The Great. He came to the Russian throne as a reformer - and change makes enemies. This piece features the Military and the Church (the two most powerful parts of Russian society at that time). The piece is a day in Peter's life, meeting both sections. There is a short section where Peter moves from one to the other. He also wanted to make Russia a European state, moving away from its Eurasian geopolitical base. He founded St Petersburg (named after St Peter the Apostle) and moved the capital to it. He died in 1725, aged 52 (my age). As an aside, he was 6'8" tall and suffered from a permanent tick in the face. 

Stephen Milward