MOMENTS
A cycle of five songs to poems by John Barber, unified by water imagery. This work is also available for mezzo-soprano and piano.
- 1977
- 9 minutes
- Click here for the lyrics
LISTEN
The CD – Through the Void – is available from Quartz and can be purchased through their website using this link:
Moments for Mezzo-Soprano:
See the score and listen to Hollie-Anne Bangham (Mezzo-Soprano) and Emilie Capulet (Piano):
Moments for Baritone:
See extracts from the score, digitally generated:
PERFORMANCES
- 15 July 1977 at Ward Freman school, Buntingford, Hertfordshire, with Adrian Pitts (baritone)
- 24 March 1979 at St John the Baptist church, Royston, Hertfordshire, with Christopher Weaver (baritone) and Jill Weaver (piano)
- 22 September 1979 at St Giles parish church, Whittington, Litchfield, Staffordshire, with Christopher Weaver (baritone) and Jill Weaver (piano). Performed at Whittington Music Festival
recordings
Moments was recorded by Hollie-Anne Bangham (mezzo-soprano) and Emilie Capulet (piano) in Wathen Hall, St Paul’s School, London in September 2019:
RELATED WORKS
- Counting the Beats
- Five Shakespeare Songs for baritone and piano