London    William Blake  I wander thro’ each charter’d street, Near where the charter’d Thames does flow. And mark in every face I meet Marks of weakness, marks of woe.  In every cry of every Man, In every Infants cry of fear, In every voice: in every ban, The mind-forg’d manacles I hear  How the Chimney-sweepers cry Every blackning Church appalls, And the hapless Soldiers sigh Runs in blood down Palace walls  But most thro’ midnight streets I hear How the youthful Harlots curse Blasts the new-born Infants tear And blights with plagues the Marriage hearse.

Shelley   HELL from Peter Bell the Third  Hell is a city much like London-- A populous and a smoky city; There are all sorts of people undone, And there is little or no fun done;  Small justice shown, and still less pity.

There is a Castles, and a Canning, A Cobbett, and a Castlereagh; All sorts of caitiff corpses planning All sorts of cozening for trepanning  Corpses less corrupt than they.

A setting of William Blake Nurses' Song
Music and stuff Malcolm Atkins

Nurse's Song

The Modest Proposals proudly present the Diggers Song Copyright Gerard Winstanley . Dedicated to the people who are taking away Oxford' s community spaces and in solidarity with  Land Justice Oxfordshire

Vocals : Ciaran Walsh
Backing Vocals: Lizzy Spight
Other Stuff (including some backing vocals) : Malcolm Atkins

Diggers Song

Lo Yisa Goy is a Jewish song based on a Biblical text - no nation will fight any more. Dona Nobis Pacem is a plea for peace.
No more to say at this time.
Lizzy : Vocals
Malcolm: Vocals, Arrangement, Recording etc

Lo Yisa Goy / Dona Nobis Pacem

This is a traditional song from Myanmar sung by the very talented Jack Sanga. We have transcribed it and put it into a choral setting so we can use it with the Blackbird Leys choir in the Christmas Oratorio. The song is about a beautiful part of Myanmar where people are oppressed by the military dictatorship.

Lead Vocals Jack Sanga
Vocals Lizzy Spight
Other vocals, other stuff Malcolm Atkins

Kan Zotlang ram nuam

A setting of the Blake poem.
Vocals:  Lizzy Spight
Violin: Dejan Azdajic

Other Stuff Malcolm Atkins

Tyger Tyger

A dedication to 'the smoke' by William Blake and Percy Shelley here brought to your ears by
Ciaran Walsh :  Vocals/Recitation
Lizzy Spight: Vocals
Malcolm Atkins : Other Stuff

London

a few peace chants - two by Mozart. Ideal for walking.

Mozart Peace Chants

Renaissance Peace Chants - arranged for peace walks

Renaissance Peace Chants

A story about connection to Oxford read over a traditional spiritual/protest song

How do we connect ?

A celebration of the unusual,  Weird Old Donald is a tribute to an entity that has dedicated its life to eradicating humanity from Planet Earth. Otherwise known as Cthulu this fantastical story teller - DT - has developed formidable techniques for instilling nihilistic despair in all who encounter him through an inspired ability to create a stream of meaningless sound that emulates Republican values (itself an impossibility to comprehend) and reduces all aural victims to a desire for collective suicidal oblivion.

Vocals: Ciaran Walsh
Operatic excess: Luccy Lindling
Other stuff: Malcolm Atkins

London

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